0328 [Uncle San Francisco]
"This is the expression capture technology?" Li Xiuxiu asked without understanding.
"This is not, this is motion capture technology, used to design a gorilla's way of moving. The technology required for real face expression capture is very complicated. It not only needs to mark reflective points, but also needs to be on the mask and lay many mini cameras to record the actor's muscle movement module."
Seeing that Li Xiuxiu was confused when she heard this, Shao Shuaijun immediately waved his hand to signal an assistant director to come over: "Go and take the mask of the expression capture device, and call an engineer from the CG team to demonstrate the expression capture program."
"Stop having trouble." Li Xiuxiu shook her head.
"What trouble? I am the boss of this crew, whatever I say is. Wife, you are not going to change careers and become a producer. In the future, we will be like Christopher Nolan and his wife. Nolan made a movie and her wife helped him produce it. After I made a movie, you will make your wife." Shao Shuaijun said proudly, why does he like to be a director? On the one hand, he can make the audience dream with him, and on the other hand, he is also a director with great prestige.
"How could I do it?"
"Let's learn it. My wife is so smart. It's not enough to be a producer."
As he spoke impeccably, the assistant director came over with his expression to capture the mask. The mask was a layer of gauze, with many micro cameras as small as soybeans distributed evenly. Shao Shuaijun immediately put the mask on his face and then signaled the engineer to turn on the equipment.
On the computer screen, the capture system software running immediately presents Shao Shuaijun's expressions and actions on the computer one by one. This software is specially designed for the chimpanzee Caesar. After the server processing, it can directly convert the trajectory of the captured face to the chimpanzee's face module.
Shao Shuaijun made a face, and the three-dimensional chimpanzee head on the computer also made faces. Shao Shuaijun made a blew kiss, and the chimpanzee also pouted and made a blew kiss.
"Haha, it's so interesting, fun." Li Xiuxiu clapped her hands and said.
Shao Shuaijun took off his mask and shook it in front of Li Xiuxiu: "Do you want to try it?"
"No." Li Xiuxiu was a little obsessed with cleanliness. She always respected Bumin for such things that many people had touched.
"This is still a simple indoor expression capturing headgear. We also have more complex outdoor expression capturing jumpsuits and headgears. That set needs professionals to manipulate it."
After taking a long time to let the curious Li Xiuxiu understand how "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was filmed, and the two returned to Shao Shuaijun's temporary residence. In fact, shooting such science fiction movies seems to use a lot of novel equipment and high-tech auxiliary means, which is very fun. But if you really understand, making movies is quite boring.
Take the mask and head mask for example. It was very interesting when I first played, and it was tormenting it every day. Andy Serkins and others almost stopped the director and immediately threw away the head mask, not wanting to wear it for a second.
Li Xiuxiu's interest was less than Shao Shuaijun imagined, and she was not very interested in these high-tech equipment.
When he arrived at Shao Shuaijun's temporary residence, Li Xiuxiu immediately grew up after opening the door.
The whole room was piled up in a mess, with all kinds of copies, videotapes, photographic equipment, living room and aisles, all covered with dirty clothes. There were also some randomly thrown aside.
"Oh my God, husband, is this your place to live? I remember you love cleanliness?" Li Xiuxiu said in surprise.
Shao Shuaijun laughed awkwardly: "This is only temporary. Recently, I have been building a studio here. Many props can't be put away, so I'll put them on my side. Anyway, I live alone and don't use much space. Of course, these video tapes and copies need to be watched frequently. They are all videotapes from the Discovery Channel, as well as some original copies of the "Planet of the Apes" series. I took them to compare them to see them."
Li Xiuxiu touched Shao Shuaijun's face and said with distress: "Honey, it's so hard to be a director."
"It's not hard to have my wife's heartache at all." Feeling Li Xiuxiu's tenderness, Shao Shuaijun said happily.
Who knew that Li Xiuxiu's face changed and immediately hummed, "Since it's not hard, why don't these dirty clothes be sent to wash? Can't you afford housekeeping? Look at how long you have been in the United States, and you have become so sloppy. Do you know that at the Oscars, your hair is like a long-haired bear, and your beard cannot be shaved. The whole world is watching. Really. If I leave you, you won't take care of yourself!"
Shao Shuaijun said aggrievedly: "Wife, please calm down. Don't I have no time?"
"Why don't you have time? Don't you have time to change clothes?"
"Well, my house is in first-level security and is not allowed to enter privately. The laundry staff here come to collect it once every two days. When I come, I often have to be busy filming and don't have time to ask him to get clothes, so the more I piled up."
"You, you!" Li Xiuxiu was so amused and crying, "Forget it, I'll sort it out for you."
"Don't organize it, we'll go to San Francisco after we get the things. There's a Taylor Swift concert in San Francisco tonight, and we'll go to listen to it together. Don't you like her songs?"
"I like it, but she can listen to her songs anytime. Why not, let's go to Silicon Valley to have fun. Obvious, a subsidiary of Dingfeng Entertainment, recently set up a R&D center in Silicon Valley to specialize in smartphone projects. I haven't taken time to inspect it yet, should I?"
