迪士尼真人动画电影背后的秘密(3)

在这一阶段，动画制作者们研究了动物有哪些人类没有的肌肉。
By doing that, they could ensure the animals would do things like snarl the right way.
通过这样，他们可以确保动物们行为的真实性，比如正确的咆哮方式。
To make sure the animals looked convincing when they talked,animators used a combination of human and animal muscles for the characters" mouths.
为了确保动物们说话时令人信服，动画制作者们利用人和动物的肌肉组合来制作角色的嘴巴。
Another crucial breakthrough had to do with putting hairs on the animals.
另一个关键的突破是将毛发放在动物身上。
They had to figure out the direction an animal"s hair would move, how it clumps, and how it interacts with the world around it.
他们必须弄清楚动物的毛发会往哪个方向移动，如何成团，以及如何与周围的世界互动。
Perhaps most impressive is that Neel Sethi, who played Mowgli, acted completely alone on set, as all the animals were created with CGI and the other stars recorded their voices.
也许最让人印象深刻的是，饰演 Mowgli 的 Neel Sethi 在片场完全是一个人在演戏。因为所有的动物都是用 CGI 和其他明星录制的声音创建的。
But he did have a little company.
不过，他确实有一个小伙伴。
Actors in blue suits and crew members held up animal puppets and used googly eyes on their hands, like these pesky monkeys that steal food from Mowgli, which were later replaced with CGI versions of the animals.