and I said, we’re gonna do it,
而我说 我们会完成的
I know, I know we can do this.
我知道我们会完成的
What he brought to us was something
他带给我的是
that had never been sort of accomplished before,
一些以前从未完成的任务
and he really pushed us as a company to grow
而且他确实像公♥司♥一样推动我们成长
and learn how to creat a large vision.
让我们学习如何创造更大的梦想
Do a complicated show like this,
做这样一个大的节目
we’ve developed some confidence in the process of,
我们已经在解决这些大问题与小问题的
take big problems and break them down to smaller problems,
过程中培养出了某种自信
and you break these smaller problem down yet into smaller problems,
你不断的解决了这些小问题中的小问题
until you get to a scale where it’s tractable by a single person.
直到你可以独♥立♥的完成它
And so when a new big project comes in
当产生新的问题时
with some kind of scary unknown aspect to it
并且这个问题有某些不为人知的方面
and you have to comfort yourself with the fact that,
你必须安慰自己面对现实
we’ve been doing this for long time
我们已经做这行很久了
and this process works, always works.
而且这个过程很有效 总是有效
When I was asked to paint Yoda’s computer generated character,
当我被给Yoda这个电脑人物上色时
I really remembered
我清楚的记得
what it was like for me when I first saw Yoda on the screen
它第一次出现在屏幕上给我的感觉是怎样
and what cost has done with him as a character,
作为一个角色所需的代价
that was real honor to be asked to work on him.
我非常荣幸可以为它工作
To get Yoda’s expression,
制♥作♥它的表情
to get his character
人物性格
was terribly important to we get that right.
对我们非常重要
“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side. ”
惧怕失败将会走向黑暗
In the CG universe,
在CG[计算机图形学]世界里
performers are now chanllenged to act in virtual worlds
不同以往的是 演员们要尝试在虚拟空间中
with invisible characters unlike ever before.
与看不见的角色对戏
That was the time we created the Jar Jar Binks’s character,
我们刚开始设置佳佳·宾克斯这个角色时
and a lot of people feel different ways about Jar Jar Binks,
很多人会从别的角度看待它
but the fact that the matter was,
但是事实上
you had a living, breathing character
电影中的大部分时间
who is acting alongside the actors
演员们要和这个活生生的角色
for a large portion of that film.
一起演戏
And it really showed you could have digital characters
这证明了数码动画角色
integrated with live action people and make that work.
和真正的演员共处 是可行的
I remember meeting Liam Neeson
我记得有次遇到利亚姆·尼森
after he’d done one of the Star Wars movies anyway,
当时他刚拍完某部《星球大战》
I don’t know more, I really don’t wanna act,
他说 我已经才思枯竭 不知如何表演
I’ve given up, I don’t really think I can.
我想放弃 我怀疑自己的能力
I think I’ve just spent some time looking at an axe.
拍戏的时候我经常要盯着把斧子看
I don’t what it’s about any more really,
我不知道拍戏的意义何在
I’m trying to do amazing things
我想要有所成就
but now I’ve been looking at an axe for a long time.
而现在我却要一直盯着斧子看
And after I saw him,
见到他之后
oh no, they’ve got poor Liam,
我知道 他们把利亚姆也拉下水了
dear god, dear god.
上帝啊
What I’d like to avoid was the Yoda character,
我不太想提起犹大这个角色
that would’ve been fun,
虽然本应挺有趣的
’cause I’ve worked with him up
因为我们曾合作过
and I can deal with the fact that there’s a guy under
我能接受地上有个家伙
I work with the puppet, I see you,
和玩偶对戏 近在眼前
it’s OK.
没有问题
syntax none have,
说话没章法
“The dark side clouds everthing.
阴暗面笼罩着一切
Impossible to see the future is.”
看不到未来
They will bring the puppet Liam,
他们会用玩偶利亚姆拍戏
so you could see it
你能看到它
and got a visual of how tall he was or where he is gonna be,
知道它大体的高度和位置
and sometimes I had to walk with him
有时候我要和它对戏
and talk with him which is just a kind of new tube,
它和别的道具没有太大区别
’cause he usually didn’t walk and talk,
因为它一般不说话也不动
that was a whole bunch of new stuff
有很多新事物
that they were able to do with themselves.
他们可以自己完成
I just have to pick up stuff and kind of do it.
