Chapter 337 Online Meeting (Please Subscribe)

Fans are always a double-edged sword.

The advantage is that the harvest is guaranteed despite droughts and floods. As long as die-hard fans are satisfied, there is no need to worry about making money. The shortcomings are also obvious. Diehard fans will send it if they are not satisfied.

Gu Miao had no choice.

Just be a fan. After all, this is your first animated film. The main thing is to accumulate experience, and then you can break out of the fan-oriented framework in the future.

Filmmaking is time-consuming and laborious.

In particular, animated films like "Snake Comes Around", which are mainly 2D and mixed with some 3D shots, are even more troublesome to produce.

Do not misunderstand!

Gu Miao didn't think the progress was slow, he just felt that the production process was cumbersome, and there were too many details that needed to be paid attention to, which was too taxing on brain cells.

Give a simple example.

In the movie "Snake Comes and Turns", there are many new scenes that have never appeared in TV animations, including the Yangcun Library.

OK!

It’s just a new scene, let’s draw it!

But for this simple library scene, do you know how many line drawings you need to draw?

The answer is, hundreds of them!

Because animated movies are different from TV animations, they must strive for excellence in details. So even a scene that appears for 30 seconds requires a lot of time to refine and refine.

What does the library door look like?

What books are on the bookshelf?

What decorations should be used on the roof, floor, and walls of the library?

Then there are five views!

When it comes to the "five views", many people may be confused. But this is actually a key step in character design during the animation production process.

Of course, scene design is also useful.

The so-called five views refer to images of scenes, characters or props from five different perspectives. The five perspectives are main view, top view, left view, right view and rear view.

What?

There are left, back and right, but why not the front?

Because the front view, that is, the front view, is generally called the front view, or "front view" according to geometry.

The whole process is cumbersome and boring...

Many anime fans probably think that the process of making animation is a very relaxing and enjoyable thing.

But this is not the case.

Maybe at the beginning, when the project was planned and established, everyone had a lot of "creative passion" for this project. At this stage, everyone is really enthusiastic, lively and happy.

But as time goes by.

The long, boring and tedious work that often lasts for months or even years will wear away this creative passion, and what is left is a "sense of fatigue".

This is very common in the world of artistic creation.

Taking novel creation as an example, the author came up with a good idea, such as the protagonist obtaining the Shenhao System and becoming a winner in life from a young man at the bottom...

When I first started creating, the creative passion was so overwhelming! When I write about exciting plots, I get excited and want to spend 24 hours a day in front of the computer typing.

Can be used over time.

When this novel is serialized to 500,000 words, 1 million words, or even longer. When the creative passion fades away, it enters the "torture stage".

A cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and 2,000 words to write in a day!

why is that?

Because the initial creative passion has been worn away by time. As I write and write, I feel numb from writing.

The same goes for animation creation.

This problem was not particularly obvious in other projects before. Because other projects were completed in half a year at most, it didn’t take too long.

But the movie "Snake Comes Around" project has been going on for almost a year. For everyone on the production team, this is an extremely long time.

the first few months.

When Gu Miao called a meeting to discuss some plot developments, story lines and character settings, everyone was still very enthusiastic, and the discussion was extremely intense.

How good it is now...

During the meeting, everyone had their heads drooped. You were staring at the ceiling in a daze, while he was counting the teacups on the table. Anyway, he was not very energetic.

How can this be done?

Gu Miao understood that the main reason why everyone became like this was that they lost their original enthusiasm for creation and became mentally numb.

If we want to change this "dead" status quo, we must regain everyone's enthusiasm for the "Snake Comes Around" project.

The question is, how to do this?

Gu Miao thought of many ways, such as giving everyone a holiday and going to the screening room to watch the animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" to relax.

Play small games, Cosplay...

After trying various methods, everyone still has no enthusiasm. Just when Gu Miao felt at a loss about this, Ma Kui, who was passing by, made a suggestion.

"To be honest, none of these methods are useful! If we want to stimulate everyone's creative enthusiasm, we have to get them out of the office and communicate with fans face to face..."

"Let the fans inspire everyone?"

Upon hearing this suggestion, Gu Miao's eyes suddenly lit up.

I have to say that Ma Kui made a good suggestion. It's great to let fans who are looking forward to this movie inject passion and motivation into the tired production team!

But, how to do it?

"Let's hold a meeting! If it's difficult to arrange the time, then put it online! Have a face-to-face Q&A session similar to a live webcast."

"Okay, it's up to you!"

Gu Miao said decisively.

Ma Kui's suggestion was very constructive. Gu Miao, who felt that this method was feasible, quickly called in the operation and maintenance personnel of Wanbao Video and Wanbao official website.

soon……

Wanbao's official website, Wanbao Video and LIVE all put up promotional posters, indicating that the production team of the movie "Snake Comes Around" will hold an online live broadcast meeting at 8:00 pm on August 8.

At that time, a batch of high-quality questions will be selected in the live broadcast room and answered by the production team.

At the same time, a few lucky viewers will get the opportunity to "continue to win" and express their thoughts and suggestions to the production team.

The live broadcast room will also draw lucky viewers to receive a gift pack of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" clay dolls from Wanbao Animation.

“It’s better to act than to think!”

"My name is Gu Sanshui. I'm waiting for you in the live broadcast room. If you are a brother, come and watch my live broadcast! See you there at 8pm on August 8th!"

Good guy!

In order to attract as many fans as possible to pay attention to this matter, Gu Miao, who has always been low-key and reserved, took the rare opportunity to go into battle in person this time and filmed a very embarrassing promotional video.

Not to mention...

Gu Sanshui is indeed Gu Sanshui. His status as the only top producer of domestic animation is indeed unshakable.

As soon as the video was released, both the three-water pink and three-water black were attracted.

Fans want to know more about the "Snake Comes Around" project, the progress of the film's production, and even want to buy clay figures for free.

The anti-fan wants to win the chance to win, and then criticizes Gu Maggot harshly, and finally says: "Gu Sanshui, you are just a ****, don't let me see you on Jiangchuan Street!"

Regardless of whether they are fans or fans, everyone is very interested in this very special "online meeting".