The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Ding Shaoyuan glanced at the date on the phone.

That's right, it's today—half a month ago, the person in charge of the subway cultural promotion said on Weibo that they will replace all the subway stations in Xingning City with a new promotional short animation today, which is Half a month ago, "The Little Prince" defeated all the participants.

Ding Shaoyuan has been waiting for this day to come.

It's not that he is so worried about not being selected. He is also a well-known short video producer himself. It was a blockbuster today.

In other words, they are confident in the quality of The Little Prince.

This made Ding Shaoyuan, who was already unwilling to be reconciled to losing to "The Little Prince", even more unconvinced - he thought he could be regarded as a senior short video producer of Sky Video, and it was fine if the funny short video he made failed to be selected. , the one who lost to was actually a fledgling college student?Or seven?

Half a month ago, he didn't say anything, but he was still worried about it in his heart. Now that he heard that "The Little Prince" has been fully launched in the subway station, he immediately put down his work and went directly to the nearby subway station. No. [-] subway.

He wants to see, what kind of short animation is this overwhelming posture that crushes all the other "Little Princes"!

Difficultly following the crowded crowd into Line [-], Ding Shaoyuan saw at a glance the LCD screen hanging on the right side of the aisle, with a faint warm light on it, and a few pedestrians standing beside him. He was staring at the screen curiously.Some people just glanced at it curiously, then couldn't help but stop and look.

"Where have all the people gone?" In the deserted desert, a little man wearing a scarf said softly, "In the desert, I'm really lonely."

"The crowd is also very lonely." The snake said.

The desert in the picture is vast and lonely. He stared at the delicate and soft short animation in front of him, only to feel a corner of his heart twitch slightly.

The length of the short animation is not long.

Less than a few minutes later, the short animation on the LCD screen entered the next playback cycle, and the screen returned to the deserted desert again. Only then did Ding Shaoyuan realize that he had been staring at the short animation in front of him for a long, long time .

He raised his head and looked at the crowd around him.

Although there are many people in the subway station at this moment, most of them are office workers and student parties who come and go in a hurry. In fact, there are not many people who really stay to watch short animations. However, Ding Shaoyuan found that anyone who chooses to stay After watching the short animation, complex expressions appeared on their faces.

There is no doubt that they were all moved by The Little Prince.

why?

When others watch "The Little Prince", what they see is the overall beauty of the picture and the plot of the short animation. What Ding Shaoyuan thinks about is the reason why this series of short animations can stand out in the solicitation activities.

The first is the picture. It can be seen that the author has worked hard on the overall atmosphere of the picture. "The Little Prince" is a fairy tale theme, but the whole picture is not pure fairy tale style. If Ding Shaoyuan must describe it, this style It's more like the kind that the judges of the official animation short story awards will like. The expression style is delicate and warm, and various metaphors can be seen everywhere.

And the funny videos he made are completely two extremes.

Ding Shaoyuan's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly understood why his work lost to "The Little Prince".

Thinking of this, Ding Shaoyuan couldn't help shaking his head.

It was in vain that he thought he was a well-known video producer in the industry, but when he made a video, he thought that he was not as smart and thoughtful as a college student.

In official solicitation activities like this, the official does not mention requirements, which does not mean that the video itself has no requirements, just like the models who blindly show their own charm without emphasizing the endorsement products are unqualified models, they only know how to make videos without considering Producers requested by the market or Party A are not qualified producers.

But the producers of The Little Prince were different.

Not only did the other party deeply consider the official needs, but the style and plot of the entire short animation were not at all inferior because of this layer of shackles. On the contrary, the whole story of "The Little Prince" was not only of high quality, it also fit the official script from beginning to end. Invisible theme required.

What surprised Ding Shaoyuan the most was that the other party took out seven short animations like this in one go!

Holding a faint curiosity and a secret unwillingness to admit defeat in his heart, he gritted his teeth and simply ran all the seven subway stations in Xingning City——

No. [-] subway station.

"One day, I watched the sunset 44 times!" said the little prince, "You know, when a person is depressed, he will especially like to watch the sunset..."

