With the continuous development of digital technology, it has become possible to make modern movies omnipotent. As a sci-fi action film, the impact of the "hacker" series on modern movies is first of all visual. With free flight faster than jets, or zero-gravity fights that can only be seen in Chinese martial arts movies, first our eyes are eating ice cream, and then we will ask how these shots are produced? In this film, the Wachowski brothers completely abandon the classic techniques that have become their signatures, and replace them with more extraordinary creativity and more advanced technology.
There was a climax scene in which Neo was fighting 100 identical Smiths, and finally shook the ground with his feet, causing them all to be knocked down. The production of this scene took a lot of energy from the visual effects director Gaeta and his ESC visual effects company employees, who called this new invention "virtual cinematography." The so-called virtual cinematography is to use computer integration to erase the traces between the real scene and the virtual scene, so that the director can design any desired "real" action in the computer. Obviously only one Smith in this shot was played by actor Hugo Weaving, and the other 99 were created by digital technology. But the connection between them is so perfect that you can't distinguish the true from the false at all.
The climax of the film is a car chase on a highway, which lasts for 14 minutes. In the film, Trinity, an old Asian man, and Morpheus are driving a car desperately to escape, while the "evil twins" follow closely with a machine gun. This car chase is hailed as "can end all car chases." scene". Which involved explosions and collisions involving 300 motor vehicles. In pursuit of realism, the Wachowski brothers built a highway that cost as much as 1.2 million US dollars a mile, and in order to make the stunt crew safe and correct, they used the method of "visual preview" to arrange the scene. A real scene is simulated on the computer, and then the machine positions and scenes are debugged in it, and the most satisfactory method is found. Finally, all the processes are simulated and run with animation. It can be said that it effectively helped the two brothers create a perfect and traceless car chasing scene.
Technology has made the "The Matrix" series have brought great impact and shock to modern movies, and added wings to the development of movies. In addition to the dazzling special effects shots, its cultural and psychological impact should not be underestimated. At least its publicity of violent aesthetics, the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, and the questioning of the virtual world make it eligible to become a model of postmodern movies. text.
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