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When
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was first shown to the public last
month, a group of excited animal activists gathered on Hollywood Boulevard. But
they weren't there to throw red paint on fur-coat-wearing film stars. Instead,
one activist, dressed in a full-body monkey suit, had arrived with a sign praising
the filmmakers: "Thanks for not using real apes (猿)!"
The
creative team behind "Apes" used motion-capture (动作捕捉) technology to create digitalized animals, spending tens of millions
of dollars on technology that I records an actor's performance and later processes
it with computer graphics to create a final image (图像).
In this case, one of a realistic-looking ape.
Yet
"Apes" is more exception than the rule. In fact, Hollywood has been hot
on live animals lately. One nonprofit organization, which monitors the treatment
or animals in filmed entertainment, is keeping tabs on more than 2,000 productions
this year. Already, a number of films, including "Water for
Elephants," "The Hangover Part Ⅱ" and "Zookeeper,"
have drawn the anger of activists who say the creatures acting in them haven't
been treated properly.
In
some cases, it's not so much the treatment of the animals on set in the studio
that has activists worried; it's the off-set training and living conditions that
are raising concerns. And there are questions about the films made outside the States,
which sometimes are not monitored as closely as productions filmed in the
Sates.
