Best wishes for animation production

Sato Ei left.

With a look of "Am I being scammed?" and a baffling painting assignment.

In the conference room, after Sato Ei left, Gu Xue, who looked serious, finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed brightly.

Misawa Hiro: "..."

Chisa Mihara: "..."

"What are you doing!" Gu Xue coughed twice when she saw the expressions of the two of them, "I'm not asking her to help for free, more than three hundred yuan a piece..."

"Are you a crowdfunder?" Misawa whispered.

"How can you lie? Isn't Sato-chan a beauty? Isn't she now the supervisor?"

Gu Xue has a set of three.

Misawa was speechless.

After Gu Xue retorted confidently, she felt guilty again and sighed: "I don't have time. I will definitely participate in the original painting work of the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia". At most, I can give away the original painting I drew. Yes, it’s considered compensation.”

"That's okay." Misawa Hiroshi was a bit dumbfounded, "But I think the manuscript you drew is quite precious. Do you really want to give it away?"

"None of these are important." Gu Xue said softly, "As long as the work can last forever, it's better to wait until I talk about it a hundred years later."

Misawa was stunned for a moment, glanced at the young and beautiful Gu Xue, touched his completely bald head, and said bitterly: "You really talked about a topic that makes people feel heavy..."

Chisa Mihara also looked at Gu Xue, her eyes dimming a little.

Gu Xue also realized that she had said the wrong thing, smiled sheepishly, and said, "What's so heavy about? Aren't you going to get married? Be happy, although you always look a little older now..."

Then Gu Xue turned around again and smiled brightly at Mihara Chisa: "Miss Mihara, you don't have to worry about these things, you will always be eighteen, you will always be eighteen."

Misawa Hiro: "..."

Tsk.

acid.

"Enough of the small talk."

Gu Xue comforted Chisa Mihara, who seemed very concerned about her age, with a few more words. After regaining her energy, she gathered up her skirt, found a stool and sat down, and said, "Tell me about the show time. Do you have any?" Any good advice?”

Although Gu Xue intentionally wanted to extend the production period and let people in the studio practice more, it did not mean that there was no need for a construction period.

Chisa Mihara said softly: "We made the animated future version of "Little Witch Academia" for a total of six months, not counting the month and a half delayed by outsourcing. When we finally completed the finished product, it was a little reluctant, and you were responsible for a lot of it. Most of the original painting work was done, even part of the middle section was painted.”

"The situation now is actually the same as before. You have completed the storyboarding and character design work, and the rest is the art design work. I believe you have a good understanding of these... Thanks to you, this directly saves money. It will take nearly two months." Misawa Hiroshi echoed from the side, "I think with your participation, unlike future animation projects, where you can only verbally train new people, the production cycle of about one year is more reasonable. ."

"In such a short time...you really trusted me."

Gu Xue finally realized what Misawa said about dependence yesterday.

He dared to quote a one-year construction period without even looking at the storyboards...

Misawa smiled and said: "Don't take what I said yesterday too seriously... Although I said that the studio will rely on you, which is true, but in the early stage... it's better not to worry about it for the time being. It's time to wait. Xing, you are a trump card, otherwise who would dare to say what kind of theatrical version should be made? How can we be a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps..."

The reason why he disagreed with Gu Xue's independent funding plan was because he was afraid that without the pressure from investors, Gu Xue would be responsible for a large part of the work and would do his best to teach everyone...

After all, no matter how ample the future animation planning schedule is, there is still a clear delivery date.

Misawa knows Gu Xue's painting speed and degree of completion better than anyone else.

He wasn't worried at all about this.

But Gu Xue's conscientiousness and gentleness...Misawa Hiro also knows it very well.

He couldn't say whether this was a bad thing or not.

"Okay, I've already reflected on it." Gu Xue also knew what he meant, "I will make adjustments next. You just heard about training new people. I have left it all to them. I will pay attention next , but I won’t worry too much about this aspect, I will focus on my work, please rest assured.”

"But one year is a bit too short. Let's add the two months it takes me to draw the storyboard. Miss Mihara, could you please arrange the construction period? Let's arrange it as one year and two months. I will reserve about eleven hours for the painting. Yue, you can weigh the rest."

The painting period lasted eleven months.

It doesn’t mean that these eleven months are all about painting.

Generally speaking.

Two weeks after the start of L/O, the original painting work began to be carried out simultaneously. Two weeks after the original painting work started, the work of cutting and tracing lines in the animation began to be carried out simultaneously, and the subsequent coloring will also be arranged according to this pattern.

By doing this until the last month, if there are no problems, the original painting should have been completed long ago. The work of cutting and tracing lines in the animation will also be completed within a few weeks after the original painting is completed, and the coloring will be faster.

During this time, music production, voice acting and dubbing, background work, etc. were also carried out at the same time.

This is the assembly line.

If it were an ordinary TV animation, it would be even better.

Of course, the platoon is arranged like this...but it is almost impossible not to have problems in the end.

"I see."

Chisa Mihara hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Gu Xue pondered for a moment and said: "The next step is the issue of outsourcing. If we arrange the construction period this way, it is actually not too generous. If there is a problem with outsourcing, it will be extremely difficult to complete it on time. But we are a newly established studio. There are no outsourcing companies with stable cooperation, so we can only contact them slowly...but this will definitely cause problems, or you will have to pay tuition."

"There is nothing we can do about this." Misawa said with a bitter smile, "Unless we outsource all the work of cutting and coloring the background to our old employer, the people there are quite experienced..."

"..." Gu Xue was silent for a long time, "How about giving it a try?"

Misawa Hiro: "..."

I'm kidding...

We are a bunch of traitors...

Gu Xue: "It won't make any difference if we try it. At most we will be rejected. If it doesn't work, we will slowly look for it. As for the background, we can try to outsource it to a company in Europe and the United States that has experience in hand-drawn animation production. "Little Witch" A film like "School" requires a style that they may know better than most domestic companies."

Misawa thought for a while and said: "Okay... I'll contact my old employer and give it a try. At the same time, I will also contact domestic outsourcing companies and outsourcing companies in Europe and the United States according to your request, but the price may be different." If there is an uptick, you have to be mentally prepared.”

Gu Xue said softly: "Crossing the river by feeling for the stones, you always have to pay some tuition. Our goal at this stage is to make animations, train new people, accumulate experience, and let the studio... survive five years and have independence. The ability to animate, and most importantly, make me money..."

"……I see."

Misawa breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and left the conference room.

"Ah..." After Gu Xue watched him leave, she stretched, looked at Mihara Chisa, and said with a sad face: "Miss Mihara, I'm so tired."

"..."

Chisa Mihara didn't know what to say.

Now, Gu Xue is working for her own studio.

rather than the company.

She couldn't say the kind of words that would make Gu Xue willful.

Seeing Mihara Chisa's expression, Gu Xue knew that the other party probably didn't know what to say. She chuckled and said, "Miss Mihara, I just want to complain, and I have no other meaning. You don't need to pay too much attention."

"Speaking of which, I haven't told you the name of the movie yet, have I?"

"The name of the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia" is called Magic Parade. As for the theme, it's probably... let's realize our dreams together."