Best wishes for animation production

"Go to hell, Chisa Mihara."

Gu Xue lightly punched Miss Mihara.

Really, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Chisa Mihara: "..."

"Next time, please use the word handsome when you compliment someone."

Chisa Mihara: "Handsome."

"……Perfunctory."

The disappointed Gu Xue responded casually, ignored her, turned around, and began to sort out the original paintings.

Qing Eryuan is not in a hurry. After all, the original painting this time is not at the level of the eleventh episode of "Invasion". There are still people in Eryuan who can clear it.

Otherwise, don’t do the theatrical version.

Looking at Gu Xue's side face, Mihara Chisa didn't know what she was thinking of, and suddenly asked: "Will you be very tired?"

"Ah?" Gu Xue, who was humming softly, was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I quite like painting original paintings, but it would be better if the other people in the studio can grow up to the point where I don't need to intervene. alright."

"It's hard."

Chisa Mihara thought about it for a while and gave an answer with a firm tone.

"There is no need to be so pessimistic." Gu Xue arranged the original painting, moved the chair and turned around, facing Miss Mihara, "It will still be a long time, give them some confidence."

"Time can change many things, for example...Miss Mihara, your hair."

Gu Xue stood up and brushed the long hair next to Chisa Mihara's ear.

Well, I already have long hair.

Miss Mihara's shoulder-length short hair has grown a lot during this time. With the change in hairstyle, her aura has also become much weaker.

Softer.

This is a good thing.

"Moreover, after crowdfunding, we have money. As I said, the theme of this "Little Witch Academia" theatrical version is for everyone to realize their dreams together. This is not only the theme of the animation, but also the theme of the theatrical version produced by our studio. The theme of animation. The everyone mentioned here includes those who participated in the crowdfunding, the audience, other people in the studio, you, and me."

"Miss Mihara, after we finish this movie version, we will go back... No, it's too much like a flag, let's put it another way... After making this animation, I will take you to my house to play. To be honest, my kitchen My art is actually quite good, and it makes up for not having curry last time. Let’s work hard together... Oh! Fight!"

After Gu Xue finished speaking a long paragraph, she suddenly grabbed Mihara Chisa's hands and raised them violently.

shouted a slogan.

"oh……"

Forced to raise her hands, Chisa Mihara turned slightly sideways as if she didn't want Gu Xue to see her, and shouted with a blush on her face.

Then the two looked at each other and laughed together.

The setting sun shines in from the floor-to-ceiling windows and shines on the two of them. They cheer each other up. The picture is as beautiful as it is beautiful.

Just like the five girls at the beginning of Shirobako.

And the result... is similar to Shirobako.

…

Five months later.

A compilation studio in Suginami-ku, Kyoto.

Gu Xue leaned on the back of the chair with a tired look on her face.

"Fight!" Sato Ei, who came with Gu Xue, whispered in her ear.

"You're so big." Gu Xuesheng gave her a look of despair, "No matter how hard you try to cheer her up, it's no use, even if Miss Mihara comes over."

Sato Ei: "..."

"How are you thinking about it?" The editing technician next to him was not meeting Gu Xue for the first time. He had a good attitude and spoke softly.

Gu Xue turned to look at Misawa: "How about playing the crowdfunding list at three times the speed? Make some time..."

"Are you a devil?" Misawa was a little helpless, "How could you do this? We would be sprayed to death."

"Then what should we do now?" Gu Xue began to give up on herself, "You won't know how long the animation will be until it is actually made. Who knows when you first start doing it. Now you ask me to choose, sorry, I can't do it."

Collected.

It means connecting the completed shots one by one. Unlike real-life movie editing, the editing of animation cannot change the story. After all, animation has storyboards and scripts, and during production, it will definitely be produced according to storyboards. After all, this is a painting.

But it is precisely because it is drawn.

The duration of each shot will change more or less. Taking into account various factors, such as the rhythm when switching certain shots, how to make the audience empathize with it, etc., the overall duration of the animation will be Inevitably there will be some changes.

Now Gu Xue encountered this problem.

It's too long, two extra minutes.

She now needs to discard some scenes. Originally, it would have been better if it was an online animation, but now that the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia" needs to be released in theaters and the distributor has confirmed it, she can't mess around.

But Gu Xue didn't want to give up.

Misawa Hiro advised: "How about forgetting about the Flash Charion giant? It would be weird to suddenly assemble a robot, wouldn't it..."

Gu Xue shook her head, "Do you know how hard it is for me to draw..."

"You drew it on your own initiative, right..."

Gu Xue: "..."

Misawa couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Let's add it when we broadcast it online. Let's forget about the public version. It really takes 20 seconds to show the credits. If I just swipe through it, let alone others, I will collapse."

"……Fine."

Gu Xue thought about it for a long time, and finally gave in. She closed her eyes and said with a look of death, "Get rid of it."

The editor smiled, moved the mouse, and tapped the left button with his index finger.

Click.

Several days of hard work were in vain.

Click.

Gu Xue's heart was broken.

"Supervisor Gu Xue, I am the first audience of your work. To be honest, I have been working with the audience in mind. You have done a really great job." The editor looked at Gu Xue with a look on his face. She felt distressed and seemed to be a little unbearable, so he comforted her in a low voice, "It's just an offline compilation now. I'm just confirming the materials and simply arranging them. You can think about it again. It's not too late to change your mind during the online compilation... …”

"..." Gu Xue was silent for a moment and said, "Thank you, uncle."

"But forget it."

In fact, the reason why Gu Xue added the scene of Shining Charion Titan in the first place was just to give it a try. In fact, she also knew that this did not match the overall style of the work. RPGs are better than Flash Charion Titan. Large radish is suitable.

Now that it was definitely going to be removed, Gu Xue finally let go of her obsession and felt relaxed all over.

Let’s just consider the Titan as an Easter egg.

As for what to consider later.

Gu Xue estimated that she didn't have time. Now this was not just a matter of choosing a single shot, but the smoothness and rhythm of the entire work. If it were normal, she might still have the time to carefully adjust and consider the overall smoothness of the work. Questions of sex and rhythm.

But not at this time.

The production of the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia" has reached its most critical moment.

She is very busy now.