"So are you sad?" the pilot asked, "The day you saw the sunset 44 times?"

The little prince did not answer.

No. [-] subway station.

"Adults are like this. They judge people by their clothes. They are busy, self-righteous, vain, and greedy for power."

No. [-] subway station.

"If you tame a man, you risk tears."

Number four, number five, number six...

When Ding Shaoyuan finished watching the whole series of "The Little Prince", it was already evening.

He sat on the seat for passengers to wait and rest at subway station No. [-], and his mood was extremely complicated.The short animation on the other end was still playing, and the voice of the little prince was very soft, like the dead leaves falling slowly from the branches in autumn, as soft as a sigh.

"I was so young then," said the little prince, "that I didn't even know how to love her."

Ding Shaoyuan closed his eyes, tilted his head slightly, and leaned back on the back of the chair behind him.It seems that only in this way can he forcefully restrain himself from losing his composure, and not be seen as a big man with teary eyes and embarrassing face.

As a short video producer, he has always been familiar with those tear-jerking jokes and routines. He knows how to impress the audience with just the right literature and art, and also understands how to pretend to be sad and lonely can best poke people's hearts and win more for himself. Fans, traffic and advertising fees.

He is not a brave little prince, nor is he a considerate fox. He is the most serious and boring mushroom in the mouth of the little prince.

It is a mushroom that loses the little prince in his heart and the rose he loves, and becomes vulgar and ridiculous.

Ding Shaoyuan sat on the opposite side of the short animation for a long time.

Countless pedestrians came and went from him, and occasionally some people turned their heads and cast inexplicable glances, and more people were like him, their eyes stopped for a moment on the short animation that was playing, and they could no longer move. open.

He doesn't know what other people who have watched the entire series of "The Little Prince" will think. After those unknown and secret emotions in the bottom of his heart, after the short animation plays turbulent waves and slowly ebbs away, if Saying that every topic mentioned in "The Little Prince" is a sharp arrow that shoots straight at people's hearts, then Ding Shaoyuan only feels at this moment that he has been shot into a sieve by this short animation series.

Even as a short video producer, I, who has read thousands of routines, was defeated by the directly touching pictures and lines of "The Little Prince", let alone those ordinary audiences?

When people find someone better than them, they may feel jealous and unconvinced, but when that person is not only a little better than them, but far ahead of them, the jealousy will disappear, leaving only Envy and admiration.

The producer of "The Little Prince" has such a mentality for Ding Shaoyuan at this moment.

Fortunately, the other party is an animation producer. This time I participated in this event, probably just to practice my skills. By the way, I will gain popularity in the industry. I am a short video producer. The two parties are not in the same dimension at all, and there should be no chance of competition. ……Bar?

With such a complicated mood, Ding Shaoyuan took out his mobile phone and posted on Weibo.

In fact, he seldom posts on Weibo, but when he participated in this solicitation activity before, because he considered that there might be an online voting session, he notified his fans on Weibo, but he did not expect that the official side had no intention of engaging in online voting at all, which led to Not only did Ding Shaoyuan inform the fans in vain, but after his work was not selected, he was frequently ridiculed by his competitors, both openly and secretly.

Even his fans were upset for a while, and said that when the short animation was released, they had to see if "The Little Prince" was worthy of the seven spots.

Now that Ding Shaoyuan has watched the entire series, he already knows the short animations of this series. Even he, an old driver, can be moved. There is no reason why others should be indifferent.

Therefore, after he logged on to Weibo, he directly reposted Xingning Metro's Weibo.

Sky TV Ding Shaoyuan V: You may not believe it, but I, a man in his late thirties, actually cried like an idiot for a short animated video at a subway station.There is nothing more to say, "The Little Prince" is awesome!The producer is awesome! //@星宁地铁V: The promotional video of Xingning’s subway culture is fully launched in all subway stations. Friends are welcome to experience the unique subway culture of Xingning City after going to school and work~[笑脸][笑脸]

As a well-known producer of Sky TV, Ding Shaoyuan's popularity goes without saying. In less than 10 minutes after he forwarded Weibo, hundreds of comments appeared below:

"A video that makes the anchor cry like an idiot, wow! I want to watch it!"

