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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:27:24 AM


Chapter 1739: 1739

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Before Chris Williams officially entered the Disney headquarters in 2008, he was already one of the indispensable and important figures in the entire Disney animation department.

This young student with a degree in fine arts from the University of Waterloo in France, after graduation, joined Disney's Florida animation studio in 1994-Disney's animation department has multiple branches, and the Florida branch of Orlando Disneyland The Ministry has always been the leader in the era of 2D animation.

After entering the company, Williams’ first job was to write the character script of "Mulan". The most unique and classic Chinese princess in Disney history was created by Williams. This work made a sensation. With the great success of sex, Williams was also transferred to the California branch, where he wrote the script for "Transforming King".

In the process of creating "Become a King", Williams wrote "Animated Film Performance" based on his own experience. This book won him the Personal Achievement Award of the Anne Award, the highest award in American animation. At this time, it was only six years before he entered the industry.

From Florida to California, Williams has always developed scripts in the film story department. "The Legend of the Bear" is also a project he completed. In addition, he also conceived many ideas for feature films and short films, and then received The opportunity to create Disney’s first 3D animated short film "Guests of Glagow", and landed at the Annecy Film Festival in France, one of the four major animation film festivals in the world.

At that time, Disney had just acquired Pixar, and John Lasseter, the leader of Pixar, admired Williams’ ability in telling stories, so he appointed Williams to direct Disney’s work "Lightning Dog" for Thanksgiving in 2008. "This is the first time Williams has served as the director of an animated feature film. He joined the Disney headquarters and further demonstrated his personal talent.

However, after that, Williams' name seemed to disappear-the truth is that he became an important member of Disney's 3D animation research and development department.

From the 2D era to the 3D era, the animation department of Disney's headquarters has fallen into the self-confidence and arrogance, and has gradually fallen behind the development of the times. Now Disney has learned from the pain and changed its mind, decided to regain its strength, catch up, and once again make its own animation. The department cheered up.

Williams was first involved in the production of "Frozen", and he was also responsible for the dubbing of the elk; and then he personally directed the tube to film "Big Hero 6". Strictly speaking, this is only his second feature film director's work, but his role at Disney in the past nineteen years has been much more than that.

At this moment, Williams was just wearing a simple gray T-shirt with black suit pants, and the whole outfit looked a size bigger, and it was loosely wrapped around him, looking like he had just found a sackcloth bag. With the same cover on the body, coupled with messy hair and worn-out old-fashioned leather shoes, the whole rough look is naturally reminiscent of street bums.

But at this time, he was discussing enthusiastically... "" This is really a very wonderful thing.

Williams noticed the confusion in Lan Li’s eyes, but failed to understand Lan Li’s meaning. He thought Lan Li didn’t know much about "", so he began to babble and explain, and then mentioned his favorite character. The actor also mentioned the costume for Halloween last year.

Talking and eloquent, Lan Li has no room for interruption at all.

Of course, Lan Li was not prepared to interject, but just listened quietly, did he gently chin his head to express understanding, which made Williams more excited, and happily explained the far-reaching influence of comic superheroes on ordinary people. And why every superhero must have a mask and a cloak, and expressed dissatisfaction with Superman's "lazy behavior" with only a pair of glasses to cover up.

"Look, that's what I mean. I think it's a bit similar to actors, so we can get the opportunity to play a role in our ideals." Williams kept rubbing his hands and said enthusiastically.

Lan Li lightly chins his head and expresses his understanding, "I understand. I just didn't expect that someone can explain the performance. Now it seems that I am too old and pedantic and limited my own thoughts." Lan Li said in a modest manner. Ask for advice, and then said with a smile, "Also, I never thought that I was the most suitable person in the world to play this role."

While speaking, Lan Li's eyes fell on the poster again. The image of Xiaomao wearing a red helmet is like standing in front of a mirror, forming a projection effect, but one is a cartoon image and the other is a real character. , This kind of intertextuality suddenly became subtle, and Lan Li's ordinary words just became interesting.

