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SIHUI

Surge

Video | 2020 | Team Project

From the undercurrents of the imperial court to the Jiaofangsi in Jinling City, a seemingly ordinary night conceals a brewing conspiracy. This night is destined to be anything but calm.

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Video

​Character Installation-Oiran

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Character Prototype

​Character Features

Imago Objects

Du Shiniang, Kiyoha (Sakuran), Dong Xiaowan, Kou Baimen...

Enchanting, charming, graceful, gorgeous, mysterious

​Pomegranate skirt, wine bottle rack

Character Monologue-Oiran

2.Medium stage

When making the "石榴裙"(skirt) part of the oiran character, Marvelous Designer was first used for cloth simulation, and Maya and C4D were used to create the dancing effect, and the animation was baked. Next, C4D was used to make the "wine bottle rack" part, and the texture was made through Substance Painter. In order to optimize performance, Polygon Cruncher was used to reduce the number of faces of the model to ensure that the number of faces of the model was reasonable. Finally, the baked animated character model and texture were imported into the Unreal Engine, and the video was recorded in the engine.

1. Early stage

​Based on the historical background of Jinling City in the early Ming Dynasty, our group of four played the roles of courtesan, prostitute, female musician and secret lover, and unfolded the narrative in the space of Jiaofangsi. Based on our understanding and feelings of the characters, we designed our own character installation, wrote and dubbed the character monologues in the first person, and set the story script for the final film.

3. Later stage

Import the recorded video clips in Unreal Engine into Premiere for editing, adding special effects, color grading and subtitle production. Use Media Encoder to adjust the video format and export the final video. At the same time, use InDesign to layout the relevant text and image content, and finally export it as a book to complete the integration and presentation of the visual and text content of the entire project.

​Creative Process

         建文元年,朱棣起兵反抗。
         建文四年,朱棣乘胜进军,攻下金陵夺取了政权。
         也是在那年,我父王被诬陷,朱棣也对前帝忠臣早有杀意,既然政权在手他便能光明正大地除掉眼中钉,王府被抄后,父王惨死狱中,母亲撞柱自尽,家兄被他们带走充军北关,而我被抓到教坊司充当官妓。
         “不要——”
         “我再也不敢了!”
         “求您饶了我吧!”
         哀号声于教坊司后的某处小院不断传来,老鸨常于此处惩罚官妓,若是有人敢逃跑、不听话、不愿接客,便会被吊在树杆子上,用皮鞭抽打。妹妹们被打得皮开肉绽,不敢再有逆反的心思,那时傲骨嶙嶙的我也如她们一般,但纵使心里有千万个不愿意,也无可奈何,在这灯红酒绿之地麻木地跳舞、唱曲、卖笑、迎客 ...... 虽非囚犯,却也身在牢笼。那些痛苦的回忆反反复复在我睡梦时出现,成为梦魇。待到醒来,脸上总是隐有泪痕,而枕边常常泪湿一片。

         后来,教坊司每三年才举行一次的花魁选秀,我竟胜出了,作为花魁,我有更大的希望被赎身离开这里,这次我有可能脱身吗?
         “今晚会有许多大臣前来寻欢,你们可都给我好好表现!尤其是我们的花魁。”老鸨的眼里是闪着发财的光,生怕即将到手的钱飞走。
         “我知道了,妈妈。”
         夜幕降临,客人们都来了,这群大臣好似长满蛆散发臭味的猪油,瞧见几眼,我心里不由得生出几分厌恶,可我如今只是烟花女子,只能装出一副笑脸热情招待他们。鸡鸭鱼肉美酒,美人相伴与身侧,于他们而言这是多么舒适的享受,而我只能陪他们喝酒卖笑。不久,他们便喝的醉醺醺了,从他们的对话中,我隐约听到了当年父王被害的实情,真相似乎没有我以前认为的那样简单?到底是怎么回事?当今皇帝不是早起杀心?到底是谁害得我们落得如此下场? ......
         华灯初上,这纸醉金迷中伴随夜莺般的笑声,我怀抱琵琶,朱唇微启,歌声如泉水滴落 , 清脆悦耳 , 睁着含情脉脉的双眸向台下众人含媚送意。
         一双双炙热的眼睛直勾勾地盯着我,正因了这诱人的眉眼儿,才使得男人们迷得神魂颠倒,男人们一看到那双眼睛,魂好似没了,仿佛恨不得自己淹死在这温柔乡里。世人说,男人们都拜倒在我的石榴裙下,为我沉醉不已,女人们见到我只会露出嫉妒的嘴脸,恨不得把我千刀万剐,那些爱慕着我的嫖客们又恨不得把我禁锢在他们的怀抱里 ...... 而谁能想到,有个计划已在我心中生根发芽。烟花之地磨人意志,可我必须清醒,在这委曲求全为的是给我的家人报仇雪恨!这一路,阻碍我前进的绊脚石,我定会想方设法地除掉。只有利用这花魁之位,不断地去接近那些皇权富贵,才能使那年的真相公示天下。

         “你听说了吗?今晨啊,红牌在梳妆房里一觉醒来脸竟突然变得如同老了二十岁!”
         “啊,怎会如此?”
         “这我可就不知道了,据说她一觉睡醒就变成那样了,这是个人都没法接受的吧,她现在人都快疯掉了”
         “唉呀,也是,变成了那样客人都会被吓跑吧,以后得怎么办才好啊”

         嫣然一笑 , 裙摆飞扬,我心满意足地看着台下的目光聚集于我一人。

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