My Animation Era

  Chapter 950 Ma Kui's Anxiety Disorder

  The Year of the Rooster movie is a work that sells feelings, and the main focus is nostalgia.

  Since we want to be nostalgic, we must avoid new characters stealing the limelight from old characters as much as possible, so in this movie, the new character is only a silky, and the other characters on the stage are all old faces familiar to the audience.

  All the lambs in Yangcun, Big Big Wolf's family, the Seven Bad Wolves, Brother Xiaosha and Hei Dashuai, giant frogs, bees, and rabbit residents in the weird world...

   The materials of the above characters, including the background scenes, do not need to be redrawn, just apply the original draft of "The Great War in the Weird World".

   It's a time saver!

  If everything is torn down and redrawn, it may take a month or even longer for the preparatory work alone.

  However, directly applying the original materials greatly reduced the workload of the production team of the movie "Golden Rooster" and saved Guo Hongwei a lot of time.

  As the saying goes, time is money.

  Although the time saved cannot be directly converted into banknotes and used as the expenses of the production team of "Golden Rooster", from a certain point of view, the sufficient production period can make the quality of the film more perfect.

  Xiao Guo thinks so.

  It is now the beginning of October in the Gregorian calendar and the beginning of September in the lunar calendar. There are still four months before the Chinese New Year! Although it is a bit hasty to make an animated film in four months, it still has a score...

  Normal animation films strive to be perfect in every aspect, and the time spent is calculated on a yearly basis, usually starting in two or three years.

  But the Year of the Rooster movie is not a normal animated movie, but an alternative continuation of "Battle in the Weird World".

  High EQ: Do not take the usual path!

  Low EQ: The condensed version of the second season of "Battle in the Weird World" in the skin of the big movie of the zodiac...

  Based on this standard, let alone four months, if Gu Miao is ruthless, she might be able to produce a decent movie in four weeks.

certainly!

  Animated movies made in four weeks, don't worry about the quality, that is the extended version of TV animation.

   "It is still necessary to ensure the quality!"

  After reading the script and listening to Guo Hongwei's introduction of the general situation of the "Golden Rooster Dawn" project team, Gu Miao frowned and said: "Sentiment does not mean rough production. In terms of film quality, it must at least reach half the level of The Lion King."

   "Huh?! The Lion King?"

  Hearing this, Guo Hongwei's eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

  The Lion King is half the standard?

   It sounds like it’s not difficult to do, but what is the budget, lineup, and animation of The Lion King?

   This is completely incomparable!

  The production cost of one "The Lion King" is enough to make ten big movies of the Pleasant Goat Zodiac series. The two are not of the same magnitude at all, and half the level is far more difficult to achieve than imagined.

   "Okay, don't pretend to be wronged."

   Seeing Xiao Guo's bitter expression, Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "You also know that the Pleasant Goat Zodiac movie series urgently needs a world-saving work to save word of mouth..."

  The previous work was so mediocre, coupled with the low popularity of Pleasant Goat TV animation, if the movie does not show some sincerity, I am afraid it will be really cold.

  The most direct sincerity that the audience can feel is undoubtedly the quality of the film.

  It is very difficult to achieve the same level of quality as "The Lion King". It will cost a lot of money, and the production cycle will not be too short, so it is not worthwhile from a cost perspective.

  But to achieve half the quality level of "The Lion King", to be honest, it is not as difficult as Guo Hongwei described. He put aside his complaints because he wanted Gu Miao to invest more.

  Supplementary budget is not possible.

  The production budget of the Pleasant Goat Zodiac series is basically limited, and it is impossible to approve as many applications as there are applications.

   This is the same as a credit card limit.

  The limit of the credit card is determined by the issuing bank based on the user's credit base and repayment ability. If the repayment capacity is exceeded, the bank is also afraid that it will not be able to collect the account!

  The same is true for the production budget. Gu Miao allocates the budget, which is a roughly estimated amount based on the film's expected box office revenue.

   How much will you give as much as you apply?

  If the box office cannot recover the production cost, wouldn’t Wanbao Animation suffer a lot?

  The film "Golden Rooster Dawn" has been investigated and analyzed from the aspects of script, production staff, subject matter, schedule and market, and it is estimated that the box office is only about 500-800 million.

  Based on this expected box office, Gu Miao can approve a budget of 100 million at most. If it exceeds 100 million, there is a huge risk, and there may be a loss of nothing left.

  …

  With no additional budget and high film quality, Guo Hongwei was very worried.

   But he is not the person who worries Wanbao Animation the most. There is another person who faces a more complicated and worse situation than him, and bears more pressure than him.

   That's Ma Kui!

  As the animation director of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" appointed by Mr. Gu, since the last time the leader came to Wanbao to inspect the work and patted him on the shoulder and told him to "do it well", Ma Kui was completely stunned.

   This bewilderment refers to his mental state.

  The big leader's exhortation, the status of the four great classics... It was like a heavy stone weighing on his heart, making him breathless, afraid that some link was not done well, and he had no face to see Jiangdong's elders.

  Under continuous heavy pressure, Ma Kui had mental problems, which is also excusable.

honestly.

  Seeing Ma Kui's mental state getting weaker day by day, and the dark circles under his eyes getting heavier day by day, Gu Miao occasionally felt regretful.

   Such a big leader, would pay attention to a cartoon? This is something no one thought of. If I knew this, I shouldn't have taken up the job of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

   Whoever loves to do it will do it...

   If this special meow does well, it won’t make much money, but if it does poorly, it will not only be scolded by the people of the whole country, but may also tarnish the company’s reputation and reputation.

  Properly hot potato!

  The most important thing is that this project Wanbao Animation has already taken over, and the leader has also come to inspect it, and now it is too late to regret it.

  No matter how difficult it is, and no matter how much pressure, until now, I can only bite the bullet and finish the animation, and there is no possibility of giving up halfway.

   As for Maguire's mental state?

  Aiming at this problem, Gu Miao also had a heart-to-heart talk with him, hoping that he would not put too much pressure on himself, and minimize the impact of the leadership inspection as much as possible.

   It still had some effect, at least under Gu Miao's patient guidance, Ma Kui became less nervous and panicked.

   But then again...

  Ma Kui suffers from anxiety disorder, which doesn't seem to have much impact on the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

  Because Ma Kui was in the production team, Koizumi has almost completely overshadowed him, and he has become the kind of mascot that not only signs but also stamps.

   Koizumi really doesn't follow the rules at all.

  Even though he is only an assistant director, or an outsider, he takes care of all the work of the animation production team.

   You said he usurped the throne and seized power. He knew to consult with Ma Kui, and he did not act arbitrarily. You can say that he is doing his duty, he does all kinds of work, even after get off work, he will take the initiative to apply for mopping the floor...

  (end of this chapter)