CCTV News: According to data from the online platform, the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child in the Sea" that is, "Nezha 2", has exceeded 8.4 billion yuan, continuing to break many Chinese film history records and is about to be released globally. The "Nezha" series has attracted fans with its shocking special effects strength. Experts said: Chinese animation uses technology as its pen and focuses on traditional cultural innovation. In the innovative iteration of cultural confidence and technological progress, the world has seen a new picture of Chinese culture that is both authentic and fun.
As the sequel to the 2019 popular movie "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", the number of characters in "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the Sea" is three times that of the first movie, with more than 1,900 special effects shots in the whole film, and more than 10,000 special effects elements. The shocking visual effects attract the audience to "sweep again and again". Domestic theaters currently plan to continue to release "Nezha 2" until after the Lantern Festival.
The film combines the mythical elements in "Shan Hai Jing" with cyberpunk aesthetics, reconstructing the visual system of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. The smudge effect of traditional ink and wash is integrated into 3D animation through the independently developed "dynamic ink rendering engine", allowing the legend of "the dragon entering the sea" to retain the classical artistic conception and full of futuristic sense. Through cool technological breakthroughs, Chinese cultural genes are deeply decoded. In order to create a more realistic and beautiful waterfall special effect in deep mountains and forests, the production team developed and iteratively optimized the waterfall production process automation program, and integrated 50 high-performance workstations into a solution cluster for batch processing.
Behind the popularity of "Nezha 2" is the comprehensive upgrade of China's animation industry chain. The 4,000-person team took five years to complete the entire process of the closed loop from script polishing to special effects synthesis with the "death spirit". The rendering technology and motion capture technology used in the video have also enabled Chinese animation to turn from "technical input" to "standard output".
"Nezha 2" and the previously popular game "Black Myth: Wukong" both present traditional Chinese myth stories to the audience in a new narrative and international art style. Through the modernization of classic images, Chinese culture has been sought after by audiences and players around the world. From "Black Myth: Wukong" to "Nezha 2", from Unreal Engine to Dynamic Ink Painting, China is deeply involved in the reconstruction of the global cultural landscape with the double helix gene of "technology + culture". Reuters said that the popularity of "Nezha 2" confirms the strong appeal of Chinese local IP. As internationally competitive works, "Nezha 2" and "Black Myth: Wukong" show the unique charm of Chinese culture. Chinese culture can not only meet domestic market needs, but can also be shared by the world.
