My Animation Era

  Chapter 244 Praise the great "Holy Light"! (seeking subscription)

  On New Year's Eve, the animation "Three Sisters of the Southern Family" premiered in the flamingo cartoon did not cause a sensation.

  However, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the live-action extras of "Sailor Moon" released by Wanbao Video, as well as the behind-the-scenes shooting footage, have attracted the attention and pursuit of thousands of "American War" fans.

  Liu Zida also watched the sideshow.

   As a staunch "American War" fan, he is very satisfied with the live-action adaptation. In particular, the plot arrangement of Mercury's blackening and the ending "Senity Destroys the World" made him even more addicted.

   I have to say that he hasn't seen an anime adaptation that is more enjoyable than the live-action version of "Sailor Moon" for many years.

  The plot is true and fraudulent Plus!

   Apart from admiration, he also has some doubts about the live-action version of "Sailor Moon".

For example…

  Why does the plot of the live-action version change so much compared to the animation and manga versions? What kind of works have the leading actors acted in before, and they all feel so beautiful!

   After watching the behind-the-scenes footage, all his doubts were answered.

   "...In the spring of 2010, I was affected by "Stellar Fall" and felt very depressed, so I returned to my hometown in Jiangchuan."

   "Then I met Mr. Gu..."

   Rather than saying that this is a behind-the-scenes tidbit, it is better to say that this is a "documentary" about the production of the live-action version of "Sailor Moon".

  The beginning of the film is the monologue of the director "Du Hao", which mainly tells about some things that happened at the beginning of the live-action version of "Sailor Moon".

  Including how Gu Miao approached him, and how the two of them prepared for this project.

  A lot of content is exposed for the first time.

  “…At the beginning of the production, the team and I have been thinking about a question. That is, who will play the role of the Sailor Soldiers in the animation?”

   "In order to satisfy everyone as much as possible, and to achieve better shooting results. We did a very bold thing, that is, to send out audition invitations to 1,150 actresses of the right age in the film and television industry..."

   Be good!

  1150 actresses of the right age?

   This number, not to mention Liu Zida in front of the screen, even many passers-by and audience were shocked.

   Auditioning thousands of actresses, the workload is simply scary! Even if there are hundreds of people auditioning in one day, it will take ten days to complete the audition.

  The real "one in a thousand"!

   Being able to organize such a huge audition shows the hard work of the production team. It is no wonder that the actress who is the most suitable to play "Sailor Warrior" can be selected.

   "...actor problem solved."

   "But new challenges follow. As a live-action version, should we copy the plots of animations and comics? Or go out a way that only belongs to the live-action version?"

  Innovation!

  In the documentary, Gu Miao and the screenwriting team appeared to be arguing over the part of the "Mercury Blackening" scene.

   Seeing this, Liu Zida was actually very surprised. He didn't expect so many things to happen behind the live-action "American War".

   What surprised him even more was...

  The relationship between the five sailor soldiers in the live-action version of "American War" turned out to be better than expected.

  Perhaps due to their similar ages and similar personalities, these five girls have become very good friends both on and off the screen.

   Of course, the first "Mars" is not included.

  At the end of the sideshow video, there is a warm scene where the production team gathers together, eating barbecue and singing the Chinese theme song of "Sailor Moon".

   "This is awesome too!"

   Watching this "documentary"-style sideshow for the first time, Liu Zida admitted that he was captured. He has a feeling of re-acquainting with the live-action "American War".

Awesome!

  In comparison, the episode about Xiaotu and Xiaowei's wedding is not worth mentioning.

  Full of excitement, Liu Zida clicked the "Share" button casually, and shared this behind-the-scenes video of the live-action version of "Sailor Moon" to his circle of friends.

  …

  The sideshow clips are more popular than Fanwai, and have a higher number of views. This is something Gu Miao never expected.

   Speak up.

  This sideshow short film adopts the "documentary" shooting mode, which is actually a surprise he discovered by accident when he inspected the neon branch last time.

  He went to inspect the Neon branch and found that they had a full-time "documentary director" post, which mainly recorded the crying and laughing of the production team behind the scenes, interviewed the main creators, and then edited it into a film for broadcast.

  At that time, he felt that this idea was very good, and the domestic headquarters should also learn from it!

  So after he returned to China, he told Du Hao, the director of the live-action version of "Sailor Moon" that he was preparing to produce at that time.

  Du Hao found it very interesting.

   Then in the production team, a camera was arranged to record behind-the-scenes production highlights, and interview the main creator from time to time.

   It was an unintentional move.

   Never expected that after the final editing and release to the audience, it would receive so much praise.

  This further strengthened Gu Miao's confidence.

  He feels that this kind of "behind-the-scenes" documentary must be released in the future, and every work must be produced. This is a great weapon to increase audience stickiness!

  The popularity of the behind-the-scenes documentary has also ushered in the second round of ratings growth for the live-action version of "Sailor Moon", which has just finished.

Do not misunderstand…

  The first round of broadcasting has ended, and here we are talking about the second round of rebroadcasting and the VIP on-demand service of the Wanbao video website.

  The replay results are very gratifying!

   But what is embarrassing is that although the ratings are very good, the word-of-mouth of the live-action version of "Sailor Moon" is not as good as expected.

  Damn the "Holy Light" mosaic!

  In order to pass the trial, Gu Miao and Du Hao reluctantly put holy lights and mosaics on certain scenes that were suspected of being "exposed".

   This leads directly to…

   It was supposed to be a rave reviews, but it was eventually destroyed by the Holy Light. The audience almost scolded Du Hao for this **** holy light.

   "Then what can I do?"

  Faced with accusations from all over the sky, Du Hao was full of grievances and said: "If I don't play the Holy Light Mosaic, then I won't pass the trial, and you won't be able to see it."

"I do not care…"

   "Anyway, if you apply the Holy Light patch, it's your fault. You just stand at attention and get sprayed and you're done."

   This is Wanbao's first feature film with "Holy Light" or "Mosaic".

   But go!

  Everything is one and there are two. As long as something like holy light appears once, there will be a second and a third time, or even countless times.

   Obviously, Gu Miao was also tricked.

  The animation "Moonlight is Beautiful", which has just completed post-production and added a soundtrack episode, also encountered the same problem.

   Some shots may... or have a high probability, need to add holy light and mosaics before they can pass the review and be broadcast publicly.

   This made Gu Miao very anxious.

  (end of this chapter)