Best wishes for animation production

"I remember someone said that the most taboo developments in serialized works are changing the protagonist midway, the time span is too long, and the heroine is dead..."

"Who said that?"

"I!"

"...Do you know that when you put on a proud expression and puff out your chest, it looks like you are showing off to me?"

"Shut up! I'm talking to you about comics!"

"You're blushing."

"Shut up!"

"..."

It has been half an hour since Shirakawa Rina cried, or was made to cry by Gu Xue. During this period, Gu Xue wanted to continue the comic topic just now, but the process did not go smoothly.

The reason for the failure.

Mainly after Shirakawa Rina regained her composure.

Found Gu Xue.

This woman she regarded as her lifelong enemy.

Very easy to deal with...

This made her enjoy it and began to interrupt Gu Xue.

Forcibly turning the comics teaching scene into a cross talk show...

"Will you listen or not?"

However, after being interrupted several times, Gu Xue finally showed obvious impatience.

"listen."

"Then shut up!" Gu Xue glared at Shirakawa Rina, "I will throw you out if you make any more arguments. If you have any questions, wait until I finish talking. You are also not allowed to talk about anything other than comics."

"You were just showing off..."

"No! That's your illusion! Apart from comics, don't mention anything to me!"

"Okay, tell me."

Shirakawa Rina shook her ponytail, expressionless

But I don’t know if it’s Gu Xue’s illusion.

She thinks Shirakawa Rina smiles brightly...

"..." Gu Xue took a deep breath, "What did you just say... your train of thought was interrupted. Oh, the most taboo developments are changing the protagonist midway, the time span is too long, and the death of the heroine."

"Actually, these are quite understandable. The protagonist is changed midway... I once made an analogy, if our life is a big drama, you were originally the protagonist, and the original work was to show you happily creating comics, but suddenly, one day, The protagonist was changed to me, and the story changed from your happy drawing of comics to my daily fishing life... This is very difficult for the audience to accept."

"As for the time span being too long, it's easier to understand. It's still the analogy just now. This is a big show, and I am the protagonist. Then in the last episode, I was still happily fooling around with Miss Mihara, and in the next episode, it's me. Supporting each other with the old and lustful Miss Mihara, they came to the bar tremblingly, raised their hands tremblingly, and after clinking glasses, drank two beers, and the red breath of the sunset hit their faces... Who can bear this? Come on, right?"

Shirakawa Rina: "..."

"As for the death of the heroine, or to put it another way, the death of the main character. Although the exit of a good character can advance the plot, connect the past and the next, and even sublimate the entire work, you obviously do not have such ability now. In the early stages of the comic, Alice exited The portrayal is good, but please don’t be too messy, it’s really a double-edged sword.”

"Well, after saying this, think about what was drawn in the latest scroll you just showed me? Suddenly seven years later, the hero and the second hero disappeared, and Alice's father died... even though he was not important. role, but aren’t you all on the gun?”

"It was originally a two-hero drama, but now we haven't seen either of them, but a character who is completely unfamiliar to comic readers is taking the lead, and it doesn't look like a supporting role at all. He is reminiscing about the past and meeting beautiful people. Miss, in the three episodes you brought, he is completely the protagonist. I read your outline and it seems that this situation will continue for a long time. To be honest, who cares about his past and acquaintances? Little sister, can you let him die? I want to see the male lead and the second male lead!"

Shirakawa Rina: "..."

"Your comics have been going downhill since you finished talking about Alice. It needs to be changed, yes, but not like this. At least it's not like hiding the male protagonist and the two gods, and then making it look like this inexplicably seven years later. change."

Shirakawa Rina: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"Am I Doraemon?" Gu Xue rolled her eyes, "I can only analyze it from the perspective of an ordinary comic reader... and also as an animation supervisor. It's not good for you to draw like this. It's very disrespectful. Hi, you still have to think about how to change it yourself. After all, this is your work and you need opinions, but it does not mean that you need to add multiple names in the author column."

Shirakawa Rina thought for a while and said: "You can add it, a special thank you or something..."

Gu Xue said helplessly: "So I am not Doraemon, and I don't know how to draw. In fact, I have seen many works... more than you think. Many works almost touched the minefield I just mentioned. It's been done over and over again, but it's still very interesting. That's not an iron rule. It's more like a suggestion. You can listen to it and then think about it carefully. It's good to adjust the comics, but you can't adjust them. You can't go all the way to the dark side. Good things will have good results. When Alice left the show in the first and second volumes, your editor was also opposed to it, right? When you first released a few chapters, you were also criticized by comic readers, right? But the feedback you received in the end was pretty good. , this is a vivid example.”

"..." Shirakawa Rina glanced at Gu Xue, and then said softly: "You are really irresponsible. A second ago, you made the plot of the latest volume I conceived worthless, and now you are telling me to follow your own ideas. Maybe there will be a good outcome if the plot unfolds..."

"This is creation."

Gu Xue sighed and collapsed on the sofa: "It's not about solving math problems, there is no fixed answer, and you can never know the taste of the audience... No one can guarantee that the things they create will be popular, and no one can guarantee that People must like what you create.”

"However, according to my experience, your current plot development will not satisfy most comic readers. My suggestion is that you can change your mind and draw a few chapters to end the previous volume without going into too much detail. , I guess you can’t tell if it’s too detailed. After all, what kind of things did you draw in the last volume... But you must make the audience feel that the story of the previous volume is over, and then you can adjust the span of time, a few months. In the end, it would be better to have the male protagonist return to the misty forest for some reason, revisit his old place, and then meet the man who crawled out of the dragon's cave, and then unfold the plot."

"..."

Shirakawa Rina showed a thoughtful expression, and she seemed to have listened.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion." Gu Xue added, "I can only give suggestions for plot development that has almost no answers or standards."

"What I want to teach you, or what I have the confidence to teach you, is more specific and relatively standard things - composition and storyboarding."

“In a nutshell, it’s the painting part.”