My Animation Era

  Chapter 863 Cool idea (seeking subscription)

   Another year of Oscars.

  Wanbao Animation seems to have become the biggest winner. At this year's Oscars, it won the awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animated Short Film.

Not only that.

  In addition to sweeping animation-related awards, the movie "The Lion King" also won two awards including Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song.

  The Lion King won the award, which was expected by Gu Miao. After all, in terms of artistry and box office, there is no animated film that can compare with "The Lion King" this year.

   "Tom and Jerry" won another award?

   This is already the second time!

   "Tom and Jerry" is an Oscar professional, and it is not surprising that it won the award.

   But this year is quite special. While the movie "The Lion King" won many awards, the Academy also awarded the best animated short film to "Tom and Jerry", which is very surprising.

   "Isn't it a cake?"

  Gu Miao asked very puzzled: "It stands to reason that many awards have already been awarded to "The Lion King", so it is impossible to award the remaining awards to us!"

   "It's right to divide the cake..."

"But the premise of being eligible to share the cake is that at least you have to find a second work that is eligible for the award." Dave said on the phone, full of regret, "No way, the academy can't find it this year, which can be comparable to "Cats." And Mouse" and "The Lion King" animation works."

   Mud cannot support the wall!

  The academy didn't want Wanbao to be so proud, and directly took over the statuettes related to animation.

  But they can’t stand up to their peers. The artistry of "Tom and Jerry" and "The Lion King" is indeed outstanding, and it will not be convincing if it is not awarded to Wanbao.

   "Good good good good!"

  Gu Miao was overjoyed when she heard the news.

   This year he took home four Oscar statuettes in one breath, and his honor display collection shelf is almost full of trophies.

  What is an international giant?

  The entire wall of certificates of honor and various trophies, the main thing is the first-hand deterrence, which makes people awe-inspiring at first sight.

   By the way.

   This time at the Oscars, the animation "Tom and Jerry" won the second statuette, which means that the original animation title needs to be re-made.

   On this point, Dave has a different view.

  He made a new title.

  This new title is very interesting. In a red, orange and green ring-shaped circular background image, there is a string of conspicuous English cursive letters.

  【TO Man and JERRY】

   Among them, Tom's headshot appears on top of the three letters "TOM", while Jerry sits on top of the two R's of "JERRY", looking at each other.

   At the very center of Tom and Jerry's line of sight, there are two Oscar statuettes floating out of thin air.

   From a distance, this composition looks like Tom and Jerry staring at the trophy and then smiling.

   "Is this a static image?"

   "No no no, animation!"

  Dave explained to Gu Miao: "This is an opening animation, both Tom and Jerry can move."

   "Before entering the feature film, Tom will make a weird cry to remind the audience that the animation has officially started."

   This is good, this is good!

  Gu Miao felt that this opening scene was comparable to the roar of the lion in the original MGM, and it was even more interesting and featured Wanbao.

  Especially the two trophies in the middle, which not only reflect the strong artistry of "Tom and Jerry", but also are not obtrusive, just like they should appear there.

   "Then let's do it!"

  Since the titles have been changed, Gu Miao thinks that this can be used as a watershed to distinguish different stages of the animation "Tom and Jerry".

  The episodes that have been broadcast before, that is, the version with only "a statuette" in the opening title, are collectively referred to as the first season internally, and are packaged as a collection.

   Then the title changed, and the version with two statuettes was called the second season. Iterative updates did not start until "Tom and Jerry" won the third Oscar statuette.

"I have a question…"

   "If you classify it like this, then "Tom and Jerry" won't win an Oscar, will it be in the second season forever?"

   "You can say that!" Gu Miao nodded and said, "But I don't think it will be too long to wait until "Tom and Jerry" gets the third statuette."

   As soon as one year later.

  If it’s slower, or if the academy messes up something, it will take two or three years at most.

  According to the production progress of the animation "Tom and Jerry", Gu Miao thinks it is very appropriate to replace it every two or three years, even a little slow.

   You know, the original MGM version of the "Tom and Jerry" animation won seven Oscars for Best Animated Short Film in just 114 episodes, with an average of one award in 16 episodes.

  The original version of more than one hundred episodes of animation took more than ten years, so on average, it is taken every two or three years.

   Times have changed.

  The production progress of the Wanbao version of the "Tom and Jerry" animation will be much faster than the original version. The 114-episode animation does not need more than ten years of polishing, and it may be completed in three years at most.

   But the Oscars only come once a year!

   That is to say, a work that could have won seven Oscars can only win three awards at most in Wanbao Edition even if it wins awards every year.

   Therefore, it is an appropriate and reasonable solution for Gu Miao to divide the more than 100 episodes of animation into three or even four seasons according to the number of awards.

  If there are too many seasons, it will be too fragmented.

   After all, although "Tom and Jerry" has a large number of episodes, the duration of a single feature film is very short, with an average of less than 10 minutes per episode.

   It doesn’t work if you have less points.

  The main reason is that we are now in the Internet age, and everyone spends "fragmented" time watching animations, with hundreds of episodes at every turn, and it is easy to persuade viewers who don't have enough time to dismiss them.

"Oh well!"

  Dave thought about it, and felt that such a division is very reasonable. The animation "Tom and Jerry" really needs to be divided into different parts for broadcast.

   "By the way, Boss!"

   "Not long ago, our painter suddenly had an idea. After discussing it with him, I thought it was cool. Can you see if this plan is feasible?"

   Cool idea?

  When Gu Miao heard this, her heart immediately rose into her throat, full of ominous premonitions.

  He has not been dealing with these foreigners for a short time. According to past experience, it is probably a bad idea for these foreigners to say that they have a "Coolidea".

   "Tell me first..."

   "OK! Here's the thing, Jones has a lovely son named Sanjay, and he loves Tom and Jerry."

  Under Dave's narration, Gu Miao learned about this, which was a cool idea in his eyes.

simply put.

  A painter named Jones of Wanbao North America Branch took his work documents home and was accidentally seen by his son who likes to paint.

  His son liked the animation "Tom and Jerry" very much, so his hands were itchy and he did the rest of the work for his father...

  Can a fourteen-year-old boy complete the work of a professional painter?

   Of course not!

  The Tom and Jerry drawn by him has completely changed, but it is strange that everyone agrees that Tom and Jerry in this shape are cool and stylish.

  (end of this chapter)