[Gossip Girl] Three and the 30 Syndrome

Jenny thought it would be the weekend, but Carter reappeared the next morning.

Jenny barely recognized Carter at first glance. He was holding an old bicycle, wearing Constance's school uniform, and most importantly, his hairstyle.

"Is this a wig?" She couldn't help but reach out and stroke the golden brown bangs on his forehead.

Carter tilted his head slightly: "Of course not, I just dyed the color and changed my hairstyle."

Jenny said: "I didn't notice that your hair has grown so long." In the past, the hair on Carter's forehead was always combed back or rolled up, and never let it go.

Carter licked his lips and smiled at her.

This smile is sunny and handsome, and Jenny feels more and more that he is another person. She wants to ask "what are you playing" rather than "you took the wrong medicine", but in the end Jenny didn't ask any, but said: "You Where did you get the school uniform?"

Carter looked down at the clothes on his body: "This is mine, but it was a few years ago."

Jenny looked at the bicycle: "This bicycle is obviously not a gift for me?"

Carter tilted his head towards the back seat of the bicycle, and said with a smile, "Come on."

Jenny confirmed: "You know I'm going to practice today, right?" Seeing Carter's smiling expression, she knew the answer, and couldn't help asking: "Are you so free?"

Carter cast his gaze elsewhere and licked his lips, "I promised Rufus to take good care of you."

Jenny said: "I'm sure it's not this kind of care."

Carter showed a smirk, and he was very youthful and cute against the backdrop of the full school uniform: "I have long been an obedient and good student."

Carter drove Jenny across half of Los Angeles on a bicycle, then found the animation studio with a map that was obviously printed and downloaded from Google, knocked on the door, and smiled enthusiastically: "I'm Dan Humphrey, this is my sister Jenny Humphrey, And, she is you and the manga artist."

From seeing Carter's outfit, Jenny was no longer surprised that Carter could say anything, but thought to herself that none of her biological brothers were blond.

Carter really acted like a competent brother. He shook hands with everyone present and arranged a place for Jenny with them. Are they all there?"

Jenny nodded numbly.

Carter stroked her hair and the back of her neck, "See you tonight, Sis."

Well, it turns out that he will come to pick her up at night.

The young man who opened the door for them, Alex, probably thought that Jenny was the kind of girl who didn't want to be controlled too much by her father and brother out of adolescence, and sighed to her: "Your brother really loves you."

Jenny replied: "I know."

Dan loves her very much, Carter, although it's not the kind of love or family love, he does love her.

Working hours are from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, with an hour break at noon.

This animation studio is not big, there are only sixteen people in total, most of them are young people in their 30s and [-]s, and several of them are not full-time, but part-time drawing comics, advertising design and so on. There are only six people here today.

Adapting animation from comics saves a lot of preliminary work, such as script, character design, color style and so on. In addition, Jenny has already finished drawing the story map, which saves a lot of effort.

During the few days when she was in the car, the animation production had already started.The studio also included her name in the creative staff, and the positions are screenwriter and original artist.

Jenny is good at working on emotions, that is, dealing with spiritual details, but the material is a lot worse. When drawing that comic, most of the scenes were concentrated on a window sill, with a corner of the room and a corner of the city outside the window on the left and right. Sky.The studio greatly expanded the background when designing the scene, because Jenny’s creative background is New York City. They printed a wall-sized floor plan of New York and pasted it on the studio wall, and built a 3D model of the entire city on the computer.

Furthermore, although Jenny's cartoons are much more popular than Alison's abstract paintings, her way of thinking is still artistic.She can come up with a touching short story in 3 minutes, but she can't write a complete resume of a character from growth background to social relationship, hobbies and habits, etc. in three days.Each picture of the complete story board must be accompanied by corresponding dialogue, actions and notes, and Jenny does not have this kind of refinement ability.

Jenny's internship is divided into two parts. During the production of the animation "A Leaf Falls and Flies Away", she is the main creator who has completed her duties and can freely pay attention to any link. After completion, she is a Part-time interns have to do boring mechanical basic work and learn from it.

At present, the staff of the studio is mainly divided into two groups, one for coloring the pictures, and one for making sound effects. After signing the contract with Jenny, the studio has already contacted the soundtrack artist and posted the dubbing request information to the actor union for recruitment.

Jenny happened to be in time for the interview and got a position as an interviewer.