"Is it the previous subway event that was said to have contracted the short animations of all the subway stations? I was not interested in animation at first, but I was a bit eager to watch it when the anchor said that. I happened to pass by the subway line [-] after get off work in the afternoon, and by the way Go and have a look."

"I don't know if there will be a video on the Internet..."

"It's just launched today. There shouldn't be a video yet. Anyway, the subway stations are everywhere. Just find a station and have a look. I just have time tomorrow. I plan to follow Yuan Zai and run through each of the seven subway stations. Come on." Xingning city subway station one-day tour, do you have any friends to make an appointment?"

"Yoyoyo! Let's go on a one-day subway tour! I heard that many anchors have participated in this solicitation activity. Maybe we can go to the subway station and bump into other unconvinced anchors 2333"

……

The same situation also happened to other producers who were not selected at the beginning.

Some of them are also short animation producers, and some of them are live-action funny videos like Ding Shaoyuan. For the "Little Prince", which overwhelms everyone, everyone is holding a sigh of relief, but this breath is one after another after watching "Little Prince". After watching the video of "Prince", it was like a balloon that was punctured by a needle point, and it was flattened into a pancake, and then promoted for "The Little Prince":

Yueqi TV Mr. Curious V: Convinced. [Hold fist]#小王子##星宁地铁#

Crazy Zero V: Strong Amway "The Little Prince"!One of the most surprising short animations I have seen this year!

Qi Chuqing V: I watched all seven short animations at the subway station. Some people said that this animation was about the love between Rose and the little prince, and some people said that it accused the grotesqueness of adult society through the perspective of children. Now Coming out of the subway station, recalling the scene in the short animation, I just feel full of loneliness. There are so many strange planets in the universe in the animation, but each planet is so small that there is only one inhabitant.

Fufengsang V: I used to think that I was a social animal with no emotions, until I watched "The Little Prince"... I f*cked crying at the subway station on the spot, can you believe it?The passers-by next to me thought I was broken in love.

Scarlet Sakura Animation V: The most heart-wrenching short animation of the year! #小王子# Whose rose were you once, whose fox are you now?

……

As more and more people began to promote "The Little Prince" spontaneously, in just one day, the news about "The Little Prince" quickly changed from being limited to the hosts and fans who participated in this solicitation event, to further spread outside the circle. At the same time, Xingning Subway, who noticed the grand occasion on the Internet, also saw the needles, and immediately uploaded the "Little Prince" series of videos to the official website!

……

Time went back to that morning.

"Xingning Daily" headquarters, 8th floor of the office building, reporter department.

He Xuan looked at the short animation that was playing on the computer at the moment.

"Huh? You're watching this too." A slightly surprised voice from behind came from a colleague: "This video seems to be quite popular recently. I saw it was reposted everywhere on Weibo. I saw it at the subway station at work today. It did, and it was fun to do.”

He Xuan smiled, and replied lightly: "Yes."

She didn't tell her colleagues. In fact, she paid attention to this series of videos much earlier than many people.

As a well-known beauty reporter of "Xingning Daily", He Xuan has a gentle temper and capable work. In the eyes of outsiders, no matter how you look at it, she should be a real cashier. -Dimensional culture lover, pays close attention to ACG fields such as animation and games.

Half a month ago, when the cultural department of Xingning City abandoned the works of many famous video producers and gave all the seven selected places to a series of videos called "The Little Prince", He Xuan was aroused by it. Heart.

For the details, the Xingning City Department of Culture did not give too many hints, but He Xuan's instinct as a reporter and ACG culture lover told her that this series of videos called "The Little Prince" is very likely Nine are seven short animations.

As soon as this guess emerged from her mind, He Xuan became even more curious.

Compared with other forms of expression, it is actually difficult for short animation to gain the upper hand in this kind of solicitation activity, but "The Little Prince" not only stood out from the crowd, occupying all the selected places, but also won the award from the Ministry of Culture. High praise from top to bottom, and even because of their great belief in the quality of "The Little Prince", the person in charge has never disclosed any key information to the outside world in the past half month, obviously for the purpose of making a blockbuster at this time.

