The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Eleanor Nominated for Best Animated Short?Shepherd star?

The shepherd star who left after finishing "The Little Prince" and switched to commercial animation with a wider market, and stopped involving literary animation for almost a whole year?

Zhou Yurui closed her eyes, only feeling a pain in her chest.

Although the marketing plan was proposed by the marketing company, since it will be passed and the current method is adopted, it is naturally the result of Zhou Yurui's approval.

Just like what the person in charge of the marketing company said, this plan is almost foolproof. Star Shepherd has not been involved in artistic animation for nearly a year, and his energy has been mainly spent on commercial animation production this year. There is no new work, and the old work "The Little Prince" is already an old work from a year ago. Using him as a stepping stone to the top seems to be a perfect choice.

——If this nomination turned out to be out of nowhere.

Zhou Yurui clenched his teeth, the facts in front of him sank into his heart like a huge boulder, which made him startled and terrified.

How is this possible?

Hasn't he not touched literary animation for a whole year?The new project of Huaying Animation has already been established. Where did Shepherd Star find the time to make another "Maggie's Gift"?Even just like that, quietly and quietly won the nomination for this year's Eleanor Best Animated Short Film Award?

Didn't it mean that this year's Eleanor judges are quite prejudiced against commercial animation, and they are more inclined to senior animation producers and old artists?How could they allow a "businessman" like Shepherd Star to appear at the Eleanor Awards Ceremony representing the Palace of Art?

Zhou Yurui's heart was in a mess.

At the moment, he didn't have much of a mind to pay attention to the Weibo trolls anymore. He collected himself, managed to steady his trembling hands, and immediately opened the official website of the organizer of the Eleanor Awards.

As in previous years, all the nominations for this year appeared on the homepage of the official website on time at this time. He immediately opened the nomination list page and searched through the huge list—

Best film.

Best actor.

Best Actress.

……

Best Animated Short Film: Lin Hongxin, Shepherd Star...

Zhou Yurui didn't care to pay attention to how many people were left behind the list.

At this moment, in his field of vision, only the computer screen in front of him and the words "Shepherd Star" after the best animated short film are left.

At the same time that he opened Eleanor's official website, many people who were eager to ask for proof also came over. During the time he was stunned, the comment area below was already full of dense netizens:

"6666666, I thought Xing Xing had given up literary animation and planned to specialize in commercial animation... But the boss chose to have both hands, amazing!"

"Some people, don't look at them looking glamorous and wealthy. In fact, they not only want money and wealth, but also talent and talent. They won the nomination for the grand prize without making a sound. Hey, you can't accept it."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Woohoo, I'm going to run downstairs to calm down!"

As the lists of Eleanor's major nominations spread all over the Internet, the trolls who were still hiding in the netizen's rhythm couldn't hide anymore. Posting, not many people are willing to talk to them anymore, and there are only a few, but there is also a burst of scolding.

"The navy is dead, touch nm's porcelain, get out!"

"Yes, yes, our family's stars are really exhausted, so good that they even got the nomination of Eleanor [funny]"

"Are the sailors hired by "Asuka" so brainless? It's okay to be ignorant, and you can't open your eyes and carefully see who those big bosses who endorsed other pastors are before you spout it? It's not your fault that you didn't study. It’s your fault to come out and show off without studying, right?”

……

Zhou Yurui looked at it, her heart sank straight.

If he is a commercial animation director, that's all. Commercial animation is based on sales, popularity, and money. Even if the director has a dark history, as long as he has the ability to make money, he will not worry about the future, but he is a Independent Animator!

For an independent animation producer, the most important thing is character and word of mouth. Many awards from Blue Star claim to be only for animation, not for the author himself, but everyone knows that even the Eleanor Award does not have an absolute award. To be fair, most of the judges will combine various situations to decide the final winner.

If he succeeds in the hype, it's nothing more than taking the position.But the short animation of the Shepherd Star was nominated by Eleanor!

