Italian filmmaker Nicola Piovesan is creating an independent short film using 3D printed props. The low-budget movie, Attack of the Cyber Octopuses, is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter in order to help with production costs. The project provides an interesting insight into how film makers can use 3D printing.
为了了解更多信息，我们与Nicola Piovesan谈了该项目，以及他如何使用3D打印来制作。
3D printing can be a useful tool for custom prop making, as我们已经看到了奥斯卡提名的电影Kubo和两个弦乐. The stop-motion picture used 3D printing in order to create the characters as well as the setting for the film. Furthermore,we have also seen the use of 3D scanning in the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One. Although their production, unlike Piovesan’s, also had a large emphasis on the use of CGI.
“网络章鱼是否梦想着电鳗？”
Nicola Piovesan is a big sci-fi fan and admires classic 80s films like Blade Runner and the original Star Wars. These movies used physical props for settings and backgrounds and created an aesthetic that many cite as inspirational. Piovesan’s Attack of the Cyber Octopuses takes place in 2079 Neo-Berlin and will use handcrafted structures as the backdrop for the city.
The filmmaker explains the plot on his Kickstarter as,
A dark, rain-soaked city held by mega corporations where the only enjoyment in life is connecting to cyberspace and taking “Binary Trip” a cyber drug that fries your neurons but promises a feeling better than a hundred orgasms at once. In this setting, a team of crack cyberspace detectives are investigating a new menace: an army of cyber octopuses that are terrorizing the city.
3D打印如何启用了电影
Nicola is a distinguished filmmaker with strong experience with working with CGI and animation. However, the Italian explains,
I think it’s more “poetic” using practical effects. As a filmmaker I feel more empathy with the set, the location or the objects that I’m filming, rather than just creating them on a virtual level.
The additive manufacturing method has appealed to Nicola as it enables him to produce parts quickly and with low-costs. As he says, “3D printing broadened my horizons, making it affordable and doable!这部电影将包含一些计算机生成的图像，用于涉及“网络空间”概念的序列。但是电影制片人希望将其保持在最低水平。为了创建他的道具，尼古拉使用了Wanhao重复器i3 v2.1，带有PLA细丝并简化3D作为切片软件.”
While Nicola Piovesan is keen to pay homage to the craft of classic film making effects, he wishes to do so while embracing new technology through 3D printing.
Don’t get me wrong, I love CGI and I’ve been using it for years, it gives you endless possibilities but I think that on a film with real actors there should be a limit at some point
Setting
这部电影将在Talinn,爱沙尼亚,尼克la is based. This location will provide an affordable setting for 2079 Neo-Berlin. Nicola explains how the city is ideal as it merges features of a modern city with some Soviet era relics.
Kickstartercampaign
Nicola Piovesan’s Kickstarter campaign is live now with the goal of €18,000. One of the perks for backers of the crowdfunding campaign include STL files for the Cyber Octupus so you can 3D print your own. Filming and production for the movie is set for later this year. With an expected release of around June.
尼古拉（Nicola）和他的团队已经制作了电影的预告片，可以在下面查看。
Check out the campaign on Kickstarter.Good luck Nicola!
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Featured image shows Nicola “trying to look like an art director of the Eighties” with one of his prop designs. Image via Nicola’s Kickstarter.
