The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the script meeting proceeded as scheduled.
Rose Animation—it should be called Huaying Animation now. There are a total of forty-three people from various departments in the company. They are here to participate in the script meeting, plus three people from Shepherd Star. There are exactly 20 people.
Shepherd Star didn't invite too many people in, and the conference room couldn't accommodate so many people. He invited senior employees in various positions.
""IS" is the company's first animation project. It will only be produced for one season and 26 episodes. Our goal is to complete the editing of this animation by the end of the year, and it will be scheduled for a new show in January. For details, please refer to the information in hand."
While Shepherd Xing was talking, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian were not idle, they were busy distributing pre-copied text scripts and storyboard scripts to everyone present. As soon as Mu Su Xing finished speaking, the employee who got the script first opened the script in his hand.
All of a sudden, there was only the slight sound of flipping books in the spacious meeting room.
As a storyboarder, Xu An first opened the storyboard script of "IS".
Turning his eyes around the storyboard on the first page, Xu An let out a "huh" in surprise, then raised his head, and unexpectedly glanced at Mu Su Xing who was sitting on it.
At the beginning, looking at the age of Mu Su Xing, and spending 20 million to acquire an animation company, and 40 million to produce animation, Xu An once thought that the other party was just like Mu Xingxue, just a pure ACG culture lover and speculator. Don't know anything about animation.
But now...
Turning his eyes back to the skillful and exquisite storyboard in front of him, Xu An was thoughtful.
It seems that their new boss is not a layman like the previous boss.
Just as this thought floated up in his mind, he felt a slight movement in his heart, only to feel that something seemed to be ignored by him, and he couldn't remember it for a while. At this moment, someone suddenly asked casually as if unintentionally: "Has the candidate for the chief director been confirmed?"
Yes, how could he forget this!
To say that the core character of an animation is undoubtedly the chief director. For any animation, the director is the soul figure in the production process. Original painters, animators, character designers, background designers, etc., each The ideas and designs of the participants must be approved by the director before proceeding.
Employees in different positions are responsible for different aspects of production, and the director is the overall controller of the animation. Many animation directors who strive for perfection and nitpicking will even personally participate in every step of animation production. The importance of this position can be imagined. One can imagine.
Shepherd Star: "The chief director is me."
Xu An frowned, with doubts in his eyes, and everyone looked at each other with the same question. It wasn't that they looked down on the new boss. The so-called animation director was not as simple as drawing a storyboard and making a decision, leaving aside professional knowledge Regardless of skills, the director's personal literary quality and the diversity of his own knowledge are beyond the reach of an ordinary college student.
Shepherd star? Can he do it?
Everyone was wondering, and one of the young people muttered: "Shepherd Star... why do I always feel that this name sounds familiar, where did I hear it?"
"By the way, I remembered." The young man's eyes lit up and he raised his hand to signal: "Director, I have a question."
Shepherd star nodded at him.
The young man who got the permission couldn't wait to say: "I would like to ask, is the "Little Prince" that has become popular on the Internet these two days is your work? The dubbing in it is also contracted by you alone?"
"little Prince"?
Xu An's heart skipped a beat.
Others may not pay attention, but as a practitioner in the animation industry, anyone who is self-motivated will not miss the excellent works in the industry, not to mention that the place where "The Little Prince" is played is the subway that almost everyone cannot do without. It doesn't matter if Xu An pays attention to "The Little Prince" or not.
As an independent short animation, the excellence of "The Little Prince" is unquestionable, if its director is Musu Xing himself...
Facing everyone's curious or skeptical gazes, Mu Su Xing said calmly: "It's me, and I'm also responsible for the dubbing work, but..." He smiled slightly and pointed to Wen Feihang beside him. He and Fang Lian: "The Little Prince is not my work alone, it was completed by the three of us together."
The production of "IS" is imminent. If you want to enter the work of the new project as soon as possible, the most urgent task is to relieve the staff's suspicion of the three of them. Although short animations are different from ordinary-length dramas, there are "Little Prince" jewels Before, the employees' doubts about him could be somewhat alleviated.
Sure enough, when it was said that it was the production team of "The Little Prince", the expressions of the employees below became a little better.
Xu An also breathed a sigh of relief.
Since "The Little Prince" can be produced, at least their new boss still has basic abilities in all aspects. If it is not enough, when the time comes to make "IS", they will pay more attention in private, and it will be almost the same.
