How to make movie and TV special effects
What is film and TV post-production and special effects?
Film and television post-production: refers to the film and television production work that needs to be completed after the completion of the shooting, including non-linear editing, special effects compositing, color correction, three-dimensional animation, two-dimensional animation, program packaging, music and voice-over compositing, recording products and so on.
Film and television special effects: In film and television, artificially created illusions and illusions, known as film and television special effects (also known as special effects). They are used by filmmakers to avoid putting actors in dangerous situations, to reduce the cost of making a movie, or for the simpler reason of just using them to make a movie more heartwarming. Some of them are made in 3D and MAYA, and they can be combined to simulate real scenes, such as the gunfighting scenes in CS games, as well as live action footage, live action, and so on.
Film and Television Animation: Film and Television 3D animation involves film and television special effects creativity, pre-shooting, film and television 3D animation, special effects post-synthesis, film and television drama special effects animation. With the extension of the computer in the field of film and television and the increase in production software, three-dimensional digital imaging technology to extend the limitations of film and television shooting, in the visual effect to make up for the shortcomings of the shooting, to a certain extent, the cost of computer production is far less than the costs incurred by the actual shooting much lower, at the same time, for the crew due to the cost of the budget, the weather of the location, and the seasonal changes and save time. Production of film and television special effects animation computer equipment hardware are 3D digital workstations. Production staff specializing in computers, film and television, art, film, music and so on. Film and television three-dimensional animation from simple film and television special effects to complex film and television three-dimensional scene can be expressed.
Film and television compositing: Film and television compositing is the virtual scene, objects, characters and live scenes, objects or characters and other composites together. Related to film and television compositing is film and television editing, which is editing, i.e., performing editing of images for film and television dramas, advertisements, and so on. These two jobs seem very simple in the literal sense, but do not underestimate and underestimate the quality of synthesis required to perform these two jobs. Both editing and compositing should be carried out using professional tools, such as the commonly used editing system Final Cut Pro, Avid, etc., and compositing tools such as AE, Shake, Nuke and so on.
3D animation: 3D animation, also known as 3D animation, is an emerging technology in recent years with the development of computer hardware and software technology. The 3D animation software first establishes a virtual world in the computer, and the designer establishes a model and a scene in accordance with the shape and size of the object to be shown in this virtual 3D world, and then sets up the model's trajectory, the virtual camera's movement and other animation parameters according to the requirements, and finally assigns a specific material for the model according to the requirements and plays the lighting. When all this is done, you can let the computer automatically calculate and generate the final picture. The way 3D animation technology simulates real objects makes it a useful tool. Because of its accuracy, realism and unlimited maneuverability, it is now widely used in medicine, education, military, entertainment and many other fields. When it comes to the production of movie and TV commercials, this new technology is able to give people a refreshing feeling and is therefore welcomed by many customers. Three-dimensional animation can be used for advertising and film and television special effects production (such as explosions, smoke, rain, light effects, etc.), stunts (crashes, deformation, illusory scenes or roles, etc.), advertising product display, credits flying words and so on.
What are the applications for post-production and special effects?
3D animation: Maya, 3ds Max
Post-editing: Smoke, Premiere pro, Final Cut Pro
Post-effects compositing: After Effects, Nuke, Shake, Flint, Digital Fusion, Commotion
Color grading software: Color
What is each of these programs used for?
1, MAYA software: Maya is the U.S. Autodesk company produced the world's top three-dimensional animation software, the application of professional film and television commercials, character animation, movie stunts, etc. Maya function is perfect, flexible, easy to learn and use, production efficiency is very high, rendering a strong sense of reality, is the movie level of high-end production software. Maya is expensive, prestigious, is the producer's dream production tools, mastered Maya, will greatly improve the production efficiency and quality, adjust the simulation of the character animation, rendering the real effect of the movie in general, to the world's top animators step forward.Maya integrated Alias, Wavefront's most advanced animation and digital effects technology. It not only includes general 3D and visual effects production features, but also combines them with the most advanced modeling, digital fabric simulation, hair rendering, and motion matching technologies.Maya runs on Windows NT and SGI IRIX operating systems. Maya is the preferred solution among the tools available on the market today for digital and 3D production.
2, 3dsMax software: 3D Studio Max, often referred to as 3ds Max or MAX, is a PC-based system developed by Autodesk three-dimensional animation rendering and production software. Its predecessor is based on the DOS operating system 3D Studio series software, the latest version is 2011. in Windows NT before the emergence of industrial-grade CG production by the SGI graphics workstations monopoly. 3D Studio Max + Windows NT combination of the emergence of a lower threshold of CG production, the first choice began to be used in computer games animation production, and then further began to participate in film and television animation production. The first choice was to be used in the animation production of computer games, and then it was further used in the production of special effects for movies and TV programs, such as X-Men II and The Last Samurai. In the scope of application, it is widely used in advertising, film and television, industrial design, architectural design, multimedia production, games, teaching aids and engineering visualization and other fields. 3DS MAX with powerful functions is widely used in the television and entertainment industry, such as title animation and video game production, y rooted in the hearts of players Lara Croft character image is the masterpiece of 3DS MAX. There is also a certain application in movie and television special effects. In the domestic development of relatively mature architectural rendering and architectural animation production, the use of 3DS MAX is to occupy the absolute. Advantage. According to the application characteristics of different industries have different requirements on the degree of mastery of 3DS MAX, architectural applications are relatively more limited, it only requires a single frame rendering effects and environmental effects, only involves a relatively simple animation; title animation and video game applications accounted for a large proportion of the animation, especially video games on the role of the animation requirements of the role of a number of high; film and television special effects applications are 3DS MAX function to the extreme.
