In the past weekend, Speed and furious 7, which has swept the world, finally roared into the mainland film market and instantly wrote a series of box office records. The film’s popularity is largely due to the unfortunate death of Paul Walker, one of the core characters in the series, during filming, and "Fast 7" became his screen swan song.

Photo of the Walker Brothers-Six weeks before Paul (right) died, he attended the wedding of his second brother Caleb (middle) as the best man, and his third brother Cody was on the left.
Looking back on Paul Walker’s sudden death, the cast of Fast 7, which was still being filmed, was caught off guard, and even once cast a shadow over whether the film could be released as usual. In addition to grief, regret and regret, I believe fans and audiences are more curious. How did Paul deal with the unfinished scenes? Now that you have watched the film, do you recognize "New Paul" on the screen?

At the end of 2013, Vin Diesel released the last photo of him and Paul in the film, but the owner of the lounge chair of the crew was no longer alive, so Quick 7 became the best way to miss Paul.
Paul Walker died in a car accident.
Nearly 20% of the plays were not filmed, and the film production was postponed.
At the beginning of September 2013, "Speed ? ? and furious 7" was officially launched in Atlanta, and then the crew went to Colorado, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and other places for filming. Everything went smoothly-until the end of November, when the film had been filmed for more than 80 days, the production process was more than half; The crew also had a holiday on the eve of Thanksgiving, allowing the master to go home and enjoy a rare holiday. However, no one expected that on the afternoon of 30th local time in California, Paul Walker (as a passenger) and his friend Roger rodas were unfortunately involved in an accident while driving a Porsche Carrera GT sports car. The car crashed into a roadside cement lamp post and a tree, and they were killed on the spot.
Paul Walker’s sudden death not only made fans around the world grieve, but also caused great losses to the cast of Fast 7 and even to Universal Pictures, because his role as Brian O ‘Conner can be described as one of the absolute protagonists in the whole series. Without him, The Fast and the Furious would no longer be complete. Paul’s death caught everyone off guard, and the follow-up plans of the whole series were all disrupted.
After the tragedy, the filmmaker announced the suspension of filming as soon as possible. At that time, it was less than 8 months before the original screening date (July 11, 2014). Obviously, in the absence of an important protagonist, it is impossible to release it as scheduled. On Christmas Eve, Vin Diesel revealed that the film would be postponed until April 2015. Although "Fast 7" continued to be produced, the crew had to face the grim fact that nearly 20% of Paul’s scenes had not been filmed. How to adjust his role reasonably is still a headache.

1 and 4, Caleb and Cody are on the set in Abu Dhabi; Figure 2, Vin Diesel communicates with two brothers; Figure 3. Two brothers take a photo with Tony Jia.
How to deal with Paul’s unfinished scenes?
Modify the script, ask a brother to invite body double, and use special effects.
After being shelved for five months, Fast 7 resumed shooting in April 2014. The remake went very smoothly and was officially finished on July 10th. However, the cloud of Paul’s death still lingers. As the greatest hero of the series, director Lin Yibin said that Paul Walker is gone, so there is no need for him to return. As mentioned above, before his death, Paul only finished 80-85% of the scenes of Speed 7, so how did the crew deal with the rest that were not filmed?
After Paul’s death, on the one hand, the crew suspended film production and devoted themselves to mourning; On the other hand, director James Wan and screenwriter chris morgan began to adjust the plot, character setting and story direction of the film, so that the story can continue. It is said that the original idea was that Paul ended up in a car accident and died. However, perhaps it was too tragic, or perhaps Paul’s family was dissatisfied with it. The creator finally revised the story and let Brian retire in the film and live happily with his family. After the script was revised, it not only brought a happy ending to Speed 7, but also kept the possibility of the story’s further development. At the same time, it made Paul’s withdrawal from the "racing family" justified, and Brian on the screen did not die because of Paul’s departure.

In the above picture, we can clearly see the movement of the third brother Cody’s face to capture the light spot, while in the following picture, Cody and Paul are compared after makeup, which is enough to confuse the fake with the real in the action scene of quick editing.
Then we entered the shooting stage. In order to restore Paul’s image to the greatest extent, the crew specially recruited his two younger brothers, Caleb Walker and Cody Walker. The former is very similar to Paul in figure, voice and body language. The latter is exactly like Walker in appearance and eyes. Subsequently, Vita special effects, famous for making The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other films, settled in, and they brought the most advanced motion capture system. In addition, the crew also found four stuntmen with the same figure as Paul to make up some scenes that need to be performed-after all, Paul’s two brothers are physically similar to Paul, and they are not professional actors.
Therefore, the two brothers Paul helped Vita complete the collection of physiological data, and four professional stuntmen were responsible for the professional movements on the screen. Then, by editing the video materials of Paul in the first five episodes of the series (editor’s note: Paul did not appear in the third episode), and finally combining the shooting angle and lighting skills, a realistic digital new "Paul Walker" was born.
It is worth mentioning that Robin Senfeld, CEO of The Mill, another London special effects studio involved in the production of "Paul’s Rebirth", revealed that "the resurrection of Paul this time is very similar to the production of" oliver reed’s Rebirth "in Gladiator that the company participated in 16 years ago."

At the end of the film, almost all the above techniques were used in the beach scene. We can see from Figure 3-5 that two brothers and stuntmen went into battle one after another, and combined with the angle and lens switching, the perfect filming effect of Figure 1-2 was finally realized.
"Resurrection of Paul" is flawless.
Can you see which scenes in the film are made up?
As Paul Walker’s screen swan song, such a curtain call drama can be described as complete. Although there are still many shocking action scenes, we can feel that the writers have been deliberately weakening Paul’s brave side, but highlighting his image as a good man who stays at home and is a loving father. Especially at the end of the film, James Wan’s sensational splicing of Paul’s previous images can be described as a profound and touching perfect memory.
Judging from the final film, the technical team successfully completed the task of "resurrecting Paul", which can basically be said to be seamless. Of course, if you observe carefully enough, it is not difficult to find some make-up scenes. The most obvious place is the scene at the end of the film where Paul plays with his family on the beach (above). We can see that Brian on the screen seems to be much older, and his figure is not as tall and straight as before.

Caleb’s figure can be seen vaguely in the cliff car-picking scene.
As for the other shots, it may take some effort. For example, in the Caucasus mountains and the Los Angeles signal tower at the end of the film, you can see "not so real" Paul. Especially in the first climax of the film, Brian jumps off the cliff and grabs the rear of Letty’s car. Although the close-up shot that appeared in the first preview is fleeting, we can find from the screenshots that this "Paul" has lost a lot of weight in his cheeks, but it is very similar to his second brother Caleb.


In addition, if you are a die-hard fan of Speed ? ? 6 series, you should easily find out the pictures taken from previous episodes: for example, Paul on the beach in Abu Dhabi, from the scene of Brian chatting with Don in Speed ? ? 6 (Figure 1); There is also Paul, who looks at Tang at the end of the film, who re-edited the scene of four people driving a police car in Rio (Figure 2).
The curtain of Speed 7 has fallen, Brian has found his home in life, and Don still needs to continue to fight. However, no matter how ups and downs the film plot will be in the future, The Fast and the Furious, which belongs to Paul Walker, has ended, and the scenes have already been fixed in the hearts of fans …

At the end of the film, Tang and Brian drive up the fork in the road, which coincides with the poster of "Fast 7" made by fans before. May all be well with Paul in heaven.