Adam Savage: My love letter to cosplay
亚当·萨维奇: 写给角色扮演的情书
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that I read somewhere once,
是我从别的地方读到的,
能够如此成功的
to homo sapiens' success
our body temperature
in any climate we choose.
where we can't survive without clothing.
离不开衣物了。
都变成故事性的陈述,
to put on is a narrative,
finding friends to play with,
a lot of my own play.
from behind the counter
纸桶里舀出来售卖。
cardboard tubs.
那时我只有八岁——
I was eight years old --
当店员用完这些纸桶的时候,
they were done with those tubs,
然后存放在店里,
and kept them in the back,
他们就会给你一个。
to work up the courage,
这个超级漂亮的纸桶。
with this beautiful cardboard tub.
我能用这神奇的东西做什么——
I could do with this exotic material --
and I realized, "Wait a minute --
让我能戴上这个头盔,
发现了一个冰箱包装箱,
a couple blocks from home.
out of cardboard.
underneath it to light it.
来把它照亮。
让它离墙壁有一点距离——
which I offset off the back wall --
I was being really clever --
真的特别机智——
把背景墙刷成了黑色,
the back wall of the closet black
I found in the attic,
圣诞树彩灯来点亮,
但是也疯狂地迷上了大白鲨,
but I was caught up in "Jaws" fever,
that had a "Jaws" costume in their window,
在橱窗里展出了一件“大白鲨”戏服,
我跟别人的讨论,
me talking to someone
I thought this costume was,
简直让我惊喜万分。
by giving me this "Jaws" costume.
how good they have it,
他们的物质条件有多好,
最入门的儿童戏服是这样……
you can buy online right now ...
my mom bought for me.
“大白鲨”戏服是这样的。
of "Jaws" on it.
画了一张“大白鲨”海报。
called "Excalibur."
一部叫《黑暗时代》的电影。
because it is a hard, R-rated film.
因为这是一部很暴力的限制级电影。
and guts or the boobs
was intoxicatingly beautiful to me.
简直是无与伦比的美丽。
穿着闪亮、抛光的盔甲。
in shining, mirror-polished armor.
wear their armor everywhere.
去到哪里都穿着这套盔甲。
吃饭的时候穿着,睡觉也穿着……
they wear it to bed.
和我心灵相通啊?
and a white horse.
suit of armor I made
on making me a proper suit of armor.
为我做一套更像样的盔甲。
to roofing aluminum called flashing
进步到用屋顶上的铝板来制作,
attachment materials,
一种连接配件,
of aluminum armor
so that I could breathe,
让我可以呼吸,
for Halloween and wore it to school.
我就穿着它去了学校。
patrolling the halls,
一直在校园里来回走,
我等下再告诉大家原因。
that are about to become clear.
of aluminum armor to school.
铝制盔甲去学校会发生什么。
I was standing in the back of class,
我一直站在教室最后,
我根本坐不下来。
allow me to sit down.
I didn't anticipate.
sort of concerned
“你感觉还好吗?”
and says, "Are you feeling OK?"
我感觉好不好?
Am I feeling OK?
我简直不能再……”
I am having the time of my --"
how great I feel,
starts to list to the left
有什么尴尬的,
passed out in front of my class,
我的盔甲去哪儿了?”
Where's my armor?"
为探索频道拍一个节目,
to make a show for Discovery Channel,
如何设计实验方法,
experimental methodologies
讲述有关实验的故事。
about them for television.
可以有很重要的作用。
in this storytelling.
幽默感、喜剧感、画面感,
我们所讲的故事。
to the stories we're telling.
called "Dumpster Diving,"
名叫“垃圾箱缓冲”,
有什么更深层次的意义。
of what costuming means to me.
two distinct parts to it.
辅导下学会从高楼上跳下,
to jump off buildings by a stuntman
to the experiment:
and we'd jump into it.
然后纵身跳进去。
these two elements,
所以我们要穿训练服——
so we should wear sweatsuits --
on the back of the sweatsuits.
写上‘特技初学者’吧。
something really visually striking --
我想让视觉冲击特别强——
《黑客帝国》里的尼欧!”
from 'The Matrix.'"
长筒搭扣靴子。
knee-high, buckle boots.
contact lenses in order to wear.
隐形眼镜之后才能戴墨镜。
their church giggles.
"(Laugh sound)."
“(噗嗤)”
at this moment.
it's so nakedly clear to my crew
into wearing this costume.
看起来一定酷毙了。
beautiful behind me.
at San Diego Comic-Con.
但是从来没时间去。
and never had time to go.
戏服扮演的圣地。
this was costuming mecca.
on the floor in San Diego.
an elaborate costume
of San Diego Comic-Con anonymously.
地狱男爵戏服,
Hellboy costume I could,
地狱男爵头部和胸部的假体,
a prosthetic Hellboy head and chest
in my prescription.
how balls hot it was in that costume.
那衣服里到底热成什么鬼样子。
然后隐形眼镜刺得我眼睛痛,
and the contact lenses hurt my eyes,
因为我简直爱它到不能自拔。
because I'm totally in love.
on this costume and walking the floor,
然后在展厅里溜达那么简单,
of other costumers.
人们把自己打扮成
people who dress up
from film and television
who find a costume and put it on --
找一件戏服穿上就可以了,
他们想成为的角色。
they want to be in those productions.
这景象真的太美了。
and it's beautiful.
of people walking around.
能给你拍个照吗?”
can I take your picture?"
to get into their pose.
你的照相机里。
great for your camera.
学会了希斯·莱杰的蹒跚步,
as the Joker from "The Dark Knight."
《指环王》里的邪恶戒灵,
from "Lord of the Rings,"
No-Face from "Spirited Away."
《千与千寻》里的无面人。
和它的创作者宫崎骏,
and its director, Hayao Miyazaki,
and one of my all-time favorite films.
也是我最喜爱的电影之一。
在一个废弃的日本主题公园里
who gets lost in the spirit world
of friends she makes --
and he wants to make friends,
他很想跟别人交朋友,
就是引诱别人到他身边,
is by luring them to him
on kind of a rampage
No-Face's gestures.
无面人的动作。
一个字都不说。
in this costume at all.
from behind my robe
I'd make it appear for them.
我就会给他们变出来。
Oh my god, this is so cool!"
好家伙,这简直太帅了!”
这样走在漫展上真的太棒了。
the floor and it's fantastic.
a coin as a return gift,
给我一块金币作为回礼,
这是我给出去的一块金币。
that I'd given away.
I take some more pictures.
继续跟大家合照。
inside this costume.
是看不见东西的。
and I can see their feet.
也能看见他们的脚。
gives me back a coin,
to get a better view,
away from me going like this.
拿了无面人金币的人身上。
who take gold from No-Face.
relationship; this is cosplay.
与观众的关系;这是角色扮演。
一种富有深意的情景之中。
that meant something to us.
important inside of us.
are how we reveal ourselves
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinkerAdam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.
Why you should listen
Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.
Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.
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