After Nanaya handed the special effects requirements to Washimine's special effects department, he temporarily put the matter aside.
To be honest, it is still unknown whether today's special effects technology can make an actor look younger.
Although Nanaya is not a professional technical worker, he has made so many special effects movies that he has some knowledge of film technology.
It is not so easy to completely replace an actor's face.
The special effects technology required to rejuvenate the First Emperor was far more complex than that required to produce Ma Xiang Yu.
After all, for those non-human characters, the audience knows that they are not human, so some details can be handled a little vaguely.
But using special effects to make people look decades younger is not that easy.
This is even completely different from the head-changing technology that appeared in "Captain America".
In Captain America, it wasn't that difficult to show a weak Steve Rogers.
Just have the smaller stuntman perform separately from Chris Evans in front of the camera.
Then just take Chris Evans' head off and put it on the smaller actor.
The whole process is basically not difficult. Just pay attention to pasting the head in the correct position and cut the image cleanly.
But the "rejuvenation" that Nanaya requires is not such a simple cut-and-paste job.
In order to make the special effects look realistic, the actor's face must be modeled to ensure that every detail of the actor's face is seamless.
To achieve this, the special effects equipment must capture the actors' facial data as detailed as possible.
This requires very high precision of the equipment, and Nanaya doesn't know whether Washimine's team can do it at this stage.
Nanaya knew very well that the most troublesome and difficult part in CGI special effects production was the production of human faces.
No matter how subtle the expression on an actor's face is, when the computer processes it, it is faced with data from hundreds of facial locations.
So far, even in Hollywood, no one has tried to use pure CG methods to "make up" actors.
After all, the cost is too high, and the cost-effectiveness is so low that special effects studios will not develop related technologies.
The common practice in the film industry today is to let the actors solve this problem through makeup when faced with such a situation.
Or simply find another actor to play the relevant parts.
The major Hollywood film studios are all very smart. They would not be so kind as to proactively develop such a thankless technology.
This situation would not change completely until the emergence of a movie.
The name of this movie is "Fast and Furious 7".
Paul Walker, the lead actor in the film, died in a car accident during the filming of the movie.
As a result, the film project could not proceed for a while.
Normally, when a film crew encounters this kind of situation, they can only replace the actors and reshoot.
But a considerable part of "Fast and Furious 7" had already been filmed at that time, and Paul was the leading actor.
If the actors need to be replaced, most of the previous materials will be wasted, and the investment costs will be greatly increased.
So Universal and the film director James Wan made a very risky and unconventional decision at the time.
They decided to resurrect Paul Walker on screen.
The decision was a big gamble, but they succeeded.
Not only did "Fast and Furious 7" retain the traditional flavor of the series, but it also made people all over the world begin to miss Paul Walker, a previously not-so-famous actor.
And in order to make Paul Walker appear on the screen as perfectly as possible.
The approach adopted by director James Wan was to let Paul's two younger brothers perform in front of the camera first.
In the later stage, special effects technology was used to "make up" the younger brother in the camera to look like the older brother.
Although doing so was very costly and even caused the film to be delayed.
But the results of spending so much effort are worth it.
Relying on the sentimental card of Paul Walker, the box office of "Furious 7" can be said to have soared compared to the same series.
For the entire film industry, the special effects makeup technology used in "Fast and Furious 7" is a benefit to everyone.
But what's more interesting is that although Universal is the film company that developed this technology.
But it was Disney who first used it on the screen.
The scene where Peggy grows old in "Captain America 2" should be the earliest screen result of this technology.
There were movies earlier than this that used special effects "makeup", but most of them had major flaws.
I don't know if it was because of the benefits of this technology, but Disney was also the one that used this technology the most in the future.
Disney has used this technology in movies such as "Civil War", "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", and "End Game".
What Nanaya now hopes that Washimine's special effects department can do is to develop this "makeup technique" in advance.
But to be honest, Nanaya himself didn't know whether Washimine's special effects team could do it.
But there is one thing that Nanaya is very clear about. If even the Washimine Special Effects Department, which has merged with Light & Magic Industries, cannot do it, then there is no special effects studio in the world that can complete this task.
"In short, we must be prepared for both scenarios."
In the high-speed car, Nanaya withdrew his gaze from the highway leading to San Diego and turned to look at Ryougi Ori who was sitting next to him.
"If Roger's technology isn't up to the task, then we can only consider the younger generation of actors."
"Got it. I'll ask China Washimine to start looking for actors first."