"Hey, hey, wife, are you here to date or discuss work? Don't go to Silicon Valley, find a place to eat, and go to a hotel to open a room after dinner!" Shao Shuaijun made the decision, and didn't care about Li Xiuxiu's objection, so he pulled her into the car and asked the driver to drive to Chinatown in San Francisco.
San Francisco's Chinatown can be said to be the largest Chinatown among American cities. Shao Shuaijun has been famous here for a long time, but he doesn't have time to play. Today, Li Xiuxiu came here and happened to go shopping in Chinatown together.
Going to Chinatown in San Francisco, you must first pass through a archway. On the archway is Sun Yat-sen's "Tianxiawei"
The four big words "官网" are surrounded by several dragons, which are very vivid. When you enter Chinatown, you can see shop names and signs marked in Chinese and English everywhere. When you find a parking lot and park your car, Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu walked around Chinatown with their hands.
Several bodyguards guarded the surroundings vigilantly, allowing Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu to play with confidence.
The Chinatown I visited first is called Duban Street. There are many gift shops, antique shops, Chinese medicine shops, Chinese restaurants, and many signs of the hometown association and a certain guild hall. It is bustling like a street in China. Of course, many of the Chinese people's speeches here are in Cantonese, which sounds strange.
Li Xiuxiu has always been very interested in shopping. Shao Shuaijun felt bored, but it was not bad that Li Xiuxiu's interest. When Li Xiuxiu was selecting products, he stood there in a daze.
I kept choosing, and when the lights were first launched, I ordered a few dishes at a Chinese restaurant next door, St. Dinner Street. I ate and chatted happily, talking about interesting things that happened during this period, or outlining the future.
The owner of the Chinese restaurant is a slightly fat bald uncle. When serving the dishes, he suddenly pointed at Shao Shuaijun.
Shao Shuaijun quickly made a gesture of silence. The bald uncle understood and asked in a low voice: "Can I sit down?"
"OK."
The uncle rubbed his hands with a smile: "Haha, hehe, Director Shao, I really didn't expect to meet you here. Are you going to San Francisco with Mrs. Shao?"
"Yes, I heard that Chinatown here is very famous, so I came here to take a walk."
"Oh, you're right here. Chinatown in the world is the largest and most lively in San Francisco. There are many fun places..." The uncle talked endlessly. The runners had already come and urged him to walk away several times. The bald uncle waved his hand and told him to walk away. Later, there was no way out, so he said in disappointment, "Director Shao, can you ask for an autograph from you? I, my wife and my son, both like to watch your movies, especially "Old Boy", which made me cry."
"Yes." Shao Shuaijun did not refuse, "Where is the sign?"
"This...you eat slowly, I'll get the paper and pen." The uncle couldn't wait to run away, and after a few minutes he ran over again, "Just sign here. I like you very much, bringing glory to us Chinese, good things."
The uncle brought a poster of "Old Boy", which was the poster of Shao Shuaijun playing the guitar and Huang Bo posing. The signing pen turned out to be a soft pen. Shao Shuaijun rarely wrote with his hand in recent years, and he could hardly write the pen well. Unexpectedly, the boss actually gave him a difficult soft pen.
Blinking her eyes, she saw Li Xiuxiu covering her mouth and laughing. She knew that Shao Shuaijun's calligraphy was very careless.
The uncle not only did not notice Shao Shuaijun's embarrassment, but also said happily: "Director Shao, can you write 'I wish Li Ji Lao Yutou's business a prosperous one'?"
"Haha, of course." Shao Shuai was embarrassed when his army was upright and wrote it out in one go. After signing the name, he looked carefully and found that although the writing was not good-looking, it was not ugly. It was as if it was decent. It was very decent. Unexpectedly, the characters he wrote had improved after many years.
"Hey hey, Director Shao's handwriting is so beautiful. Can you sign another one for my son? He said, 'Li Chunxin, study hard and improve every day'?" After the uncle said that, he took out another poster, which turned out to be Liu Shishi's school beauty poster.
"Well, isn't this supposed to let Liu Shishi sign?"
"It's okay, I'll have to Director Shao. Your goodness. My son admires you very much." After signing, the uncle created another poster, which was the group poster of "Old Boy". "This, this was signed to my wife, just write a few words, hehe."
Shao Shuaijun had no choice but to continue signing the autograph and put the pen up: "Is it gone now?"
"It's gone, hehe, Director Shao, we really like you very much! Just order the dishes tonight, I'll give it a free order!" After getting the signature, the bald uncle said proudly.
"Haha, then we have to have a good meal, it hurts you, uncle."
"Don't worry, even if you eat openly, you won't exaggerate the uncle. Director Shao, Mrs. Shao, enjoy it slowly, I won't bother you anymore. I'm so annoying to you. Eat and drink well."
"This uncle, it's really interesting..." Shao Shuaijun was about to sigh a few times, his eyelids raised and his face suddenly collapsed. Because he signed the bald uncle, he attracted the attention of others in the hotel. Now he recognized Shao Shuaijun, and they all smiled and surrounded him with paper and pens they had found from somewhere. (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!)
Chapter completed!