我愿意尝试新鲜事物
I kind of like that,
我挺喜欢的
I’m an only child,
我是个独生子
so I play by myself a lot in my room and,
我经常自己一个人在房♥间表演
I made up stuff,
我自己编情节
and I’m used to fighting things that aren’t there,
和不存在的东西对打
talking to people that aren’t there,
和不存在的人物说话
it’s perfect for me.
我很享受
So when actors complain about it
所以当有演员抱怨时
I just kind of look at them and go
我就会对他们说
“Where is your imagination?
有点想象力好吗
This is the perfect time to do what you want.”
这是自♥由♥发挥的绝佳时机
I was very happy to know that I was a part of something that was
我很高兴自己能参与到此事当中
changing the way people are gonna make,
尤其是它将永远改变大家
watch and create film through the rest of the time.
拍摄 观看以及制♥作♥电影的模式
The Phantom Menace was released on May 19th 1999,
《魅影危机》于1999年5月19日公映
and became a highest engrossing Star Wars film of all.
成为星战系列的登峰之作
its success paved a way for the next 2 films
它的成功为接下来的两部续集奠定了基础
that was shot completely on digital high definition cameras,
它们完全由高清数码摄像机拍摄而成
showcasing the most extensive use of virtual characters
体现了虚拟人物和场景的
and environments ever.
最广泛应用
George brought the original Star Wars back
乔治用全新的方式将原版的《星球大战》
in the popular culture, in a whole new way.
呈现给当今观众
You’re George Lucas.
你是乔治·卢卡斯
I take you’re here for the star wars picture
我猜你是来要星战照片的吧
OMG George Lucas…
天啊 乔治·卢卡斯
All of the films that Lucas has made
卢卡斯拍摄的所有电影
becomes the culture significant one way or another,
都在某种程度上成为了文化潮流
people have emotional connection to props and costumes
人们对电影中的道具 服装和艺术品
and artwork and
都很有感情
because it’s part of something much larger effected them.
因为电影对他们的影响力太大了
So when I walked around here,
所以每当我来到这里
everything that I see fills me with memories of
每件道具都会唤起我
you know movies that I watched, experiences that I had.
有关电影和拍摄经历的记忆
it’s pretty incredible to see all the costumes
看到那些服装和数不胜数的道具
it was like myriad products
会感到很不可思议
Of then I was 12.
仿佛回到童年
That’s so cool.
太酷了
no matter how much ** size weapon or mask or costume or a character,
不管是武器 面具 服装还是人物
you come and touch it somebody had to paint it and build it
凡是有人碰过 就要重新粉刷 塑形
and cast a lot of foam or wood or plastic what have you
铸造各种泡沫 木头或塑料
It’s really wonderful and heart-warming for me to come up here and see
欣赏我三十年前所铸造的模型
these models I’ve built almost 30 years ago.
感觉很棒 很窝心
cause it brings back so many memories
因为它们唤起了
you don’t think about these things for so long
我尘封多年的记忆
and you see them and OH Gosh I remember when I built that
看到它们就想起当时制♥作♥的场景
oops, 10 people just died.
糟糕 十个人牺牲了
it’s odd though we didn’t build them to last for ever
奇怪的是我们没想要永久保存这些道具
and certainly didn’t build it to go out and travel shows
更没想到要做巡回展览
and be in museums.
放进博物馆
so it’s odd to see them up here
如果我们只能看 不能摸
and they won’t let us to touch them.
那感觉会很奇怪
and if something breaks off,
如果有道具损坏了
they photograph where they came off
他们还要拍摄零件脱落的位置
and put a little plastic bag and seal it up.
然后再把它粘回原处
When you see them and you realize when they lit them,
看到它们 你会想到他们电影中的形象
that they had a life , they were creature.
他们是生物 他们也有生命
Yoda, to see Yoda like ,
犹大会说
er.. moving not CG tech work is..
电影不只是CG技术而已
In 2001,
2001年
ILM brought history to life like never before
珍珠港 这史诗般的二战战役
with the epic world War II battle sequences in Pearl Harbor,
前所未有地 被工业光魔搬上银幕
another series of landmark achievements for the company.
这是该公♥司♥又一个影响深远的电影系列
In 2004,
2004年
they created the first extreme close-up of a realistic digital human
他们为影片《雷蒙·斯尼奇的不幸历险》
for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,
制♥作♥了第一个极近特写的真实数码动画人类