Chapter 658 Tom’s Coat Color (Please Subscribe)

The second weekend in October.

Gu Miao met at home in a very low-key manner with Dave Smith, head of the North American branch, and his colleagues who came to Jiangchuan to report to him.

It has been two and a half months since the establishment of Wanbao North America Division.

For more than two months, Dave Smith and the "Oscar-level" animation production team he led have been busy working on the same thing.

Determine the character image!

That's right!

In nearly three months, if it were the quick shooters at the headquarters, they would probably be able to shoot a 12-episode short TV animation. But Dave and his colleagues haven't even finalized their characters.

It’s really slow work and meticulous work...

Fortunately, Gu Miao had stated in advance that there would be no time limit for the "Tom and Jerry" project. As long as she was not pregnant with Nezha, Dave could do whatever he wanted.

Because of this, Gu Miao was not angry that it took Dave's team more than two months to draw the first version of the "Tom and Jerry" character sketches.

What's the use of being angry?

This is the work attitude of these ghost guys. They are not the social beasts in China who are desperately trying to get involved. It is really easy for them to go to work.

Unless he fires them and replaces them with a group of domestic workers who are good at working overtime, Gu Miao will have no way to deal with them.

But after firing these people, where should he find the next "Oscar-level" animation production team?

Bear it!

Let’s take a look first. Dave and others spent two and a half months drawing the character sketches of Tom and Jerry.

"Well! This cat..."

Gu Miao stared at the gray British short domestic cat on the sketch, her eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily.

Is this the color of Tom's coat?

It seems that the early Tom was indeed gray. Three years later, it was modified to the light blue that the audience is familiar with, and later it was changed to the classic blue-gray.

Among these three coat colors of Tom, the most familiar ones are probably the "light blue" and "blue-grey" Toms. After all, they are Tom's ultimate skin, which you will never get tired of.

As for Gray Tom...

It's not that Gu Miao is biased or discriminatory, it's just that he is used to seeing light blue and blue-grey Toms, and looking at this gray Tom is really uncomfortable.

Ultimate leather is so classic!

Gray Tom is actually quite good-looking, and has more of the wild characteristics of a "cat", but in terms of familiarity, it is definitely not as classic as the later blue-gray and light blue.

"Add some blue?"

After hearing what his boss said, Dave touched his chin and thought, "It feels pretty good. We will try it later."

"OK!"

Gu Miao's English is not very good, and his communication is very poor, so he can only make a long story short: "You still have ears! Don't you think it's too mellow?"

"What?"

After hearing this, Dave looked down at the original sketch and couldn't help but ask: "This is the part we copied based on the physical appearance of 147 British Shorthair cats..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

147 cats, you are really good!

Gu Miao quickly waved her hand to stop Dave's introduction and said: "I'm not denying your efforts, I just think this cat doesn't look cartoony enough. Do you understand what I mean?"

Not anime enough!

This was the primary problem Gu Miao discovered based on the first version of the character image sketch.

Dave and the others did a great job. The look of this cat is almost the same as that of a real cat. If you look at it from a distance, you might think it is alive!

But that's exactly the problem.

It's too realistic, too real, but not anime enough. Animation is not about taking photos. The more realistic and realistic the scene is, the better.

It still needs to be appropriately "exaggerated" and animated, after all, it is a virtual character.

…

Gu Miao and Dave communicated for two hours at home and discussed many details of the character's image.

Of course, all he does is find fault.

Gu Miao couldn't guarantee that her vision would be better than Dave's. It's just that he has watched the original version of "Tom and Jerry", so he unconsciously compares it with the original version.

Through this comparison, he will find many inconsistent or even inappropriate details, and then he will tell Dave.

Dave also wrote them down one by one.

Because the original artist who drew the sketch of the character did not come with him to Jiangchuan to visit the boss, he had to write down the boss's suggestions in notes and bring them back to North America to give them to the original artist.

"Can't we communicate on the phone?"

"It really doesn't work, can we communicate face to face through video chat?" Ma Kui asked doubtfully, "Why do we have to write it down in notes and then take it back and tell it to us?"

"You don't understand, this is called rigor!"

Gu Miao curled her lips and said, "So I am a seven-time Oscar winner, but you have trouble winning a Golden Bird Award. This is the difference between the two of you."

Ma Kui: "..."

Does this have anything to do with rigor?

Fortunately, Dave had already flown back overnight, otherwise Ma Kui would have asked him: Do you work without a mobile phone or computer at all?

"Okay, let's understand."

Gu Miao said indifferently: "The people on Dave's team are older after all, and their ability to accept new things is not as strong as ours."

As long as you can make animations and make good-looking animations, then let him go!

not to mention.

Where is this? The first version of the character image was not finalized and had to be revised several times. Even if there were any problems, there was still time to remedy them.

Compared with this, Gu Miao is more concerned about the progress of the "Crayon Shin-chan" project announced by Xiaoqiu and Konjac Studio.

Especially the script and characters.

Crayon Shin-chan is an anime with a lot of pornographic jokes. Gu Miao also focused on this part when introducing the project to Mr. Qiu.

In fact, this is not a hidden danger.

The dirty jokes in the original version of "Crayon Shin-chan" were more concentrated in the plots of the first two seasons, but in the third season, the plot focused more on the shaping and description of a family's relationship.

Therefore, his advice to Xiao Qiu at that time was that if the pornographic jokes could not be integrated, or if they faced accusations of being "vulgar" and it would be difficult to pass the trial, they could consider deleting them.

Xiao Qiu told him.

In this regard, he will ask other people for their opinions and views on the review.

After determining the red line, then consider the scale of pornographic jokes or script writing.

So much time passed in a flash.

Gu Miao, who hadn't heard from Xiao Qiu for a long time, was extremely concerned about this matter and wanted to know what he had found out and how he planned to deal with it.

"I know this!"

As the head eunuch of the Wanbao Dynasty, Ma Kui not only heard about this matter, but even participated in it personally.

According to him.

Xiaoqiu and Konjac Studio visited and consulted many people in the industry. From their mouths and from side-by-side listening, they confirmed one thing.

That's driving. As long as you don't drive too obviously and the wheels run into people's faces, it doesn't matter.

Pornographic jokes can also be used.

But it can’t be sexually suggestive, and it can’t be too explicit. It can be subtle and subtle, just like a joke.

Shengxu, my nephew’s name. I accompanied my brother to apply for a birth certificate today. I was delayed for some time on the way and came back late...