Of course, the fact that "The Little Prince" is now a big hit is enough to prove that they made the right bet.

He Xuan turned off the computer in front of her, stood up from the desk and chair, with a smile on her lips.

Speaking of which, if the information she collected is correct, the producer of the "Little Prince" series seems to be... Shepherd Xing?It seems to be a local college student in Xingning City, um... I just happen to be free today, so I will try to interview Xingning University of the Arts later.

Thanks to the intentional or unintentional propaganda of the Ministry of Culture, now she can finally interview her favorite field in a legitimate way.

Lu Yue's recent days can be described as happy.

Of course he has reason to be proud.

The original animation support project for college students who thought it would leave him, finally returned to him after going round and round. Now he has established his own animation production team, and there is a top animation director like Ji Xinrong beside him to teach ——

The most important thing is that, unlike the reprimand to Mu Su Xing, Ji Xinrong obviously appreciates his talent in animation production, and the other party even expressly welcomes Lu Yue to join his team after graduation.

Thinking of this, Lu Yue couldn't help laughing.

Facts have proved that God really favored him, and his hard work finally got what he wanted in return.Like a shepherd star, so what if the family background is good?It is true that he can spend money at will to make his own animation, but can he rely on money to get the appreciation of a famous director like Ji Xinrong?

The mobile phone represents the location where the new information is received, and a white light the size of a small hole lights up.

Lu Yue clicked on the communication software and found that it was a message sent by a friend of his. There was only a simple sentence: "Look at the short animation on the bulletin board of the subway station!!!"

short animation?

Lu Yue's eyes stayed on the other party's three exclamation marks for a moment, but he didn't think much about it. It happened that the subway station leading to the school was right in front of him at the moment. Lu Yue walked along the passage for a short time, and soon I saw a short animation that my friend asked me to watch.

As a future animation producer, Lu Yue's aesthetics needless to say, he only took one look at the short animation, and quickly saw the extraordinaryness of the producer.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

What passers-by watch is the story and the overall beauty of the picture. Lu Yue, as a half-animation director, subconsciously focuses on the setting of the screen's viewing distance, shooting angle, camera movement technique, camera composition and transition.

This short animation...

Lu Yue stared intently at the short animation in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

At first when his friend asked him to watch it, he thought that some advertiser hired someone to make an animation video and put it in the subway station for promotion, but after seeing it now, he dispelled this idea.

The short animation in front of me is short but exquisite. The overall picture is warm and freehand, full of appeal. The plot seems simple, but in fact it has deep meaning. It can be called ingenious. The most amazing thing for Lu Yue is the director's shooting angle and camera combination The technique, the surreal montage technique was fully utilized in just a few minutes!

The more Lu Yue looked at it, the more regretful he felt. In his opinion, the short animation in front of him was undoubtedly the handwriting of a certain industry leader. It would not be an exaggeration to send it to participate in this year's short animation awards. waste.

How can those passers-by who come and go in a hurry and know nothing know how to appreciate the art of this short animation?

But having said that, in his memory, there seems to be no big boss with this style.

Lu Yue's heart was extremely weird, and at the same time, an indescribable uneasiness rose from the bottom of his heart without warning, he frowned, and replied to his friend: "I've finished watching, this production is too good, you Do you know which bigwig in the industry is the work? I want to pay attention."

The mobile phone showed that the friend was online, but Lu Yue didn't wait for the other party's timely answer.

At this moment, as the short animation ended, the credits at the end of the credits also quickly popped up. Lu Yue raised his head, glanced at it casually, and his eyes froze instantly, because it said——

BROWN

The Little Prince - Shepherd

Rose - Shepherd

King - Shepherd

Fox - Shepherd

……

STAFF

Original - Saint-Exupéry

Animation Director - Shepherd Star

Painting Supervisor - Shepherd Star

Performance - Shepherd Star, Fang Lian

Original painting - Shepherd Star, Wen Feihang, Fang Lian

Animation - Shepherd Star, Wen Feihang, Fang Lian

Art Setting - Shepherd Star

Background Design - Wen Feihang

Color Designation——Wen Feihang

Special Effects - Fang Lian

……

Lu Yue subconsciously rubbed his eyes, only to feel that he almost didn't know the three words "Shepherd Star".

