My Animation Era

  Chapter 5 finalized

   "Year 3010 in the sheep calendar."

   "The ancestor of the sheep group, the leader of the first generation, Ruanmian Village Chief, came to the Qingqing Grassland in order to escape 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 out 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, and the original painting is drawn to correct the synchronous lip shape in the later stage, and then the film is synthesized and edited.

   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 too 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 a copy of "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 then 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 capture operation failed.

  In a cry 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.

  The duration is exactly 15 minutes.

   This is the length of time specially stipulated by Gu Miao, and it is the same for every episode after that. 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 later, 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 end of the last scene of the first episode of "This episode is over", the production team consisted of more than a dozen people, and it only took two short days.

   Even faster!

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

   After that it will be different.

  Due to the monotony of characters and scenes, strong repeatability, coupled with mature Flash animation technology and crude animation effects, the production of follow-up 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 when they stop working.

   It is still comfortable to engage in animation!

   What actor status? Guaranteed one?

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

  To **** 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…

   To him, it was heaven, but to the animators under him, it was hell.

  The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon!

   A few days ago, Gu Miao was still 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, very cool...

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

"So fast?!"

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

   "Shooting while broadcasting, there is still 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" needs at least 15 million funds to finish.

  Where to get so much money?

  Minister Wang said that the Jiangchuan Children's Channel is too poor to get rid of it, and it is already trying its best to spend one million.

  In this case, he can only choose the production mode of "shooting while broadcasting".

  Assuming that 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 off in time to stop the loss, so as not to jump off the building.

   No matter what counts, it’s not a loss.

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

  According to what he said, 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 are broadcast every day!

  If the response is okay, then add another midday "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 the first broadcast is next Saturday, about 15-20 episodes can 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 aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys?

   Hurry up and 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 our 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 still a short promotion resource?

   At any rate, it is a TV station that lacks everything except advertising space and advertising time. To promote this area, the big deal is to ask for some resources from other brother channels.

  Based on 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 listening to his arrangement, Gu Miao was 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?

   Unexpectedly, I cheated! The new book sets sail, I hope you will support me a lot!

  (end of this chapter)