My Animation Era

"Year 3010 in the sheep calendar."

"The ancestor of the sheep group, the leader of the first generation, Ruan Mian Village, came to the Qingqing Grassland in order to avoid the pursuit of the wolves..."

In the dubbing room, the story of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" officially began as the voice actor slowly read the first narration line in the script with a thick and deep voice.

In the modern digital animation production process, the pre-recording is usually used, the original painting is drawn in the post-stage to correct the synchronous lip shape, and then the work of film synthesis and editing is carried out.

This is different from traditional animation.

Traditional animation production does not have the current software and lip calculation technology. If you want to achieve "sound and picture synchronization" and make the character's voice and mouth shape consistent, it depends entirely on the personal experience of the original artist.

Honestly, that was so hard.

Fortunately, the rapid progress of science and technology, the vigorous development of large-scale computer hardware and software, provides sufficient technical support for animation production.

This also saved Gu Miao a lot of trouble.

The story of the first episode of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf begins with "100 Ways to Catch Sheep" left by Big Big Wolf's ancestors.

When he and his wife Red Wolf came to the Qingqing Grassland and saw countless fat sheep in Yangcun, they suddenly thought of tricking the lamb into opening the door for him and catching the sheep.

This is the first time Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf meet...

It is also the beginning of a bad relationship!

As Big Big Wolf was suspected by Pleasant Goat of his identity as a relative of the village head because of "different footprints", and then his disguised sheepskin and turban were blown away with a fan, the first sheep-catching operation failed.

With a shout of "I will come back", the first episode of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf's "Legend of Hungry Wolf" officially came to an end.

It was exactly 15 minutes long.

This is the length of time that Gu Miao specially stipulated, and every episode after that is like this. After all, the plot is simple and crudely produced, and if it is too long, it will appear extremely procrastinating and cumbersome, so it is better to be shorter.

If you have money in the later stage, you can consider making a longer story, but forget it now.

From the release of the first original painting of Big Big Wolf to the ending of the last scene of the first episode with "this episode is over", the production team consisted of more than a dozen people, and it only took two short days.

It can be even faster!

Because it is the first episode, scenes including the forest, river, iron gate of Yangcun, and Big Fat Sheep School need to be drawn separately, so the progress is slow.

It was different after that.

Due to the monotony of characters and scenes, strong repeatability, coupled with mature Flash animation technology and crude animation effects, the production of subsequent episodes can be realized one episode a day.

Be bold, two episodes a day!

Gu Miao never thought that filming could be so simple. Think about when he was filming TV series, let alone one episode a day, it would be good to be able to film one scene a day.

Sometimes the actors are not in good condition and need to keep a few more guarantees, or the weather is not suitable for shooting, and the crew will stop for a day as soon as they stop working.

It's still comfortable to engage in animation!

What actor status? Guaranteed one?

Why is the weather bad and the props not in order?

To hell with everything!

As long as the animator and original artist are not afraid of sudden death, the production team can work overtime 24 hours a day to meet the deadline. This kind of working environment is simply Gu Miao's paradise.

certainly……

For him, it was heaven, but for the group of animators under his opponent, it was hell.

The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon!

A few days ago, Gu Miao was an exploited person who stayed up all night and died suddenly. Only a few days later, he became the chief director of a project that exploits others.

what is this?

If our roles were reversed, I would let you understand what cruelty is? !

I have to say, it's pretty cool...

After secretly laughing, Gu Miao took out her mobile phone and dialed Minister Wang's number, asking him about the specific schedule and submission for trial.

"So fast?!"

Minister Wang probably didn't expect that after only a week, Gu Miao had roughly cut a few episodes and was ready to air them.

"While broadcasting and filming, there is time."

"Our current production progress can fully support this mode. If we finish everything and then broadcast it, it will be delayed for too long." Gu Miao patiently explained.

The first part has 530 episodes!

Jiangchuan Children's Channel invested 1 million, and the production will be about 50-80 episodes at most, and then there will be no money to pay wages, and the dubbing and animation outsourcing teams will be hired.

Calculated, the TV animation project of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" still needs at least 15 million yuan of funds to finish.

Where can I get so much money?

But Minister Wang said that Jiangchuan Children's Channel is too poor to get rid of the pot, and it is already doing everything possible to spend one million.

In this case, he can only choose the production mode of "filming and broadcasting".

Assuming the ratings are okay, Jiangchuan Children's Channel can receive a large amount of advertising fees. With sufficient confidence, there will be no shortage of funds for the follow-up production of the project.

Even if the ratings are not good, the project can be cut in time to stop the loss, so as not to jump off the building.

No matter what.

"What you said is also reasonable, then listen to you, and broadcast it while producing!" Minister Wang made a final decision.

According to him, it will be faster for Jiangchuan TV station to submit for review internally, and the results will be available in about a week. Therefore, the premiere date of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" should not be too late, tentatively scheduled for next Saturday at 6:00 pm.

Two episodes a day!

If the response is okay, then add a noon "replay" file during the day. Anyway, Jiangchuan Children's Channel has few programs, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find a schedule.

Gu Miao thought about it.

If it premieres next Saturday, probably 15-20 episodes will be produced. According to the broadcast speed of two episodes a day, it can be broadcast continuously for a week.

enough!

One week is enough to test the quality of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and decide the life or death of this project.

"The pre-publicity work must be done well!"

Gu Miao reminded: "The ratings base of Jiangchuan Children's Channel is really... poor. If I don't do a good job of publicity, I'm worried that there will be problems."

The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys?

But quickly pull it down!

With the performance of Jiangchuan Children's Channel, how many regular viewers can it have? If you don't promote it well, even the best works will be buried.

"I understand, don't worry."

This is not an old animation bought at a low price, but a brand new animation invested and produced by its own TV station.

In terms of dedication, Minister Wang is probably better than the Chief Director Gu Miao. After all, this animation is funded and produced by the Children's Channel, and it is a proper "son".

All the money has been spent, is there any promotional resources left?

After all, it was a TV station that lacked everything except advertising space and advertising time. To promote this area, the big deal is to ask for some resources from other brother channels.

With the huge ratings base of Jiangchuan Comprehensive Channel and News Channel, if you attract a few viewers casually, it can also meet the publicity needs.

After hearing his arrangement, Gu Miao felt relieved.

There are other channels to help attract and promote, and there must be no shortage of early viewers. The only thing to worry about is whether "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" can conquer children with picky tastes?

I didn't expect it, I cheated! The new book sets sail, I hope you will support me a lot!