But how is this possible?

Leaving aside when Mu Su Xing learned to dub, the shooting technique shown in the short animation in front of me is not at the same level as Mu Su Xing's level in the half-year school competition. How long has passed, if it is me, the progress of the Shepherd Star is too terrible, right?

Looking at the two names immediately following the word Musuxing, Lu Yue couldn't even deceive himself that they were the same name—even if there happened to be another animator named Musuxing, Wen Fei Hang and Fang Lian are roommates of Shepherd Xing, so the same name doesn't make sense at all.

Lu Yue didn't know how he got back to school.

His heart was in a mess, and his whole body was muddled, as if he was in a dream.

For a long time, the outside world seems to have concluded that "it's nothing special" and "it's just a matter of how much money the family has", so that Lu Yue himself thinks so——

From his point of view, Mu Su Xing couldn't compare with him at all. The reason why he lost by two votes in the competition half a year ago was because Mu Su Xing had been pre-selected early on. It wasn't that he was inferior to the opponent. .

But that short animation at the subway station...

He went back to school in a daze, walked into the classroom 206 assigned to him by the school, and was guided by Ji Xinrong. Their investment in animation went very smoothly, and now they only need to go through the script meeting before they can enter the next process. .

"Brother Lu is back." Seeing Lu Yue stepping into the classroom, the familiar classmates immediately greeted him warmly, and reminded him in a low voice, "We are in the script meeting, and you are the only one missing, Brother Lu."

To his surprise, Lu Yue, who was always friendly and cheerful, ignored no one this time. He didn't even look at anyone, walked straight to his seat with his head down, opened his seat and sat down.

Lu Yue didn't say anything.

As soon as he sat down, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and uncontrollably searched for all information related to the little prince on the Internet——

Xingning City Subway Cultural Video Contest was the only short animation selected, and a series took all the places. The works of Xingning University of the Arts students...

Unfortunately, Ji Xinrong didn't start the meeting immediately while he was looking down for information, but talked about the short animation on the subway with great interest.

"It's a very good work, it's hard to imagine that it was produced by a local college student in Xingning City," Ji Xinrong said in admiration, "If you only look at the work, even I might mistake it for the work of a famous producer in the industry." Handwriting."

Ji Xinrong praised his sincerity. He really felt that "The Little Prince" was full of the beauty of an animated film from the plot to the performance, and he could even consider trying to compete for this year's Best Short Animation Award.

"If you have time, I suggest you all take a look and learn about the storyboarding techniques of this animation..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a slight knock on the door outside the classroom.

Ji Xinrong frowned. The students below knew that he hated being disturbed by irrelevant people when he was working, so he quickly got up and went to open the door, intending to send the outsiders away, but——

"I'm sorry to disturb you all," the young woman outside the door wore a pure black lady's suit, her long hair was neatly tied up, and she introduced herself with a smile: "I am He Xuan, a reporter from "Xingning Daily". I would like to interview a student from your school who was awarded the title of 'Honorary Citizen' of Xingning City, may I ask..."

When she said this, she paused for a while, lowered her head to confirm with the notebook in her hand, then raised her head, and continued, "Are the three classmates, Mu Suxing, Wen Feihang, and Fang Lian, there?"

Suddenly hearing a few subtle names, the students in the classroom looked at each other in blank dismay.

Honorary citizen?

what is that?

Noticing the stunned reaction of everyone in the classroom, He Xuan frowned.

She had expected this to be a question that would be answered quickly.

Before she came here, she had done enough homework in advance, knowing that there are currently only three people in the Huaying studio that produced the "Little Prince" series, and all of them are students of Xingning City University of the Arts-it is worth mentioning that, early Before "The Little Prince", they had already obtained the places in the school support plan, and now they have started preparing for the next animation series.

