MTL - My Animation Era-Chapter 703 Who said eight minutes is not animation? (seeking subscription)

  Chapter 703 Who said that eight minutes is not an animation? (seeking subscription)

   Animation is an art!

  Before, Gu Miao didn't have a deep understanding and feeling for this sentence, because most of the animations he came into contact with and produced were commercial animations for "money".

certainly!

  The meaning of this sentence is not to belittle commercial animations in order to elevate the status of other animations.

   It just feels different.

  In this short eight-minute sample, Gu Miao could see Dave and his team working **** the animation "Tom and Jerry" project.

  This kind of work, which is taken seriously and devoted to painstaking efforts, can be distinguished with the naked eye.

before this.

  He has only seen this quality in animations produced by Puppet Studios such as "The Story of Avanti", "Peacock Princess", and "Chicken Run".

  However, the animation produced by Puppet Studio belongs to the category of "stop motion animation" after all, and the look and feel is completely different from "Tom and Jerry".

   This time, he really felt what an animation work at the "art" level is.

   Really great!

  Each shot, each frame is as beautiful as an oil painting, and even the frame size has been carefully selected, 16:9 has a very cinematic quality.

   There is a cold knowledge:

  The animation "Tom and Jerry" is actually a film project. In the late 1950s, it was also produced according to the film aspect ratio, so it was a "widescreen" version.

  But in the process of introducing it to many countries, in order to adapt to the "narrower" TV screen, the aspect ratio was changed from 16:9 to 4:3, and a portion of the picture was cut around.

  So when you were young, the "Tom and Jerry" animation you saw on TV was actually incomplete...

   Of course, this is not a problem.

  Crop the picture to fit the TV screen, this is a thing that many old movies do, and the movies shown in the open air are not the same as what you watch on the "big ass" TV!

   And this problem no longer exists.

  Because many households have installed high-definition widescreen LCD TVs, the aspect ratio of 16:9 is becoming more and more common. At least Wanbao’s new works this year are all in this aspect ratio.

"how do you feel?"

   "The money is not wasted..."

  Gu Miao thought for a moment and said: "Although the duration is a bit short, this film is really good, worthy of the title of the Oscar-winning team."

   It's just a little inefficient!

   It took only half a year to do this for eight minutes. On average, it only took 1 minute and 20 seconds a month?

   Gu Miao, who wanted to say something, suddenly remembered what Dave told him on the phone last time, and sighed.

   Slow work and meticulous work?

   There are factors in this aspect. After all, the higher the quality of the animation, the more time and effort will be spent!

   Just, there is another reason.

  The employees of the North American branch, that is, the "Seven Oscars" team led by Dave, have an average age of nearly 50 years old.

  As they get older, and the social benefits in North America are better, they will not stay up late and work overtime like young people in China.

  Not to mention working overtime, there are not many people who can go to work on time.

  He has nothing to do.

  Fired? All replaced by young people?

Stop it!

   Not to mention that the young people over there are also like this, and the young people are not as experienced as these bad old men, and they can't make such an artistic animation!

   "Half a year, eight minutes."

  Gu Miao shook her head and said, "Are all those who engage in art so abstract? I can't understand."

   "Actually, it's okay!"

   "You can see that Puppet Studio is also slow in making animations. Probably this is the attitude of keeping improving the works!"

  Lao Zhang comforted: "If it's shorter, it's shorter. What's wrong with the feature film being only eight minutes long? It won't affect our broadcast or application for awards."

"ah?!"

  Gu Miao froze and said: "Eight minutes to apply for the Oscar? People won't be disgusted?"

   "What do you dislike?"

   "The full name is the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, a short film! Isn't our eight minutes a short film?" Lao Zhang retorted.

   Grab the grass!

   That makes sense...

   Gu Miao, who was a little depressed about Dave's team's inscriptions, immediately regained her spirits when she heard these words.

yes! What happened to eight minutes?

  Who said that eight minutes cannot be declared for awards, and who said that eight minutes is not counted as an animated short film? No one stipulates that everything must be finished before it can be broadcast!

  Can’t we broadcast one episode after another, apply for one episode after broadcasting, and compete for Oscars every year?

   "Good good good good!"

   "I'll call Dave right now and ask him to quickly add the opening and ending credits, and then add the soundtrack, and we'll arrange the animation to air immediately."

  Gu Miao excitedly took out her cell phone and was about to dial Dave when she suddenly thought of something and asked Lao Zhang, "By the way! What month does the Oscars usually award?"

   "February-April!"

   After Lao Zhang finished answering, he asked with a puzzled face: "What's the matter? You want to hurry up and use the first episode of "Tom and Jerry" to hit the Oscars at the end of the year?"

"is it not OK?"

   "Okay, but..."

  Lao Zhang said with a look of embarrassment: "On the one hand, the time is too tight, and there is no time to operate. And I think the first episode should be almost interesting."

Indeed it is.

  Gu Miao thought about it for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Lao Zhang said.

  The first episode of the animation "Puss Gets the Boot" does not show many scenes, and the plot is relatively thin. Although the quality is excellent, it is still almost meaningless to win an award.

certainly!

   If Wanbao is willing to find someone to operate it, it is not impossible to take it, but it is the end of December, and there is no time to operate it.

   "I still have to fight for it..."

   Gu Miao thought about it: "It doesn't matter whether you win the award or not, the main thing is to show the outside world that we have produced a work like "Tom and Jerry" that is worthy of being famous in the history of animation."

   "At the same time, even if we don't get an award, it would be nice to get a nomination!"

  That's it.

  Considering time constraints, Gu Miao immediately asked Dave for a copy of the original film after calling Dave to arrange broadcasting matters in North America, Europe and China.

  Because nominations are closing.

  In order to catch up with the Oscars at the end of the year, Gu Miao must arrange and let the animation broadcast smoothly before the deadline, that is, within half a month.

   This is actually very simple.

  If it is an animation with dozens of episodes, hundreds of minutes or even thousands of minutes, it may not be so easy to arrange.

   But the animation "Tom and Jerry" has only one episode, and the duration of this episode is only 8 minutes...

  Eight-minute slots, no matter what the TV stations do, they can squeeze them out.

  With Wanbao's background, the TV station is still happy to save face. After all, they have to deal with each other in the future, so they can't give up this little face, right?

   Is there really someone who doesn't give face?

  That's easy to do, just buy an 8-minute advertising space, and broadcast the first episode of the animation "Tom and Jerry" during this time period.

  No one objected now.

  (end of this chapter)