After such a small episode, knowing that my new boss is not a single-minded newcomer, the next meeting progressed very quickly.
"The script meeting is over, Lao Xu, what are your plans?" Someone asked after leaving the conference room.
"Although the new boss is young, he seems to be reliable, not the kind of college student who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth." Xu An pondered: "The storyboard script is also drawn quite well. If it is really drawn by him, don't talk about it." There is also an upper-middle level in the industry, and other aspects are not visible now."
"What's on your mind?"
"Me?" Xu An remembered what he saw in the conference room, and after thinking for a moment, he finally shook his head: "I'll forget it."
"How do you say it?" Seeing Xu An's reaction, the person who spoke first became a little nervous: "Since you are determined to leave, there must be a reason."
"I want to leave, but not now." Xu An said, although Mu Suxing didn't say anything, and he wouldn't leak the contents of the script, but he even participated in other people's script meeting, so how could he leave immediately? reason? Even if I want to leave, at least I will leave after finishing this animation.
Seeing the tense expression on the familiar colleague's face, Xu An knew that he was thinking about it, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, the new boss is fine, I think he has potential and knows how to make progress, if you want to eat this bowl Fan, following the new boss is not a disadvantage, as for me..."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "Xiao Zhang, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I have always had an idea in my heart for the past few years." He pointed to his head: "Walking around here I have been arguing for seven or eight years, and if I don’t make it, I will not be reconciled in my life.”
When he said this, the man couldn't help but fell silent.
In the animation industry, some people use their skills to make a living for money, and some do it for the illusory dreams in their hearts, and some people lose their fortunes because of this. As animators, who didn’t have that much in mind at the beginning? What about dreams?
But the reality is disappointing.
"You..." The man hesitated to speak, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"I've saved some money in the past few years. When the plan is completed, I'll go to various companies to see if I can get as much investment as possible. If it's not good enough, I still have a house at home." Xu An said lightly: " You can stay at Huaying with peace of mind, I think the new boss is generous, and today’s animation script is also profitable, if you stay in Huaying and work hard, the boss will never let you suffer."
Feeling that this topic was too heavy, Xu An changed the topic after finishing these words, and said: "Let's not talk about it, we still have work to do in the afternoon, and we will probably be busy in the next four months. let's go."
With the cooperation of more than 30 senior employees, the production of "IS" is progressing very smoothly.
At the beginning, there were some employees who saw the young director as young and didn’t say anything on the surface, so it was unavoidable to be subconsciously contemptuous in his behavior, but soon, this mentality was completely dispelled by the reality——
"The movement trajectory here is wrong. I don't know the movement trajectory of the mech, so I should be able to draw the movement trajectory of the robot, right?" Xing Mu frowned, and said unceremoniously: "Redraw, I will draw it before three o'clock this afternoon. See the finished product."
The employees who were reprimanded suddenly felt uncomfortable and surprised. Animation animation naturally makes the picture move. Whether it is people or other things, in different motion states, it will also show different motion trajectories.
Taking a bird in flight as an example, if the motion trajectory is drawn incorrectly, then in the animation, the movement of the bird will appear weird and uncoordinated. On the contrary, the closer the motion trajectory is drawn to reality, the more realistic the picture will be. The effect will be more refined and smooth.
He admitted that it was precisely because he underestimated Director Mu in his heart that he made a mistake inadvertently, but to his surprise, Mu Suxing just glanced at it casually and immediately saw the error in the trajectory , Without solid basic skills and long-term personal accumulation, it is impossible to do it.
Is this person really that powerful? Or, did he really miss it?
When he was surprised, the shepherd star had passed him and walked towards the next person.
"The clothing style is too rustic. The animation background is set in the future interstellar era. The character costume design should be both contemporary and modern. It can't completely deviate from the era, but you can't blindly sacrifice the beauty in order to fit the background. This animation is purely commercial. Animation, the costume design that pays too much attention to research does not make any sense, such a fat and heavy costume design, neither legs nor breasts can be seen, what do you want the audience to lick? Mech?"
The staff in charge of character design were speechless by his straightforward but clear explanation, so they had to say: "Yes, director, I will change it right away."
Shepherd star gave a "hmm", neither said he was satisfied nor dissatisfied, and stopped at another desk along the aisle.
With the example of the first two people, when the third person is on the body, the employee will inevitably become a little nervous.
