Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Producer
Capcom
Bio
Hiroyuki Kobayashi has born in Nagoya in 1972. He joined Capcom in 1995 where he became involved in Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, etc. In 1999 he was made a producer for titkes such as Devil may Cry and Dino Crisis series, as well as Resident Evil and Sengoku Basara series. He has also worked on projects other than games such as the film series Resident Evil and Anime title Devil May Cry. His major works include: Sengoku Basara (2005-2008), Resident Evil 4 (2005), Devil May Cry 4 (2008) and more.
His games: 1996 Resident Evil; 1998 Resident Evil 2; 1999 Dino Crisis; 1999 Resident Evil Last Escape; 2000 Dino Crisis 2; 2001 Devil May Cry; 2002 Resident Evil (GC); 2002 Resident Evil 0; 2003 P. N. 03; 2003 Dino Crisis 3; 2005 Resident Evil 4; 2005 Killer 7; 2005 Sengoku Basara; 2006 Sengoku Basara 2; 2007 Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes; 2008 Devil May Cry 4; 2008 Sengoku
Basara X. His films: 2004 Resident Evil II Apocalypse; 2007 Resident Evil III; (Anime) 2007 Devil May Cry.
Abstract
Challenge towards cinematography from games – Resident Evil: Degeneration Project
p>Resident Evil games have been a global success since the first launch in 1996. This time it will make appearance as a full-CG film directed by special effects specialist Makoto Kamiya, who has previously directed ‘Japan Sinks’ (2006) and ‘L Change the World’ (2008). Script is by Shotaro Suga and his works include ‘Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex’ (2002), ‘Casshern’ (2004). Production is by Digital Frontier who is literally one of the frontiers of introducing Full CG films into the major screens with the ‘Appleseed’ (2004) and ‘EX Machina’ (2007). Resident Evil: Degeneration Project is produced by Capcom’s Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who also previously produced ‘Resident Evil4’ (2005) and ‘Devil May Cry 4’ (2008).
It was in autumn 2006 that the project was brought to life. The distributor Sony Pictures offered a collaborative partnership in this full-CG project with Hiroyuki Kobayashi as the producer. Same year Makoto Kamiya was chosen as the director, Shotaro Suga as the scripter and Digital Frontier as the production Studio where they began the actual production in January 2007. We then spent half a year on scripts while character designing in parallel, as well as the production of the storyboard and the motion capturing data to be used for teaser trailers. Because the majority of the characters were set as Americans, the motion capturing audition was held in the US. There were some difficulties in gathering all the actors to Japan but finally started on the data gathering process in late November. We then had to rush because the actors had to head home for Christmas but the process was successfully completed just in time. Action scene capturing was continued with the Japanese cast until the end of December and as of January 2008 We started the animatics process and the texturing of CGs.