If so far, the chaos caused by "Flying Bird" has only caused commotion among ordinary people on Weibo, then with the nomination of Mu Su Xing, many seniors who basically do not show their faces on weekdays will inevitably There will also be curious glances.

This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to Zhou Yurui, an independent animation producer!

As soon as his body softened, he leaned back on the back seat in fear and exhaustion. At the same time, the door over there opened with a bang, and the assistant's equally anxious voice suddenly came from the other side of the door in a panic:

"...It's not good, Brother Zhou! The public opinion can't be controlled anymore. Now the sailors we hired will be deleted in less than a minute as soon as they post, and the popularity can't be fired at all! The original popularity The search went on, and the marketing company said they have done what they should do, let us solve it ourselves, what should we do now?"

Zhou Yurui didn't speak.

It was at this moment that he suddenly realized that why such a big event happened today, but the shepherd star who was the person involved seemed to have never heard of it, and he didn't even show his shadow.

It's not that I was caught off guard, it's not that I have a guilty conscience, and it's not that I don't know how to respond—it's that there is no need for it.

If the strengths of the two are almost the same, maybe he still needs to stand up and explain to his fans and audience, but when the gap between the two is cloud and mud, no matter how shrewd the method is, it will only be in the face of absolute strength. defeated.

Of course, the Shepherd Star didn't need to respond to his provocation.

Does the falcon soaring under the sky look more at the reptiles in the ground just because it occasionally stops to take a nap on the branches?

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If Mu Su Xing knew Zhou Yurui's thoughts, he would definitely complain about Zhou Yurui's thinking too much.

Although he is not interested in wasting time arguing with others on the Internet, the most important thing about public opinion is timeliness. It's a mess, let me explain again, even the day lily is cold.

However, at this moment, Shepherd Xing really can't care about the situation on the Internet——

As the animation producer of "Magi's Gift", of course, Shepherd Star cannot be the last person to know about it. In fact, after confirming this year's nomination list, the organizer of the Eleanor Awards is in the first place. Time, that is, an hour ago, she notified the shepherd star of the good news by phone.

"...Mr. Mu, congratulations on your work "Gift of the Magi" being shortlisted for this year's Eleanor Best Animated Short Film Award. You are welcome to attend the awards ceremony in Xi'an City on July 7. Your invitation letter is expected to It will arrive within three days, please pay attention to check..."

For this sudden nomination, Shepherd Star did not show any surprises or surprises - although he had never won the Eleanor Best Animated Short Film Award in his previous life, he was occasionally nominated.

The happy notification ended here. Shepherd Xing had just hung up the phone, and before he had time to put the phone away, the dark screen lit up again:

"Mr. Mu, first of all, congratulations on your nomination for this year's Eleanor Best Animated Short Film Award. I am Tang Ligui, the editor-in-chief of "Animation Online". "This is from the editor-in-chief of the famous animation weekly.

"Brother, do you dare to be more awesome? Others think about their graduation projects and do things casually, but you are lucky enough to make a shortlist for the best animated short film." As soon as the call was connected, Fang Lian's voice came Came from inside: "Please eat! You must eat!" This is a friend who has a close friendship with Mu Su Xing in private.

In the next two hours, the phone calls from Star Shepherd did not stop.

Familiar friends, teachers, fellow directors, subordinates and colleagues of the company all sent congratulations by phone or text message. After processing, it ended quietly.

In front of a top award like Eleanor, which symbolizes the highest level of artistic animation, no one doubts that Shepherd Star may impersonate the authorship of "Asuka", let alone compare the two——

One is a director who is well-known in the field of commercial animation and has just been nominated for the Eleanor Award for Best Animated Short Film. A pheasant producer of a work, are the two comparable?

If there were still some people who cursed back at the beginning of the public opinion, then when Eleanor's nomination spread throughout the Internet, no one was willing to take another look at "Asuka".

In the words of a Huaying fan, it is "too lazy to talk to".

