MTL - My Animation Era-Chapter 707 Gu Sanshui with Bad Ethos (subscription required)
Chapter 707 Gu Sanshui with a bad atmosphere (for subscription)
Lions are of course real!
Gu Miao likes to joke, but this time he is very serious, he is really going to send Du Hao to Africa to see lions.
There are two main reasons for choosing Africa instead of domestic zoos. The first reason is that the lions in the zoo are too "docile".
The second reason is that the number of lions in the zoo is actually not large, so it cannot provide a reference for the life of lions.
"Is there a difference?"
When Lao Zhang learned that Du Hao was sent by Mr. Gu to Africa to watch lions, he asked curiously: "Why are the lions in the zoo so docile? Could it be that if they live in the zoo, they won't be the ferocious king of the prairie?"
"It's the king of the grassland..."
"But haven't you noticed that these animals in the zoo are domesticated by humans, and the wildness on their bodies has faded a lot?"
"Wildness?" Lao Zhang chewed these two words, and nodded subconsciously, "It seems that you are indeed a little less wild."
"That's right!"
Gu Miao picked up the bright black thermos cup on the table, unscrewed the lid and took a sip of hot tea.
This reason is not difficult to understand.
The lions in the movie "The Lion King" project are wild lions, not lions that have lost their wildness after being domesticated and domesticated in zoos.
Therefore, if the animation production team wants to imitate the real look of a lion, they have to get in close contact with the wild lions running freely on the grassland.
Don't worry about security issues.
It is said to be close contact, but it is not really asking Du Hao to sleep next to the lioness and male lion, but to let him observe the lions at close range.
Similar to the shooting scene of the documentary "Man and Nature", use the lens and eyes to record the charm of copying the lion.
This process will last for a long time.
Unsurprisingly, the entire "Lion King" animation production team had to be stationed in Africa for several months, or even longer, and could not return home until the film was finished.
…
December's Guoman circle belongs to "Ling Cage" and Yitian Studio.
There is no work that can capture the attention of "Ling Cage" this December, even the second round of reruns of "The Prince of Tennis" and the second season of "Qin Shi Mingyue" broadcast at the same time.
This is a phenomenal animation.
There is only one thing that makes Gu Miao feel very sorry, that is, although the animation "Ling Cage" has managed to dominate the ACG circle, but when it comes to the "breaking circle" effect, it is still not as good as the second season of "Qin Shi Mingyue".
How to evaluate it?
The second season of "Qin Shi Mingyue" benefited from the wider popularity of the TV platform, coupled with the fan base accumulated in the first season, there are many passers-by fans, and the popularity outside the circle is also higher.
Although the online animation "Spiritual Cage" has a huge number of views, and the audience's reputation is overwhelmingly positive, it is only popular in the small circle of ACG.
Non-two-dimensional fans, or passers-by who are not interested in domestic ACG works, only a small part of them know and have seen the animation of "Ling Cage".
Still quite embarrassing.
Every time this matter is mentioned, Yitian Studio can't help complaining, why the word of mouth is so good, but it can't "break the circle" like "Qin Shimingyue"?
Watching threshold is too high?
There may be factors in this aspect, but it is not particularly serious. After all, the viewing threshold of "Spiritual Cage" is about 12 years old and above.
Gu Miao helped them analyze it, and roughly came to a conclusion: the subject matter!
The combination of doomsday waste land style and sci-fi theme is destined to be just a carnival for some fans. It is very difficult to occupy the mass market.
No kidding!
Science fiction in China, whether it is literary works, animation works, or even live-action film and television works, is actually relatively unpopular and niche.
If you have to use Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters as an example to prove that sci-fi themes are not unpopular in China, then Gu Miao has nothing to say and can only obey you.
If you slightly dilute the concept of science fiction, add a little comedy, or fantasy adventure elements, or simply turn it into a mech war, there will be more passers-by audiences.
certainly!
The result of doing so may cause "Ling Cage" to transform from a boutique national comic to a mediocre animation, and its reputation will decline sharply.
If you give up, you will get something.
Since Yitian Studio has chosen this theme and made it to such a high level, it cannot be said that they did something wrong.
It's just that the choices are different, and the final results are also different.
Speaking of the "Ling Cage" animation, during the update period of Wanbao Video website, Wanbao Animation also tried to conduct a round of poaching for its main creative team.
Surprisingly.
Gu Miao originally thought that when the company was thriving after making such a masterpiece as "Spiritual Cage", this contact must have no results.
Who knows, it was at this time that Yitian Studio was not peaceful, and a fierce dispute broke out among the main creative team.
The animation of "Spiritual Cage" became popular online, and the word-of-mouth was overwhelming. The number of online broadcasts broke the record for the first broadcast of Wanbao Video's original fantasy theme in the past two years.
This also caused contradictions and differences in the IP strategic planning of "Ling Cage" within Yitian Studio.
One faction thinks.
Since the spirit cage animation is popular, more derivative works should be developed around "The Spirit Cage". For example, "Spirit Cage" mobile game, "Spirit Cage" live-action TV series, "Spirit Cage" comics, "Spirit Cage" set album, etc.
The other school of thought.
Deeply cultivate the works, and give priority to ensuring the quality of sequels is the next thing to do. Even if you are not in a hurry to release a sequel, you can still do prequel and postquel series like "Ling Cage: XX Biography" to consolidate the existing fan base.
"You have gone astray!"
"You're an old antique, and you've gone astray if you made a mobile game and made a live-action drama? Then Wanbao has been on a crooked path for so many years, how can you live more and more nourished?"
have to say.
Gu Miao has set an example for too many colleagues. Wanbao is engaged in toys, mobile games, movies, comics, and adaptations of live-action dramas...
All kinds of behaviors that seem to be irresponsible have turned out to be more and more prosperous, and even became the number one giant in the animation industry in Asia. The peers will definitely follow suit.
This approach cannot be said to be right or wrong. Anyway, some people in Yitian are not used to this kind of behavior of "not doing business properly".
Just at this time, Wanbao Animation extended an olive branch from the master of the discussion...
So some people hesitated.
The internal conflicts in Yitian Studio were actually caused by Gu Miao. In the final analysis, he was the one who "brought a bad atmosphere".
He is the forerunner…
Similarly, he is also the only successful person in this "doing nothing" model.
Many people joined Yitian, originally thinking that a small company would be more pragmatic and able to do animation in a down-to-earth manner. As a result, Yitian changed its strategy and suddenly learned from Wanbao.
Blanch!
You have become like Wanbao, so why don’t I join Wanbao? Isn't Wanbao's salary much higher than yours?
(end of this chapter)