3, Adobe Premiere software: ProAdobe Premiere Pro is currently the most popular non-linear editing software, is a powerful tool for digital video editing, it is as a powerful multimedia video, audio editing software, the range of applications are endless, the production of beautiful results, enough to assist users to work more efficiently. Adobe Premiere Pro with its new rationalization and optimization of the production of video and audio editing software. With its new rationalized interface and versatile high-end tools, Adobe Premiere Pro takes into account the different needs of a wide range of video users, offering unprecedented productivity, control, and flexibility in a not-so-expensive video editing toolkit.Adobe Premiere Pro is an innovative non-linear video editing application and a powerful real-time video and audio editing tools, and is one of the most used video editing software by video enthusiasts.
4, Final Cut Pro software: Final Cut Pro is a product of Final Cut Studio Final Cut Studio also includes Motion, livetype, soundtrack and other subtitle, packaging, sound software. So the two are included and included. With precise editing tools, you can edit virtually any audio or video format in real time, including the innovative ProRes format. With the new additions to the Apple ProRes family, you can edit a wide range of workflows faster and with higher quality. Export your work to Apple devices, the web, Blu-ray discs, and DVDs with a single click. With iChat Theater, you can collaborate instantly wherever you are in the world. Easily change the speed of your clips with the redesigned Speed tool. Enjoy more than a dozen new enhancements, including native support for the AVC-Intra format, an improved process for creating alpha transitions, enhanced markers, a larger timecode window, and more.
5, After Effects software: After Effects is a graphic video processing software from Adobe for organizations engaged in design and video stunts, including television stations, animation production companies, individual post-production studios and multimedia studios. And among emerging user groups, such as web designers and graphic designers, more and more people are beginning to use After Effects. belongs to the layer type of post-production software.
6, Nuke software: film effects software, today's large-scale film effects, can not help but let a person to marvel at its synthesis of realistic and powerful! Nuke has been used in Digital Domain produced by many films and commercial films. Nuke is an Academy Award-winning digital compositing software. With 10 years of experience in providing artists with the means to create high quality photographic images, Nuke does not require a specialized hardware platform, but provides artists with flexible, efficient, cost-effective, and full-featured tools for combining and manipulating scanned photographs, video boards, and computer-generated images. Used on nearly 100 films and hundreds of commercial and music television productions in the digital field, Nuke has an advanced ability to seamlessly integrate final visual effects with the rest of the movie and television, regardless of the style or complexity of the visual effects to be applied. Notable films and TV shows that Nuke compositing software has been involved in include The Day After Tomorrow, RoboCop, Extreme Agent, Titanic, Apollo 13, True Lies, X-Men, King Kong, and many more.
7, Color software: Color 1.5 allows you to appreciate the power of high-end color grading. With intuitive tools and deep, bi-directional integration with Final Cut Pro, you can quickly improve a single frame or create signature picture effects for an entire sequence. Now with high-quality format-native workflows up to 4K, Color is the ultimate processing tool for music videos, commercials, broadcast post-production, and feature films. With customizable color effects and signature graphics, use Color 1.5 to give your projects a distinctive look that will last. Apply a single effect to a shot or frame, or create signature effects for an entire project to realize the director's vision. A sophisticated color effects system, advanced masking, motion tracking, and other color tools make it easy.
What blockbuster movies have these software programs done?
FCP editing software:
Inception, Immortal Robbery, A Song of the Wind, Springtime Pigs, Limey's Guess Who, Phoenix Through the Peony, and Let the Bullets Fly
COLOR mixing software:
Symphony of Destiny:
The Fate of the Furious.
MAYA 3D Animation:
The Terminator Piranha 3D The Lord of the Rings Harry Potter Transformers Avatar The Mummy 3 Alexander the Great
What are the job prospects for post-production effects in film and television?
The film and television industry can be said to be the sunrise industry in China, and film and television special effects technology can be called the sunrise industry in the sunrise industry. Therefore, for students studying film and television post-production, they should not worry about the question of whether they can find a job, but rather strive to learn how to learn more about the industry in the process.
Generally, students who study film and television post-production want to enter the film and television company. However, the company needs film and television professionals can not only film and television production company. In fact, like advertising companies, wedding companies, animation production company, are very lack of professional this kind of production talent.
Usually, we generally learn the film and television production students, can be the following positions in the direction of development:
Post-production: editing, keying, compositing, colorist, column packaging, film and television special effects director, etc.
Three-dimensional: animator, modeling, tracking division, etc.
Graphic: 2D animator, hand-drawn, etc.
But generally from the big domestic and international companies, the company is now the first to be able to provide a professional production. Therefore, for students with higher self-requirements, the learning and exposure in the future work will be a little more extensive.
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