Ori certainly understood Nanaya's idea: "Anyway, besides the First Emperor, there are still a few roles that have not been confirmed. Let's just find actors for them."
"Sorry to bother you, remember to follow up on both sides."
Nanaya nodded slightly to show his affirmation.
He has always had great ambitions and expectations for the FGO series.
Therefore, in every aspect, Nanaya hopes that he can be perfect.
Although Ori could understand Nanaya's feelings, he still felt that Nanaya was a little too neurotic.
He wanted to say something else, but Nanaya raised his hand to stop his junior brother and explained, "I know you want to say that you can achieve a similar effect with makeup."
Having said that, Nanaya shook his head slightly.
"But makeup is too limiting, especially the stiff facial expressions caused by too much makeup, which is a big problem."
After a little consideration, Ori nodded slightly.
Nanaya was right, and Ori also knew the limitations of using other methods.
If you want the best visual effect, "special effects makeup" is undoubtedly the most suitable way.
Nanaya added: "I hope that the FGO series can become a benchmark for commercial film series in the next few decades. Whether it is content, film and drama interaction, or special effects technology, I hope that FGO can become a representative of them."
Film technology is constantly developing, and it is impossible for a movie to maintain its advantages after it is released.
Nanaya hopes that FGO can become a monument in film history like "The Arrival of a Train at the Station", "The Jazz Singer" (the first talkie), and "Titanic" and be remembered forever.
It can be said that the purpose of Seven Nights is not just commercial box office.
This is why Nanaya personally went to San Diego to hold the live launch this time.
Because this is the first San Diego Comic-Con after "Prologue", what will be unveiled at this comic-con press conference will be the details of FGO movies that will be released in the next few years.
So far, no film studio has announced future movie release dates for more than three years at a time.
In Nanaya's previous life, the first company to accomplish this feat was Marvel Studios.
In 2014, a week before Guardians of the Galaxy was released, they announced the release dates for all Marvel movies until 2019.
Except that "Civil War" was delayed in order to avoid competition with "Batman v Superman".
For the other movies that appeared at the press conference, Marvel fulfilled its promise to release them on time, and even one or two of them were released a few days ahead of schedule.
Nanaya naturally hopes that his FGO can do that on behalf of Marvel.
When you look back after it is completed, I believe it will definitely be an exciting and thrilling achievement.
Frankly, San Diego Comic-Con isn't really the best place to announce this kind of thing.
If Washimine could have made the announcement at a separate press conference, the overall effect would have been much better.
However, the current time is not particularly suitable.
San Diego Comic-Con has absorbed most of the entertainment industry's attention.
It is highly unlikely to attract outside attention if you do it before the comic convention.
But if we wait until the heat of the San Diego Comic-Con dies down before holding the press conference.
In terms of timing, it is too close to "The Hundred Years' War" which will be released in November.
You know, in order to maximize the popularity of "Prologue", "Hundred Years' War" has not been officially promoted until now.
Let alone the trailer, fans don't even know the title of the movie.
The only thing fans know is that the first FGO singularity movie will be released in November, and the oil painting in which even Joan of Arc's face cannot be seen clearly.
Washimine Entertainment has been holding back for so long just to create buzz, but by now it's time to announce the movie information.
Otherwise, if all the movie promotional information is released at once a few months before the movie is released, it may not be a good thing for fans.
Therefore, in order to carry out the promotion plan for the upcoming "Hundred Years War", Nanaya could only announce the future plans for FGO in San Diego.
Ori was both angry and helpless about Nanaya's somewhat childish stubbornness.
Over the years, Ori discovered that his senior brother was always unusually concerned about some inexplicable things.
Just like this time, they could have started promoting "The Hundred Years' War" before "Prologue" was released to ensure the topicality of this movie.
But Nanaya wanted to wait until "Prologue" was released and the topic became heated before making the announcement.
The purpose of doing this is simply to maximize the surprise effect of the movie on fans.
It can be said that Nanaya's approach is not a choice that maximizes commercial benefits, but a choice that maximizes the audience's experience.
"Senior." Ori said to Nanaya, "Sometimes I really don't think you are a commercial film director."
"Then what do I look like? An artist like Shiki Matsuno?"
Ori shook his head: "No, I think you are more like a fan of your own movies."
Hearing this answer, Nanaya burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! You're really worthy of being called Ori."
"I'm serious!"
"Hahaha! I know."
"You're still laughing!"
"Ouch! Stop twisting me!"