Anthu makanema ojambula pamanja: Van Phan, director of Tribeca VR Premiere 'Upstander'

Woyang'anira makanema ojambula Van Phan adapambana ma Emmy awiri Ophunzira pamakabudula ake awiri oyamba: Wild card e Makhalidwe, zomwe zidapangidwa pomwe adatenga nawo gawo mufilimu ya USC. Makhalidwe adalandiranso Mphotho Yafilimu Yachidule Yabwino Kwambiri ku Siggraph mu 2001. Wagwira ntchito ngati wojambula, wojambula komanso wopanga mafilimu ndi masewera opangidwa ndi DreamWorks, Sony Imageworks, Digital Domain, The Third Floor, Halon Studios, Activision, Zynga, Naughty. Galu , 2K, ILM ndi Blue Sky Studios. Pulojekiti yaposachedwa ya Phan, filimu yachidule ya makanema ojambula pa VR yotchedwa Wapamwamba, ikupanga kuwonekera kwake lero ngati gawo la Tribeca Festival's Cinema360 pa intaneti. Anali okoma mtima kuti ayankhe ena mwa mafunso athu okhudza ntchito yake yaposachedwa:

Munabwera bwanji ndi lingaliro la pulojekiti yanu yolimbana ndi kupezerera anzawo VR?

Van Phan: Upstander idapangidwa mogwirizana ndi bungwe lothandizira achinyamata la Mphotho ya Diana ndi Oculus VR ya labu ya opanga abwino. Ndinagwirizana ndi Mphotho ya Diana kuti ndikhale ndi kanema wa 360-degree kuti ndithandizire uthenga wawo wotsutsa kuzunzidwa. Paulendo wanga wokalandira Mphotho ya Diana, kazembeyo adapanga zochitika zina zopezerera anzawo. Chidziwitso cha zochitika zawo chinali chamtengo wapatali ndipo chinalimbikitsa zochitika zingapo Upstander, zomwe zimathandiza kuti zikhale zenizeni. Pogwiritsa ntchito ndemanga zochokera ku Creator's Lab, ndinakonzanso nkhani yoyambirira ndikusintha kawonedwe ka nkhaniyo kuchoka kunkhanza kupita kwa owonera. Ndinasinthanso malo ochitira masewerawa kuchokera pabwalo lakunja kukhala bwalo la basketball lamkati, chifukwa kukhala ndi malo amkati kumapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuwongolera chidwi cha omvera.

Ulendo wolenga Upstander zakhala zosinthika kwa ine, popeza ndapeza kuthekera kwa sing'anga yatsopano ndikukhulupirira kuthekera kwake ngati makina omvera chisoni kuti anthu amve komanso kuganiza zambiri. Popeza idapangidwa mu VR, ndidafuna kupanga zomwe zidachitika kuti zitha kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wapakatikati ndikukankhira malire mowoneka, komanso kuwonetsa zigawo zapadera za VR, monga kuyenda kwa thupi la wophunzirayo.

Munayamba liti kugwira ntchitoyo ndipo zinatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti mumalize?

Ntchitoyi inayamba mu June 2018 ndipo inatha mu December 2019.

Ndi zida ziti zomwe mudagwiritsa ntchito popanga makanema ojambula?

Tidagwiritsa ntchito Unreal Marketplace pamitundu yambiri ndi malo komanso injini yamasewera ya Unreal yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga VR.

Ndi anthu angati omwe adagwirapo ntchitoyo ndipo bajeti yanu ya mpirawo inali yotani?

Panali anthu ambiri omwe adakhudzidwa, koma kupanga kunali ndi anthu angapo omwe akugwira ntchito panthawi zosiyanasiyana zopanga.

Kodi vuto lanu lalikulu kwambiri ndi liti pantchitoyi?

Monga chitukuko cha zenizeni zenizeni ndi zatsopano, palibe kachitidwe ka ntchito komwe katsatiridwa. Ndinayenera kupanga njira yogwirira ntchito yomwe ikugwirizana ndi zosowa zanga zapadera komanso zoperewera. Popeza izi ndizovuta, zimafuna zolephera zambiri panthawi ya chitukuko cha mapaipi, kupanga chisanadze ndi kupanga.

Kodi mumakonda chiyani za mtundu womalizidwa?

Popeza zenizeni zenizeni ndi njira yatsopano, wotsogolera amatha kupanga china chake chapadera komanso chatsopano. Ndinatha kufufuza kugwiritsa ntchito kubadwa, danga ndi zosinthika monga chida chowongolera nkhani ya sing'anga yatsopano. Zinali zokhutiritsa kwambiri kukhala mbali ya ndondomeko yonse kuchokera ku lingaliro kupita ku kukwezedwa.

Upstander imayamba ngati nkhani yodziwika bwino yokhala ndi zilembo zachilendo, chifukwa imagwiritsa ntchito zikwama kuyimira otchulidwa. Kusintha kwa POV, kusuntha kwa kamera ndi thupi kumathandizira nkhani ya zochitikazo, komanso kufufuza chinenero chatsopano chowonekera. Kupezerera anzawo ndikofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale lonse mu COVID-19 popeza mliriwu wakula kwambiri pakuzunza anthu aku Asia. Ndikuyembekeza kukankhira malire a nthano ndi polojekiti yake yotsatira.

Mukuganiza bwanji pazochitika zenizeni mu 2020?

Zowona zenizeni zili pa nthawi yofunikira kwambiri ndipo ziyambiranso chifukwa chakupangidwa bwinoko, monga Half-Life: Alyx. Kuphatikiza apo, COVID-19 ikhoza kukhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pazomwe anthu amazigwiritsa ntchito ngati chida cholumikizira pafupifupi. Mwachitsanzo, chikondwerero cha kanema wa Tribeca immersive ipitilira ndipo idzawonetsedwa kwaulere pamutu wa Oculus Go ndi Quest. Zinthu ngati izi zitha kupangitsa kuti anthu azifufuza VR ngati chida chosinthira kuti azitha kulumikizana ndi anthu komanso kufufuza njira zothanirana ndi kukhala kunyumba. Zowona zenizeni ndizotsika mtengo kwambiri, chifukwa mutha kupeza chomverera m'makutu nokha ndi $ 200-400 pano.

Ndi upangiri wamtundu wanji womwe mungapereke kwa makanema ojambula omwe akufuna kupeza chithandizo cha VR?

Phunzirani zoyambira za nthano ndi makanema ojambula bwino ndipo gwiritsani ntchito chidziwitsochi kupanga nkhani yabwino. Komanso, phunzirani zaukadaulo womwe ukubwera monga Unreal kapena Unity, popeza izi ndi zida zopangira zenizeni zenizeni komanso zenizeni zenizeni.

Mukuchitapo chiyani kenako?

Ndikufuna kufufuza kugwiritsa ntchito kuyanjana kuti ndipange zochitika zomwe sizimangopanga chifundo, komanso zimapatsa wophunzira chidziwitso cha bungwe, kuti athe kumverera, kuganiza ndi kuchitapo kanthu atakumana nazo. Tapanga chitsanzo ndipo tikuyang'ana ogwirizana nawo kuti atithandize kumaliza.

Upstander ilipo kuyesa Cinema360 ya Tribeca Film Festival, yoperekedwa mogwirizana ndi Oculus ya Facebook. Onani pulogalamuyo apa ndikupeza zambiri za kanemayo pa www.upstandervr.com