Behind the scenes of the production of "Transformers 4" you don't know

Four years after the Chicago War, the Transformers were finally reborn amidst the audience's eager expectations. Although I was a little anxious waiting, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee finally arrived. "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" was released in mainland China on June 27. Because there were too many people on the day of the release, we could only see it a day later. After watching it, I instantly felt that this scene and production were truly made by Hollywood. So today, the editor of the pinned emoji will chat with my friends about the behind-the-scenes production of "Transformers 4"!

"Transformers 4" director Michael Bay used a 4K IMAX 3D camera worth 1 million US dollars to shoot. This is also the first film shot with a 4K IMAX 3D camera. The 4K IMAX 3D camera was installed on the top of a Porsche Cayenne worth more than 50,000 US dollars, and the pictures captured were extremely clear. However, the scenes in Iceland were shot on film. Since this film uses IMAX 3D, the rendering time will be twice the 36 hours required to render each frame of the previous film in IMAX, which is significantly faster. Of course, this is due to the stereo nature of the format.

"Transformers 4" has 18 new robots, all of which were produced by Industrial Light & Magic. It takes 15 weeks to first build the geometry of the robot model, then 15-20 weeks to build the robot's supporting skeletal structure, then spray painting and making detailed textures, and finally the robot needs to be adjusted according to different shooting formats, lenses, and scenes. Of course, although those familiar Autobots were redesigned by Michael Bay, they are still instantly recognizable.

CG special effects are used throughout "Transformation 4", and the special effects are also very good. There were 350 people in the visual effects department in the later stages of the film. Although most of the robots were created through keyframe animation, when new skills emerged, the crew still used motion capture systems to present them. For example, the presentation of the Hong Kong scenes was achieved by the special effects team spending several weeks through digital camera recording and then digital processing. The scenes where buildings collapsed and were destroyed were also the result of special effects.

Of course, in order to make the film quality even higher, those explosions and slow-motion crews will use real-life effects as much as possible, such as smoke and fire, such as grabbing, holding, and carrying actions between robots and humans.

In fact, there are many Chinese landmark buildings in the film. These images were all taken using aerial photography, and the appearance of these Chinese elements also attracted the attention of more Chinese audiences.