With this in mind, He Xuan directly asked the students in the school where the classrooms participating in the animation production of the support plan were located.

But looking at the expressions of these people in front of them, why do they seem to know nothing?

She was confused, and at this moment, the student who opened the door for her also asked blankly: "...What do you mean?"

"You guys don't know?" He Xuan glanced at the student in front of her in surprise. Seeing that the other party still had an inexplicable expression, she felt strange in her heart, and patiently explained on her face: "It's like this, because your school's The short animation work "The Little Prince" of the three students was successfully selected for this Xingning City Subway Cultural Promotion Short Video Contest. As a reward, the three students will be awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Xingning City". to interview them."

Her voice wasn't too loud, but the classroom was quiet at the moment, and He Xuan's speech was neither too fast nor too slow, and her enunciation was clear, so everyone could hear her words clearly.

"little Prince"?

Most of the students in the classroom opened their eyes wide in surprise.

Some of them happened to see that work on the subway before they came to school. Some of them had a tight schedule and rushed to school after only reading about it. As for a few of them, on a whim, they read the whole work and the production team list behind it. At this moment, he couldn't help showing a weird look on his face.

Even those who don't know "The Little Prince" at least know that just 3 minutes ago, Director Ji Xinrong was full of praise for this short animation, recommending them to learn the storyboard of this short animation...

Thinking of this, everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked at Ji Xinrong himself.

No matter how dull the latter is at the moment, he seems to understand what happened at this moment.

Shepherd star?

It's actually a shepherd star?

How could it be a shepherd star?

Just a few minutes ago, he praised the work of "The Little Prince" and even its producer in front of everyone, but now, the reporter in front of him who is said to be from "Xingning Daily" told He, because of this work, won the honor of being an honorary citizen from the city government. It is none other than the Shepherd Star who was scolded bloody by him in 201 three days ago?

If it was Ji Xinrong, he couldn't help blushing slightly at this moment, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Looking at Lu Yue again, he also had an expression of being out of his mind at the moment, what else did everyone not understand?

The classroom, which had sporadic sounds, fell silent instantly, and the whole classroom suddenly fell into an extremely strange silence.

After a short silence, someone said: "Could it be a mistake?"

He Xuan frowned, and was very displeased with this behavior of doubting her professionalism, but she still kept a polite smile on her face, as if she didn't hear the man's words, and asked again: "Excuse me, Pastor Are Xing, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian there?"

During the stalemate among the group of people, another person came in from the outside.

"What are you doing here? Don't work anymore?" It was the director of the Academic Affairs Office who came, and it was related to the enrollment plan for next year. Xingning University of the Arts attaches great importance to this support plan, and he is here to inspect it now of.

His eyes fell on He Xuan who was holding the camera, the director frowned, and subconsciously regarded her as a reporter who came to interview Ji Xinrong, and immediately said straightforwardly: "Sorry, we have no plans to accept any newspaper interviews, please leave immediately here."

Things have developed to this point, if He Xuan didn't find anything tricky, then she would be stupid.

She vaguely realized that the producer of "The Little Prince" didn't seem to have a very good reputation in this school, otherwise these people would not have shown such surprised expressions when she asked for an interview.

After finally coming here, He Xuan was unwilling to give up the interview opportunity in front of her. She organized her words in her heart and said calmly: "Hello, I am He Xuan, a reporter from "Xingning Daily". ?”

"I'm the director of the school's Academic Affairs Office." The director waved his hand, obviously not wanting to get too entangled with her: "If there's nothing else, please leave quickly."

The other party talked about this, logically speaking, as long as He Xuan is sensible, she should leave quickly.

But He Xuan insisted.

She is gambling.

Recalling the surprised eyes of everyone when she mentioned Shepherd Star and "The Little Prince", He Xuan felt that the school director in front of her probably didn't know anything about it, otherwise, how could the school give up this kind of free publicity?

Thinking of this, she said bluntly: "Do you know that the students of your school were awarded the 'Honorary Citizens' of Xingning City for their outstanding short animation works?"