In 2015, 125 years after Van Gogh's death, the film began to be officially filmed. Although it is based on Van Gogh’s original, but in the actual production process, sometimes in order to ensure the continuity of the story time, the painters have to change the color, changing the day to night, and winter to summer. This is not random. Change, but to refer to Van Gogh's paintings and maintain its consistent style. And these 125 painters also need to deal with the differences between them, and try to make the film appear flawless. For those real shots, the production team needs to output frame by frame and then draw on this basis to achieve the natural conversion and restoration of the original scene from the real scene, consistent with the animation style of the entire film. There are still some scenes in the film that are not in Van Gogh's paintings. This part of the film uses black and white tones to distinguish it from the original work. On the other hand, it is also in line with the photography technology of that era
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In this film, real actors play the roles in the film, transforming their performances into "Van Gogh style" movie images. Hugh Welshman explained that when performing a real-life actor, Van Gogh faced a real person when he was painting, so using a real-life actor allows the artist to better understand how Van Gogh felt when he was creating; in addition, In animation creation, the dynamics and expressions of the characters are the most difficult to express in place. The use of real actors can avoid this problem
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