"The mechanical chains and high-speed gears are all beautifully drawn, the bearing sleeves and transmission rods are also well designed, and the overall mechanical structure is fairly precise, not bad," staring at the stack of parts drawings on the desk, Mu Su Xing was satisfied The nodded: "What's your name? Have you studied mechanical design before?"
Probably did not expect to be praised, the young man immediately rolled his eyes with a smile, and said excitedly: "My name is Jian Zhiming, when the company took over the outsourcing of mecha animation, I taught myself mechanical design for a period of time in order to do a good job in modeling design. Director, if you have any other requirements, please let me know, and I will make changes until you are satisfied!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Jian Zhiming was stunned.
Wait, this is going the wrong way! Didn't he just want to let this too young director know the heights of the heavens and the earth? How could he accidentally dance around because of the other party's casual compliment?
The Shepherd star didn't notice the abnormality of the staff.
He went back and forth in the studio. If he didn't know that many employees still had doubts about their own abilities, and they were negligent in their carelessness, which would lead to the failure to perform at a normal level at work. Otherwise, the shepherd star Can only be more disappointed with the ability of this group of employees.
It is also because of this that at this moment, it is rare to see someone who draws such a mechanical picture in place, so Mu Suxing exaggerated a few words.
"Good job, keep it up."
Knowing the reason why the employees are slack, Shepherd Xing will naturally not allow them to continue to be so slack. He intends to give everyone a bad impression, and simply does nothing else, just pay attention to the progress of everyone's work - anyway, the supervision and guidance The work of the series is the work of the animation director, and no one else can refuse.
"Xiao Cui, this sub-camera..."
Seeing his own director come over and nag him again, Cui Hongyi suddenly became one head and two big. As a rare young man among many employees, Cui Hongyi is naturally arrogant. He wouldn't be patient and listen to his pressure, but Mu Su Xing was harsh, but the problems he pointed out were extremely precise, and the amendments he proposed were also thought-provoking, leaving Cui Hongyi speechless.
Cui Hongyi took a deep breath, knowing that if he did not have a correct attitude, the other party would not let him go. He was arrogant and arrogant, but he also believed in the strong. In other words, as long as his professional ability was really stronger than him Yes, he is absolutely convinced.
"Director, can't I be wrong?" Having figured this out, Cui Hongyi had a sad face and didn't care about the strange gazes cast by others, and said shamelessly: "My work attitude is wrong, I will review, you If you have any requirements, hurry up and say all of them, and I will change them as you say, okay?"
Just don’t ask him to change it ten times or eight times because he is not satisfied. QAQ
No matter how much he loves his job, he will change his mind after redoing and modifying back and forth like this!
But it is still under the circumstances that what the shepherd star said is all right, and if he doesn't change it, it is because he is making trouble for no reason and his professional quality is questionable.
Mu Suxing raised his eyebrows, and glanced at him with a half-smile.
After getting along with each other these days, he can be considered to understand that this Cui Hongyi looks honest, but he is actually the most cunning one among them. He also has a loose attitude. The shepherd star can't see it either.
Cui Hongyi is different, this person looks like he is also being lazy, but in fact he is doing it very carefully - in other words, when others are lazy, he is acting there, pretending to be careless, as if he is doing it effortlessly , Is to use this to show off.
Shepherd Xing knew his purpose—it was nothing more than to see the new boss coming. This is Mang's effort to express himself so that he can be reused in Huaying in the future.
This person is really cunning. Knowing that his thoughts were seen through by the Shepherd Star, he immediately changed his strategy. On the surface, his mournful face and complaining about being submissive were meant for the Shepherd Star, but in fact it was an indirect reminder. Warn other employees: Don't be stupid, really think our new boss is a young man who doesn't understand anything?
With Cui Hongyi's "complaint", other employees will correct their attitude and work hard even if they want to make less revisions. In this way, won't they achieve the goal of showing their faces in front of the Shepherd Star?
Mu Suxing laughed in his heart, but his face was serious: "Okay, let's talk about it today."
He stood still beside Cui Hongyi's desk, while flipping through the sub-camera design of the sixth episode in charge of You: "Let's talk about this episode, you used roughly when designing the sub-camera..." He flipped through the one It is only divided into shot design, and quickly continued: "25% relational shots, 38% action shots and 37% rendering shots."
"Let's talk about relationship shots first. This kind of shot is generally used to explain the time, place, characters, atmosphere in the scene, the relationship between the character and the environment, the action process and result of the character, etc. The standard usage rate should be 5% and 10%. %, a large number of relationship shots will slow down the visual rhythm, which obviously does not meet the requirements of our animation."
