《驯龙高手》中的布局、摄影与3D
原文节选自《驯龙高手设定集》，由龙崖社·龙之书翻译组汉化整理，本合集仅供Bilibili，爱发电（最先更新），Lofter平台龙崖社社团官方账号发布，未经授权禁止转载！
布局设计部门首先通过将角色和道具放入模型环境中准备好电影的舞台，然后打开摄像机。他们的工作就是用“相机”来支持故事。
《驯龙高手》中的摄影技术比人们在CG世界中预期的要真实得多，在CG世界里，几乎任何镜头的移动都是可能的。电影布局负责人吉尔·齐默尔曼解释说：“由于我们的电影是设计的非常真实的，所以我们的电影设计需要类似实景实人的相机运动，以帮助支持我们故事中强烈的、往往是严肃的情感，”布局设计主管Gil Zimmerman解释说。
布局设计部门在舞台布置上的决定也极大地影响了3D立体体验。Zimmerman补充道：“在搭建布景时，我们确保布置了很多层次的树叶，因为当各种构图中，布景里都有很多物体时，3D立体电影的制作才能最好地表达出那种深度。”
在几乎没有对白的场景中，比如卡嗝第一次看到森林里倒下的龙时，摄影作品也通过强调视角在视觉上传达了情感变化。齐默尔曼解释说：“在这个场景中，我们试图从卡嗝的视角来体验这一发现。例如，在卡嗝第一次看到龙的镜头中，我们用摄影机稳定器跟随他，就像观众正和卡嗝一起走一样。镜头越过卡嗝肩膀移动到山脊上，只是捕捉到了龙的一瞥，然后切下镜头，等待观众有机会和他一起体验这种欣喜若狂的时刻，” Zimmerman 解释道。
原文：
The layout department sets the stage for the film by placing characters and props in the modeled environments, and then turns the camera on. It is their job to use the "camera" to support the storytelling.
The cinematography in How to Train Your Dragon is more realistic than one might expect in the CG world, where almost any camera move is possible. "Since our film is very realistically designed , our cinematic design calls for live action-inspired camera motion to help support the strong and often serious emotions in our story," explains Head of Layout Gil Zimmerman.
The layout department also greatly affected the 3D stereoscopic experience through its set dressing decisions. "While assembling sets, we made sure to establish many levels of foliage because 3D stereoscopic film making is at its best when a set gives us plenty of objects in any composition to convey that depth," adds Zimmerman.
In scenes where there is little dialogue, such as when Hiccup first sees the downed dragon in the forest, camerawork also conveys the emotional arc visually by accentuating point of view. " In this scene, we try to experience the discovery from Hiccup's perspective. For instance, in the shot where Hiccup first catches a glimpse of the dragon, we follow him with a Steadicam as if the audience is walking right alongside Hiccup. The camera travels to the ridge over Hiccup's shoulder and just captures a glimpse of the dragon before cutting away to wait for the audience to have a moment to experience the elation with him," explains Zimmerman.