Isn't it marketing?Don't you want to stir up the popularity and step on our family's stars?Okay, then we won't give you the slightest bit of attention, please go play yourself :)

Just like that, "Flying Bird", which caused a storm on Weibo three hours ago, disappeared without a trace from the hot search list. Star" is replaced.The fans seemed to have never experienced the quarrel in "Asuka" at all, and they chatted happily about "Maggie's Gift".

"I heard that "The Gift of the Magi" won the Eleanor Award for Best Animated Short Film. Now the question is, where can I watch this short animated film? I searched the Internet, but I couldn't find "The Gift of the Magi". Is the way I searched wrong?"

"It probably hasn't been released yet. I guess we won't be able to see it until the end of this Eleanor Awards ceremony."

"Xing Xing is hiding too deeply this time, I have never heard him mention QAQ at all! When the official announcement of the nomination was announced, I was almost not shocked. If I didn't know that there was only one star who made animation, I would have thought it was the same name. gone."

"Check out the time of the Ellino Awards ceremony. At least it has to wait until a month, my god, cry, ah ah ah ah ah ah, I really want to watch this nominated animation! It can make so many big guys endorse, the finished product must be super super superb. Great! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Just when everyone knew nothing about "The Gift of the Magi" but was full of curiosity and itching, a question like fishing quickly attracted their attention:

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#牧宿星 on what basis was nominated?

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Seeing that many people are curious about what kind of animation "Maggie's Gift" is, I happened to know some interesting and interesting things by accident. I will share it with you here, which can be regarded as answering the question of the subject.

The answerer is a lover of literary and artistic films, and has no requirements for live-action or animation. Generally speaking, he prefers more profound works. In terms of animation, he is more inclined to the older generation of artists like Mr. Xia Yongyuan. In terms of live-action movies, I prefer My favorite director is director Ye Changlin.

Friends who only pay attention to animated films probably don’t know that director Ye once mentioned an interesting fact in an interview with a film magazine some time ago:

According to Director Ye, when he was inspecting the filming location in a small town in Huaijiang Province, he found a young man whose temperament was very suitable for the protagonist of his next film. But told him that he is an animation director, and he also came here for field inspection and material collection.Director Ye thought he was acting in his true colors, but in fact he was constructing the characters in his own animation through deduction.

Of course, at this time, I hadn’t actually thought of the Shepherd Star, mainly because I personally can only be regarded as a passer-by fan during the period of "The Little Prince", and I didn't think about it at the time, until I accidentally saw this on Weibo .

[picture]

(The content in the picture is very simple. It is a young man sitting casually on the steps of a dilapidated hotel, lowering his head and concentrating on sketching. It can be seen that this is a rather backward place. On closer inspection, it is even still In the corner of the hotel wall, traces of spider silk can be seen. But when the light golden sunlight gently sprinkled on his well-knit five fingers, there is a kind of beauty like a girl's caricature.)

Who is the person in this photo? I don’t need to introduce you, do you?

The first picture should be a sketch. Of course, just looking at this picture alone can't prove anything. You can understand it by connecting the second picture together.

[Picture 2]

(It’s still the young man in photo 1, with the same familiar side face, and even the environment hasn’t changed much. The young man just stood in the courtyard of the hotel, looking at the cat on the white fence with casual eyes, but the whole The temperament of the person is completely different.)

If we talk about the first picture, we can clearly see the identity of Shepherd Xing as an outsider, then in the second picture, his standing posture, the natural movements and arcs of his hands, and even more micro-expressions and small movements, then It made him blend into the surrounding environment perfectly, and he looked like a sober but tired office worker.I won't say much about this, you can experience it yourself.

Back to the topic.

In fact, for a long time, whether it is animation, live-action TV series, or movies, there has always been a serious situation where traffic is the first, and the substance of the work is cut corners.

The questioner asks why the Shepherd Star got this nomination?

I'm sorry, but with this kind of earnestness, not being impetuous, not perfunctory, and studying hard, I think he really deserves this nomination.