《馴龍高手》中紅死神的設(shè)定介紹
原文節(jié)選自《馴龍高手設(shè)定集》，由龍崖社·龍之書翻譯組漢化整理，本合集僅在龍崖社區(qū)，Bilibili，愛發(fā)電（最先更新），Lofter發(fā)布，未經(jīng)授權(quán)禁止轉(zhuǎn)載！?
這只巨大龍族的主體設(shè)計是受Cressida Cowell原著中綠死神和紫死神啟發(fā)而得來的，但是我們在后期的視覺設(shè)計中把它設(shè)計得更具有危險感。
——制作人Bonnie Arnold
維京人剛踏上龍島就發(fā)現(xiàn)，所有的龍都為一條巨大可怕的龍俯首稱臣，它是便是紅死神。事實上，這條巨龍是維京人和龍族共同的敵人?！帮@而易見，其他龍為了能在島上生存而被迫給紅死神帶來食物，服侍著這條巨龍，”導(dǎo)演迪恩?德布洛伊斯這樣解釋道，“ 借用工蜂必須為蜂皇服務(wù)的這樣一個蜂巢體系作為龍族社會的基本框架，這樣我們即便不讓龍表現(xiàn)出類人行為也能讓人們理解龍族社會。此外，這一聯(lián)系讓人們看到它們是有幕后主使的，同時容易讓觀眾對龍族產(chǎn)生同情，也暗示著如果紅死神不再存在的話，所有的龍將得到自由?！?在早期版本中，紅死神被設(shè)定為海中巨獸，據(jù)此設(shè)計師尼古拉斯?馬萊特（Nicolas Marlet）把它描繪成一只奇幻的生物，渾身閃爍著水母一樣的淡藍(lán)熒光，珊瑚般艷麗的毛發(fā)和縹緲的觸須像美麗的海生植物一般在水里蕩漾。甚至從細(xì)節(jié)上來說，紅死神身上生長的藤壺在設(shè)計之內(nèi)。但是，“作為反派，如此靈動美麗會讓人們不忍看到它被殺死?！彼栽O(shè)計師凱莉?阿爾蒂埃里(Kthy Altieri)駁回了這個設(shè)定。紅死神長400英尺，翼展550英尺，長有94顆牙齒以及（全身）900多枚尖刺，這讓其它龍在紅死神面前就像個弟弟一樣。此外，視覺特效主管Craig Ring表示：“多虧了CG制片技術(shù)，我們才能根據(jù)動畫場景所需，更合理的控制比例展示出紅死神龐大的體型?！?
導(dǎo)演反復(fù)強調(diào)要把它做得更丑，說要“加上瘡皰，眼睛上加上翳，還要加上滿嘴欄牙，亂七八糟的脊刺，和看起來腐爛一樣的皮膚?！?/strong>
————表面處理負(fù)責(zé)人Sabrina Riegel
紅死神能噴出一道半英里長的火焰，同時產(chǎn)生渾濁的煙霧，這給人帶來一種陳舊惡臭的感覺。特效團(tuán)隊“用一組曲線創(chuàng)造出火流以創(chuàng)造出那種巨大的，煙霧濃厚的，熾烈的感覺，看起來就像是從中心點亮，逐漸衰減直到煙霧外面?！碧匦ж?fù)責(zé)人Matt Baer解釋說。特效組還建立了多種流體模擬以在這些鏡頭里使用，這讓2600英尺長的火舌特效錦上添花。?
原文：
The general concept for this humongous dragon was inspired by Cressida Cowell's Green Death and Purple Death dragons in her original book , but our visual development process took this into a more threatening direction
——Bommie Arnold , Producer
As the Vikings discover once the land upon Dragon Island, the entire society of dragons functions to serve a larger and more hideous creature than they ever could have imagined—— the Red Death. This massive dragon is, in fact, a common enemy to both the Vikings and the Dragons. It is quickly apparent that all of the other dragon species are engaged as "workers in service, forced to bring food to their leader in order to sustain their own existence on the island," explains Director Dean DeBlois. "By using the beehive concept of workers serving one master as the paradigm for the dragon's world, we knew our dragons wouldn't need to portray anthropomorphic behavior in order to make their society understandable. Plus, this relationship is a way to build some sympathy toward the dragons, seeing that they are in service to something, and also to hint that if that thing was no longer, then they'd be free."
In its earliest development , this dragon was portrayed as a beast of the sea , for which Charactor Designer Nicolas Marlet drafted a wondrous creature replete with a jellyfishlike bioluminescence ; a coral-shaped mane with stylized tendrils that float like sea plants ; and detailed , barnacle-inspired scale designs. ' But this was too elegant of a dragon , which made it too hard to want to see it killed ,' recalls Production Designer Kthy Altieri . The Red Death dwarfs all of the other dragons, measuring a length of 400 feet with a wingspan of 550 feet, sporting 94 teeth and almost 900 spikes. Plus , thanks to the wonders of CG animation ,' we are able to scale the Red Death as needed to make it work in some scenes where it might just be too big ,' notes Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Ring .
The directors kept telling us to make it more it more gross , giving notes like ' add blisters , sores , cataracts in its eyes , broken teeth , crumbling spikes , and a more decayed look to its skin
——Sabrina Riegel , Head of Surfacingz
THE RED DEATH emits fire in a jet of flame that can project half a mile , and it's accompanied by dirty smoke that creates a sense of something ancient and dusty , The effects team ' created fire stands that animated on a group of curves to create a huge , smoky , fiery element that loos like it is lit from the core , fading to the outside of the smoke ,' explains Head of Effects Matt Baer . The effect team also built several varieties of fluid simulations to use within these shots , as if 2600 feet of shooting flame isn't impressive enough .
