The Creator of the Second Dimension

The Classic Department series, also known as the Bingguo series in another time and space, is a light mystery novel developed from the perspective of high school students.

Although Phantom Animation received many production invitations during the production of "The Boundary on the Horizon", many of them, such as the console game animation under Suoren Interactive Entertainment, have sufficient funds at first sight.

But after Xu Rui thought about it, he didn't accept it.

First of all, because of these popular adaptations, animation companies are more like OEMs, and the production committee is usually full before looking for a producer. It is difficult for fantasy animation to be like the previous "Soul Eater: Zero" or Like "Borderline on the Horizon", it can pick up the leaks and sneak into the production committee and occupy a good share.

The income of pure OEM is very low, and Xu Rui is no longer a person who is short of money.

The second reason is that due to the fire of "Bloodborne: Curse", Xu Ruiguang's monthly turnover in the game has been stable at 200 to 300 million yuan, plus the income from Hatsune Video Network and the sound synthesis engine. Electric animation may be one of the animation companies in China that is least short of money.

Even because of focusing on content in the animation circle and relying on a large number of UCGs to attract users, the expenditure of Fantastic Animation is much lower than that of large websites such as Tomato Video Network, and the net profit is estimated to be higher.

With such a background, Xu Rui seems to be more free-wheeling in making animations.

The reason why I chose the classic series is because Xu Rui wants to return to his original animation style, that is, realistic and exquisite backgrounds. In addition, this kind of daily reasoning theme is still blank in this world, and Xu Rui thinks he can try it.

He quickly completed the storyboard drafts of the first three episodes. In mid-April, in the conference room on the second floor of the animation animation, Xu Rui announced the plan for the next work to the heads of various departments.

"We are going to make a completely original animation next, with high school students as the main characters, mixed with reasoning elements, and the style tends to be realistic. This kind of daily theme is a test for storyboarding and performance. I also want to use this to cultivate newcomers .”

Xu Rui said that the performance department has already had several new employees. They are not complete newcomers, but each has a certain professional experience. Of course, some of them have transferred from original painting and other departments to performance. In the animation industry, This kind of promotion route is not uncommon, and there are even steps from the executive production or sound department to the director's position.

"The classic series?"

Producer Cheng Ke picked up the photocopied storyboards on the desktop. If the project is established, he needs to go outside to find some sponsors—although relying on the funds of Fantastic Animation, completely independent production is not a problem, but reasonable risk sharing and proper selling is also essential.

He flipped through the storyboard, and found that this animation was a bit more bland than "Magic Girl Madoka Magica", after all, it was a daily story.

In the unrefined storyboard, Cheng Ke could only simply understand the story. After watching the first part, he found it relatively ordinary.

The protagonist is Feng Zhemu, a high school freshman who pursues "energy conservation". He hates trouble and refuses to join in the fun. He believes that "don't do unnecessary things, and solve necessary things as soon as possible" is his way of life.

In other stories, this kind of character is usually a supporting role with some unique skills. You must know that if the protagonist lacks the ability to act, the advancement of the story will appear a little deliberate.

It is such a protagonist, but he received a request from his sister to join the classical literature club, which was on the verge of being abandoned. In the club classroom, he saw the heroine, Tian Qianai.

Tian Qianai's setting is a curious baby who is full of curiosity about everything.

Cheng Ke quickly understood that the story was probably led by the heroine to let the hero reason. This form is quite novel and not routine.

The two parts of the first episode are two inference stories. The first inference story is that Tian Qianai is unconsciously locked in the club classroom, and the second is about the mysterious club on campus. In terms of design, it belongs to a more special category.

"This is a little different from the reasoning story I thought before."

Deng Shixin from the animation team scratched the back of his head.

When you think of reasoning stories, you will naturally think of Blizzard Mountain Villa, impossible crimes, murders in secret rooms, grievances and hatred, etc., but the stories in the classic series do not have such cruel plots. It's just some trivial daily life.

But for some reason, Deng Shixin found this story very interesting.

Ordinary but not ordinary.

When Deng Shixin was in high school, he didn't study too hard, but he didn't participate in any sports or cultural clubs. Looking at the storyboards of these three episodes, he did feel the youthful atmosphere revealed in the story, even though the activities of these people were not Deng Shixin. I have experienced it before, but it also has a little resonance.

And this is just a draft storyboard.

"In order to avoid confusion, let me ask first, boss, will there be murders in this story?"

Deng Shixin raised his hand and asked.

"No."

Xu Rui shook his head.

"At first, I thought it would be a story about a high school student detective solving a murder case like "Conan Boy Case Book"."

Guo Weiren smiled, "Conan Boys Case Book" is a super-long animation, which has been broadcast for more than seven years, with nearly 400 episodes. After reasoning, the story of the real murderer was found. Although the protagonists are all students, the animation itself has certain bloody horror elements. Guo Weiren also participated in the production of several episodes as a foreign aid.

"This story is pure daily life, only mixed with some reasoning elements, the essence is still the daily life of youth."

Xu Rui explained.

"If you simply reason, the picture will be very boring."

Yiqian said lightly that the draft of the storyboard did not show anything special, but there are a lot of logical reasoning descriptions in the story. If it is not handled properly, these narrative plots will easily become boring. If it is a murder case, Then the horror atmosphere and the explanation of the opponent's techniques can still attract the audience, but the daily reasoning stories can only be adjusted by the performance.

"Regarding this, I have already written the performance draft of the reasoning of the second part of the first episode. You can take a look."

Xu Rui turned on the projector again and showed the storyboard draft he had drawn. It can be seen that when the protagonist and others are reasoning and discussing, the picture is not static, nor does it depict the expressions of several people faithfully, but It uses the schematic diagram method to complete the reasoning with lively movements. This kind of symbolic technique is very rare in animation, but it surprises everyone.

"The screen and the plot are usually integrated, but sometimes, I think it may be a way to separate them and use simple eye-catching pictures to relieve the burnout in long-term conversations."

Xu Rui said that his words made everyone think about it. This seemingly random method has a certain magical quality, which makes people unable to stop at all.

What's more, people like Deng Shixin who only have a superficial understanding of storyboards suddenly discovered that Xu Rui's understanding of animation seems to be more than a little bit higher than most of them.