My Animation Era

  Chapter 933 Year of the Rooster Movie

  The animation "The Adventures of Little Carp" is about to premiere. For director Guo Hongwei, this also means that his work is over.

  Mr. Gu once had a famous saying:

   “The job of an animator is over the moment the animation is broadcast to the public.”

  Guo Hongwei remembers this sentence very clearly. The master told him more than once that before the animation is broadcast, the director is the master of this work and has the final right of interpretation.

   And after the animation is broadcast, the director is no shit, because the final interpretation of the animation is handed over to the audience...

  Because of this, after confirming the broadcast schedule and broadcast platform of "The Adventures of Little Carp", Guo Hongwei is ready to be a hands-off shopkeeper and prepare for his next new project with peace of mind.

Have a holiday? rest?

   If possible, he certainly wants to rest for a while. But obviously, for the money for the child's milk powder and the down payment for buying a new house, he can't rest yet.

not to mention…

  Even if Guo Hongwei wanted to take a break, Gu Miao would not agree. Who told him to draw lots and get the big Chinese New Year movie in the Year of the Rooster?

   That's right!

  After "The Adventures of Little Carp", Guo Hongwei's next new animation to be directed is the year of the rooster movie of the Pleasant Goat Twelve Zodiac series!

   This was the candidate decided by lottery at the beginning. Director Wang got the Year of the Monkey, so he made the movie "Happy Year of the Monkey". After Director Wang, it was Guo Hongwei who got the Year of the Rooster.

   "Can I abstain?"

  Facing the master's earnest eyes, Guo Hongwei regretted it very much: "Damn it, I shouldn't have drawn lots..."

  When is the lottery?

  That was not long after the movie "Sheep Eating Brows" was released. At that time, the Pleasant Goat series, whether it was TV animation or big movies, was in full swing, and every one of the twelve zodiac signs could break the box office record.

  So at that time, everyone was greedy for the directing right of the Zodiac series of big movies, hoping to use the Zodiac series to make a big name in the field of animated films.

   But one moment and another.

   Today's Pleasant Goat has long lost the demeanor of the great emperor of the past, and the unparalleled brilliance of the Zodiac series of movies has also reached its darkest moment.

  Last year's "Happy Year of the Monkey" has already confirmed this point. Not only did it fail to break the box office record, it didn't even break half of the box office.

   Now that Guo Hongwei is taking over the Year of the Rooster movie, this is not a surprise, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hard job.

   "It's useless to regret!"

  Gu Miao joked: "I remember when you got the Year of the Rooster movie, weren't you very happy? You also promised me that you will make a good Year of the Rooster movie. Why are you discouraged now?"

   "Can you not be discouraged? You can tell what's going on with the Pleasant Goat series..."

  Guo Hongwei said weakly: "In this case, master, you asked me to make a movie about the Year of the Rooster. How can I save it?"

   "Turn the tide and help the building collapse, come on! I think you can do it!"

   "But I don't think I can do it."

"Young man, don't keep saying such disheartening words! Why can't you do it?" Gu Miao was very dissatisfied with his apprentice's attitude, frowned and reprimanded, "What about the courage and confidence you had when you took over "A Happy Year for Sheep and Sheep"?" ?”

   "A hero doesn't mention his bravery back then, when he was young and frivolous, but now it's different."

  Guo Hongwei shook his head and said: "But the lottery is drawn by myself, no matter how difficult it is, I have to top it, master, don't worry, I will take action to save Pleasant Goat..."

  Saving Pleasant Goat is not just talk.

  In fact, when he got the Year of the Rooster movie by lottery, Guo Hongwei had already started to think about how to do a good job of the Year of the Rooster movie.

   After such a long time, he has already made enough mental preparations. Don't look at the dejected words on his lips, but he is actually full of confidence in his heart, and he feels that he will definitely be able to make this movie well.

certainly!

  Confidence is a good thing, but the difficulties faced by the Pleasant Goat Year of the Rooster movie are also a real headache.

  First of all, it is the mess left by Director Wang.

  The big Chinese zodiac movie of the Year of the Monkey, "Happy Year of the Monkey", is too mediocre, and the word-of-mouth of the entire zodiac series has dropped a lot.

  The year of the rooster movie must reverse this impression, let everyone know that the year of the monkey is just an accident, not every Chinese zodiac series is so mediocre, and the follow-up is still worth looking forward to.

   What if the Chinese zodiac movie of the Year of the Rooster also pulls the crotch?

  So sorry, two Zodiac movies in a row are so mediocre and even crotch, this series may really be abolished, and the audience will find it hard to believe in the Zodiac series of movies anymore.

  Gu Miao is also aware of this.

  So he attached great importance to this big movie of the Year of the Rooster and asked Guo Hongwei to do a good job in every link.

  The script is even better.

  The most criticized part of the previous work "Happy Year of the Monkey" is that the plot is too mediocre and boring. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the Year of the Rooster movie must have a brilliant and attractive plot.

   "To create surprises, surprises that make people's eyes shine after watching!"

   Gu Miao seriously explained: "At the same time, in order to better fit the reunion atmosphere of the Spring Festival and the New Year, the story should not go to extremes, such as tragedy or dark style."

   Very limited!

   But fortunately, regarding the animal "chicken", there is a ready-made character in the original TV animation of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

   No, it's three...

   A mother chicken who lives in Jizhushan in the weird world, and her two sons, brother Xiaosha and handsome black!

  In the previous Zodiac movies, most of the protagonists were original characters, because animals like dragons, monkeys, and snakes did not appear in Qingqing Prairie or TV animations, or there were not many scenes and they were not suitable for being the protagonists of movies.

   But the Year of the Rooster is different.

  The special episode of Great Battle in the Weird World is still very popular. Among them, the two brothers Hei Dashuai and Xiao Sa are the golden supporting roles that many people still miss.

  Mother Chicken is not as famous as her two sons, but fortunately she is a chicken.

  The Year of the Rooster movie can completely set the mother chicken, Brother Xiaosha, and Marshal Hei as the protagonists, and tell a story similar to the sequel of "Battle in the Weird World".

   "Okay, that's a good idea!"

  Guo Hongwei clapped his hands again and again and said: "The word-of-mouth and popularity of the special chapter in the weird world are very good, so it is very suitable as a big movie for the Year of the Rooster."

  This is not the main thing.

  The most important thing is that, with the eccentric world as the background, and the protagonists of Mama Chicken, Brother Xiaosha and Hei Dashuai, it is easy to evoke memories of old audiences of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and make them want to buy tickets to watch the movie.

  Why did Pleasant Goat decline?

   It’s not that those old viewers grew up and lost their fans one after another. The loss of viewers was too serious.

  If the big movie of the Year of the Rooster can arouse everyone’s common memories and reap a wave of feelings, do you still need to worry about the box office results?

   I really like the Weird World so much. At that time, I always thought that it would be great if there could be a sequel to the Weird World...

  (end of this chapter)