Cui Hongyi: "..."
He looked at the sub-shots he designed, and then looked at the shot types and occupation ratios he used in just a few seconds.
Without giving him time to respond, Shepherd Xing continued: "Secondly, you used 38% of the action shots. In order to avoid the inexplicable documentary style of the animation, I suggest that you raise the action shots to about 70%. Between 60 and 80 percent, what we do is animation, not a film documentary."
"The last is the rendering shot. I know you want to adjust your mood through the rendering shot, but I don't think it is necessary at all. It doesn't matter whether the scenery is good or not, and the picture is dreamy or not. You have to figure out our market positioning first. If you have time, To do this, you might as well think about how to make the long legs of the female characters look more attractive and sexy, after all, making money is our ultimate goal."
Cui Hongyi: "...cough, cough, cough." He couldn't hold back for a moment, almost choked on his own saliva, and after coughing several times, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Director, what you said...is too straightforward Bar?"
"Blunt?" Mu Suxing raised his eyebrows, disapproving: "I'm afraid I'm too subtle, you won't understand."
"Oh, by the way, it's okay to use the right amount of rendering shots." Mu Suxing thought for a moment, then added as if remembering something: "Have you read the script? When the hero and the heroine are alone, you can add some in moderation." Render the shot and make the picture a little more dreamy."
Cui Hongyi understood in a second, and said in high spirits: "I am good at this, and I will definitely live up to the director's expectations!
Shepherd star nodded in satisfaction, he likes this kind of smart people. It is okay to be ambitious, the most fearful thing is to have ambition, and you don't know your own ability in your heart, this kind of thing is the scariest.
Soon, in less than three days, under the "torture" of the strength of Mu Suxing, the production team finally settled down completely, and honestly devoted themselves to animation production.
Four months later.
In Nuoda's conference room, nearly twenty employees sat neatly on both sides of the long table, looking intently at the Shepherd sitting in the center, waiting for his notice.
The Priests know what they are waiting for.
He raised the corners of his mouth and laughed too: "Now I announce that the first animation produced by our Huaying Animation, "IS", is officially completed, and I will be responsible for the next editing independently. In addition, in addition to sound mixing, From the Synthesis Department, no one else will come tomorrow, and the company will give you three days off."
"Long live!"
"Finally liberated! I don't know what the final product will be like, looking forward to it!"
Some people also raised their hands expecting Ai Ai: "Director, I heard that our voice actors invited Mr. Liu Wan and Mr. Ye Feiyun?"
Mu Suxing glanced down, and was not surprised to find that Fang Lian was also one of them who was looking forward to it. He was amused in his heart, but he didn't intend to show off, but simply said: "That's right, it's them."
As a rare goddess in the dubbing industry who pays equal attention to appearance and voice, these two female CVs are still very popular in the animation industry. This is also the reason why Mu Su Xing gave up looking for newcomers and resolutely chose a big-name seiyuu.
Because the current animation industry has always been relatively sluggish, these big voice actors belong to the big names, but they have no temper, and they will not look down on companies that are not well-known like Huaying Animation. Therefore, the process of the CVs of several gods and goddesses he invited went very smoothly.
"Wow, then I'm staying!"
"Director, can we watch the dubbing process?"
As soon as she heard that a goddess CV was coming, the crowd suddenly became lively, Mu Suxing said generously: "Those who want to stay can stay, there is only one, you can watch it, don't disturb the voice actor's work, otherwise..." He showed a friendly smile, which made countless people who knew what this smile meant subconsciously shudder.
two weeks later.
It was still the meeting room where the script meeting was held. The difference is that this time, there is an extra projection screen on the front wall, and the first episode of "IS" is playing at the moment, and only the pastor is left in the meeting room. Five people are Xing, Wen Feihang, Fang Lian, Dai Yuyan and Cui Hongyi.
As for why there are only these four people, it can only be said that in System 013, so far, these four people are the only ones who can really be regarded as members of the production team of Shepherd Star.
The system's judgment can't be faked. Since the system has approved it, it just so happens that Shepherd Xing also thinks that these four people are more reliable in his opinion, so he simply called all four of them over to discuss the final issue together.
"The production of "IS" has been fully announced, and now we only have one last question," Shepherd Xing looked at his companions: "Which video site should we sell this animation to? Buy it out, or share it with us?" ?”