Only then did Williams react, and understood the real meaning of the words and surprises that Lanly had just said. The long reflection arc went round and round before returning to the right track, and then showed a somewhat jerky expression. , With a smile to cover up his embarrassment, "We always do this. For us, cartoon characters are the more vivid ones, they are real; and the other people in the real world are all playing them. This allusion is the opposite of other movie types."

When writers or screenwriters create characters, although they can often find a projection of a realistic image in their minds, directors and producers still look for inspiration from the actors, first determine the actors, and even because of the actor's image Changing the setting of the role-such as "Gravity", the role of Ryan Stone changed from a male to a female, and then to a male.

However, the creation process of animated films is different because of the existence of cartoon characters. Those cartoon characters are real, but real-world actors need to "wear a mask".

However, Lan Li didn't say much, just lightly chin his head, "It's my honor to be able to play Xiaohong. How about, are you ready now? Tell me about this character?"

"Of course! Of course!" Williams nodded again and again, and then suddenly bowed slightly and began to rub his hands. There was a...wretched/trivial expression on his face-if he could, Lan Li really didn't want to use this. Adjectives, but Williams in front of him really couldn't find a more suitable vocabulary to describe it, but... it may be a more positive version of "insignificant", and then you can see that his eyes are shining slightly, and he gestures behind him. The door of his studio room, lowered the voice to make a texture worth looking forward to, "Are you ready?"

Lan Li wanted to make a joke at this time, deliberately saying, "I really don't want to go in"; but considering Williams' enthusiasm, Lan Li still decided to cooperate with the performance, smiling and expressing affirmation.

Williams didn't notice the change in Renly's mood at all. He was completely immersed in his own world. He held the doorknob with his right hand, and then slammed the door open as if opening the door to the Kingdom of Oz. He shouted cheeringly, "Dada! Welcome to our miracle workshop!"

"..." This was Lan Li's only reaction.

Williams seems to have anticipated that Lanly will be disappointed-it may be that the routine has been performed too many times, and the response received is the same every time, "No, no, no, this is not just a recording. Room!" Williams stood up straight and quickly explained, "We are here to create miracles!"

Williams took the initiative to walk into the recording studio in front of him, facing his right hand side, "This side is indeed the recording studio, which is the place to record the post-dubbing, sound effects, etc., which can be seen in many studios; but The real magic is on the other side."

Williams turned to face his left hand again, "In this working area, we will capture and analyze the expressions and movements of the actors during the dubbing process, and then interact with the cartoon characters. In the subsequent production process, we will Continue to incorporate the characteristics and temperament of the voice actors to make the characters more lifelike."

This is something that Lan Li doesn't know, "Limited to human characters?"

"No. All characters!" Williams explained to ~www.novelhall.com~ all cartoon images are anthropomorphized, because this is our interpretation from a human perspective, and naturally, those looks and expressions are also the source. For humans. Just like the "Toy Story" series, those toys all have human expressions. We hope that the audience can truly resonate with them. "

"The same is true for'Shrek'?" Lan Li asked in a loud voice.

"Yes, the donkeys and cats in'Shrek' are like this. The reason why they are so popular is largely due to the image interpretation of the voice actors. You know, Eddie-Murphy (Eddie-Murphy) ) Is a very, very good comedian, he is always able to give life to the character during the dubbing process."

Eddie Murphy is the voice actor of the donkey in "Shrek."

Lan Li suddenly realized that he nodded, "Now I understand what you mean, this is indeed the place where art was born!" This gave Williams a satisfied expression and nodded triumphantly in affirmation. Lan Li went on to say, "I still have a question!"

"I don’t know much about dubbing. I think this is a different form of expression from movies and dramas. Because the carrier of animation is different, performances naturally need to be adjusted. I asked a friend, and he gave me The response is: Let me be as exaggerated as possible? I don't think this seems right." Lan Li is serious.

Williams immediately laughed happily, "Your friend did it on purpose?"

"I guess so." Lan Li spread his hands. "Seth Logan's tone and attitude always make it difficult for you to tell whether he is joking or serious, right? I strongly suspect that he may be trying Take revenge on my previous pranks, but because I don’t know anything about dubbing work, I can’t distinguish his words at all."




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