Recently, the mainland film market finally feels like a summer vacation! Upgrades, withdrawals, dark horse counterattacks, box office flooding, abuse of substitutes... one after another, there are new topics almost every day. This time, let’s take a look at Jackie Chan caused by the extensive use of AI face-changing in the new film controversy.
The movie " legend " starring Jackie Chan is scheduled to be released in July. It is the first batch of blockbusters to be released in the 2024 summer vacation. Not only are the actors familiar, but the investment in the entire movie is as high as 50 million US dollars (equivalent to more than 300 million yuan) ).
In the promotion of "Legend", the filming method of the film vaguely corresponds to the plot. "Legend" is a sister chapter of " myth ", another movie starring Jackie Chan 20 years ago. It also tells the story of the past and present life of the male protagonist played by Jackie Chan. "The story of "Legend" has both ancient and modern plots. Corresponding to the ancient and modern plots of "Legend", it is the two major shooting methods adopted by the crew - traditional live-action and AI face-changing.
Traditional real-life scenes should not require specific science popularization. AI face-changing is worth mentioning. The face of the ancient general Zhao Zhan played by Jackie Chan used AI technology to change his face into the 27-year-old Jackie Chan. This is also one of the important publicity points of the "Legend" film crew. First, what is unexpected is that Jackie Chan, whose face was changed by AI, turned upside down just because of word-of-mouth.
More than one audience member reported that the younger version of Jackie Chan whose face was changed by AI became more and more unnatural the more he looked at it. He always seemed to be smiling but not smiling at all, and could not express his emotions at all. In the film, the brother and lover of the male protagonist passed away one after another. The originally sad atmosphere was stunned. Being face-swapping by AI turned into a comedy.
Not only that, netizens are also aware of a problem. The extensive use of AI technology to change faces in movies is suspected of abusing stand-ins?
A quick calculation shows that Jackie Chan was born in 1954 and is just over 70 years old. Judging from his age alone, it seems that it is not unacceptable for a 70-year-old man to use a body double during the filming of action scenes in order to avoid danger. , but if the audience buys a ticket to watch the movie because the 70-year-old Jackie Chan still insists on shooting action scenes, and what they see is a stuntman replacing the face of the young Jackie Chan, they will definitely feel cheated.
Currently, netizens are discussing whether Jackie Chan abuses avatars, and differences have emerged.
——Someone showed the behind-the-scenes footage of Jackie Chan wearing armor and mounting a horse, saying that Jackie Chan personally participated in the filming and did not abuse the stand-in.
- Someone took out a screenshot of the long shot of "Legend" and said that even for the long shot, he had to stand in and change faces, which was a bit lazy.
What's even more subtle is that in "Legend", there was an actor named Zheng Yecheng who served as the stand-in for AI's face-changing Jackie Chan, who has starred in " Painting Jianghu: Bad Guys " and other series. In " "Legend" played a supporting role of a general. The producers of "Legend" had no intention of promoting this at all, so it was impossible to determine how many stand-in jobs Zheng Yechen himself had performed, and no one knew how many stand-ins Jackie Chan used.
Once upon a time, one of the biggest publicity points of Jackie Chan's movies was to personally participate in the movie. It was very sad to see the reputation of "Legend" affected by controversies such as AI face-swapping and body doubles. In fact, Jackie Chan himself participated in the modern drama part of "Legend". It's a pity that the fighting scene has been buried in the bad reviews of the movie.
Finally, I am very curious. If AI technology appears widely in movies and TV series, it will inevitably lead to abuse. By then, stars will only need to show one face, and the crew will get the star's portrait rights. Once AI changes their face, all other work will be done. Can you accept this kind of film and television work done by a stand-in?
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