My Animation Era

  Chapter 432 2D literary drama + 3D fighting? (seeking subscription)

  In Jiangchuan in April, it rained continuously.

  Haven't seen the sun for a week, and stayed in the room all day, which made Jiang Keke feel bad.

  Perhaps after a woman is pregnant, there will always be emotional instability inexplicably, and she will think about it to make herself depressed.

  Gu Miao understood her mood.

  So he said that when the rain is over and the weather is fine, he will take time to go out with his family and take a walk around Jiangchuan.

  When I said this sentence, the animation "Yu-Gi-Oh" project had just been officially announced, and the production team hadn't gathered enough staff yet.

   It happened that during the time of the company, there was nothing important that he needed to keep an eye on and deal with, so he promised very confidently.

  Unfortunately, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

   Finally the rain stopped, and finally saw the long-lost Father-in-law Sun. When Jiang Keke was planning where to go with the Jiangchuan map, Gu Miao broke her promise.

   May is approaching.

  With the coming of the May Day holiday, Wolf Castle Studio under Wanbao Animation also began to "sprint" the animation "Legend of Seven Swords" project.

  The so-called sprint rush refers to completing the production as much as possible and submitting it for approval before the holidays.

   Otherwise...

  Official review department, then it will be a holiday! How many days have passed by the time they return to work after vacation?

  This is not acceptable!

  May Day holiday is too long.

  After the staff of the review department return to their posts after taking leave, they must first deal with the piles of unprocessed applications during the vacation.

   That is to say, at that time, when I went to submit for review, it is estimated that the queue could be queued until the end of May.

  Under such a premise, the production team worked overtime to submit the review before the May Day holiday, which was much more convenient than submitting for review after the festival.

   Then you have to work overtime!

  Because "Legend of Seven Swords" is the second TV animation work directed by apprentice Xiao Guo, and it is of a special nature. It is also an "original martial arts" full-length animation with huge investment.

  As the boss, as the master, and as the producer, Gu Miao must always pay attention to and keep an eye on the progress of the project.

   So he broke his promise.

   Originally agreed to go out with Ke Ke, but because of the "Legend of Seven Swords" project rush, he had to stay in the company.

   This directly caused the relationship between Gu Miao and his prospective fiancee to drop to freezing point in an instant. For several days, Jiang Keke didn't give him a good look.

   "I sleep in the study, I sleep on the sofa..."

   "Who is this all for? My dear apprentice, your master has made such a great sacrifice for you, why don't you show it?" Gu Miao threatened, holding Xiao Guo's shoulder.

  Google!

  Guo Hongwei couldn't help swallowing, and under the hint of the master's eyes, he nodded hurriedly and said: "Don't worry, master! Master, I will explain it for you!"

   "Good good good good!"

  Hearing this answer, Gu Miao said with great relief: "As expected of my apprentice, this ideological awareness is high!"

  Silly apprentice Xiao Guo came forward to explain and take the blame, so he shouldn't have to continue sleeping on the sofa, right?

   "I won't tell you about Mrs. Ni in advance."

   Gu Miao, who was solving a problem, glanced at the special effects artist who was doing 3D rendering in the distance, and couldn't help asking: "Is it really reliable to do 3D fighting in your 2D animation?"

   "Very reliable..."

   Speaking of this, Guo Hongwei couldn't help laughing and said: "Master, don't you know? This is the method taught to me by President Seto of the Neon Division."

   "He told me that this combination of 2D literary drama + 3D action drama has become very popular recently, and many animations are in this mode."

Is it?

   Gu Miao, who hasn't paid attention to industry news for a long time, even though he knows the existence of this model, he still doesn't quite understand why this kind of thing became popular?

   "2D painting, focusing on depicting the characters' expressions and eye changes, is very useful in promoting the plot and portraying the characters."

  Guo Hongwei explained: "3D animation, due to the use of skeletal modeling and motion capture, is extremely silky and smooth in fighting, which is an advantage that 2D painting cannot match."

  Gu Miao nodded.

   In terms of fighting, 3D does have an advantage over 2D. The main reason is also very simple. The movement of 3D character modeling has a track to follow, and it is more free and changeable in the splitting.

   And, mostly, "save money"!

  For 2D painting, how much effort does it take to make the fighting part as silky and smooth as 3D modeling? How many keyframes do you draw?

   In terms of cost, this is not the same concept at all.

certainly!

  The Wanbao family has a big business, and Guo Hongwei, as Gu Miao's chief disciple, does not lack the production funds. The reason why he uses 3D to make fights is not to "save money".

   Instead, I took a fancy to the advantages of 3D animation in fighting scenes!

   "It's really good."

  Gu Miao took a look at the 3D effect that had just been rendered, and felt that she was indeed worthy of Guo Hongwei's praise. The fights made in this way were much smoother and smoother than 2D.

  Why do you say that?

   As we all know, there is a concept of "combo" in fighting design.

  Combined moves, as the name suggests, you have to connect and release them to have a taste. And in the process of combo, the smoother and smoother it is, the better the look and feel!

  This is like the change in the frame rate of the game when playing a game...

  Can the visual effects of combos created at 20 or 30 frames be compared with those at 60 or even 120 frames?

   Not a level at all!

  In the animation "Legend of Seven Swords", the seven members of the protagonist group are all masters of sword use, and the use and release of different sword moves become extremely smooth and smooth after 3D rendering.

  The look and feel is simply great!

  According to Guo Hongwei, the cost of 3D animation used in the fighting part is actually no lower than that of 2D painting. Even including post-production special effects, motion capture and rendering, the cost will only be greater.

   But it's money well spent.

   "Wuxia, the first word is Wu! There is no doubt that fighting is the essence of this animation."

   Gu Miao praised: "If you finish the fight well, and then put some effort into the plot of the literary drama, then it will be an excellent martial arts animation."

  From this point of view.

  Although it is the first time for Guo Hongwei to produce and come into contact with martial arts animation, his understanding is indeed unique, with his own characteristics and style.

  A combination of 2D literary drama + 3D fighting drama.

  It looks weird at first glance, and one wonders if the production team is too poor to make good fight scenes, so they can only make do with spicy chicken 3D.

   But actually took a look.

  Gu Miao felt that this combination of 2D + 3D had already been played to the upper limit level by the apprentice.

   Especially the transition from 2D to 3D, he handled it very well and proposed a concept of 2.5D transition animation.

  The protagonist and the villain’s opening trash talk is 2D. The villain is enraged, and his subordinates draw their swords and glare at the protagonist. This section is 2.5D, that is, pseudo 3D.

  The villain went berserk and led his men to besiege the protagonist. The moment the battle started, the screen was upgraded to 3D.

  The transition is extremely natural and smooth.

  Although it changed from 2D to 3D, it didn’t give people a very blunt and abrupt feeling. On the contrary, it felt...

  It should be like this!

   Recommend an animation "Summoner of Black", the fighting part is also 3D, the plot is toilet paper level but you can watch it...

  (end of this chapter)