To be honest, she couldn't hear the difference at all. Although the actors had different timbres and styles, no one made her feel "it was him", and no one made her feel "completely wrong". She was never sensitive to voice.

The two protagonists interviewed for a day, and other supporting roles, such as the owner of the family who raised flowers, the neighbor who tried to catch birds, etc., had a few lines, which were easy to pick up. It was just a few lines, even if the dubbing didn’t match a little, it would be difficult in the later stage. Can modify.

Jenny listened to the interview all morning and went to do sound effects in the afternoon.

This animation is 2D, with few special effects, and the most troublesome part is the sound effect. According to the plot plan, at least five soundtracks are required for a 10-minute animation, as well as various sounds such as opening and closing doors, wind and rain, and vehicles passing by. Select the appropriate or closest one from thousands of background sound resources, and then modify it.

There is a scene at the end of the manga, where a petal of a flower is blown off by the wind, and the bird chases and flies across the city before chasing the petal and flying back with it in its mouth.

Jenny drew this period quite freely. She took the sketchbook and took the bus around the whole New York, and drew it when she saw the place she thought was suitable. The chase, and then beautify or modify those scenes according to your own preferences. What is shown in the comics is just a grid of backgrounds.

Making the animation part is extremely troublesome. Alex told Jenny that if it weren’t for the 3D model of the city and the creation materials brought by Jenny, it would take a week to do this in 2 minutes.

Even so, Jenny felt a little dizzy when she saw the audio reference catalog for this animation. There are different sounds in different parts of the city, business districts, residential districts, campuses, bustling, lively, deserted, different regions, Different light and shade, different tones, and so many parameters together, it is necessary to make the chasing of the bird immersive.

Jenny didn't paint by feeling before, but she wasn't so precise.

Although she has no intention of learning this practice, she still has to admire the workaholics who enjoy it.

On the first day of the internship, Jenny basically spent time in the field trip, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, Carter really came to pick her up.

When establishing the character image, the studio made a potted flower and a physical model of a bird. The work was on the right track. They were no longer needed, so they were given to Jenny, the original author.

Jenny showed it to Carter and said, "I feel a little complicated."

Carter raised his lips and said, "Do you think your character is alive?"

"One thing," Jenny said, "I saw the dubbing audition today. I used the animation clips I had already made to read the lines I wrote. They moved and spoke on the screen. I suddenly felt that this story was so strange. I didn't draw it. .”

In her previous life, apart from playing, she had no hobbies or specialties, and she didn't even have a share in the school's blackboard newspaper. Here, she drew comics, published them, published books, and now they are made into animations, which is amazing.

Carter rode his bicycle slowly and asked, "What else?"

Jenny said: "Suddenly I feel a little amazing." Maybe people can really do many things that they couldn't do by living an extra life.

Carter was amused and said, "You've always been amazing."

Jenny couldn't see Carter's face, and didn't know what his expression was when he said this, but his voice was still very nice.

Carter drove Jenny back to the center of Los Angeles. On the way, he took her to the supermarket to buy a lot of vegetables and brought her a copy of the bus brochure.

This gift can be called timely, no matter whether Carter picks up Jenny today on a whim or is worried about Jenny, he definitely doesn't have the time to do it every day.

At night when Jenny was cooking, Carter saw Jenny's sketch of "Moon River" while waiting for the food to be served, and suddenly asked, "How would you draw it according to your original style?"

Jenny heard Carter's question while cooking cream of mushroom soup, and was taken aback for a moment before realizing that the style of her works was indeed changing.

Then she replied: "I probably won't draw the concept that there is no life and death in the life of the river, but only the concept of circulation, but draw...they run towards death as soon as they are born."

Carter leaned back on the sofa, looked up at the girl in the kitchen from the upside-down world, and laughed: "Jenny, you are so cute."

Jenny turned her head and stared at him for a moment, not knowing whether he wanted to say "a little girl with such negative thoughts is cute" or "Jenny is cuter now", she turned her head and continued cooking.

Carter left after dinner, and said with emotion: "I'm full of trifles."

Jenny was in the apartment by herself, and drew a sketch of Carter in school clothes, and she wanted to write a note, like "crazy role-playing game" or something, but thought it was brilliant, and ended up writing nothing.

The author has something to say: I feel that these chapters in Los Angeles have a different style of painting than the previous ones, so I changed the title to Rest and Recuperation.

In this chapter, Carter's appearance is based on Ben, the protagonist in Phantom.