"Sheep Calendar Year 3010."

"The ancestor of the sheep group and the first generation leader of the village, Ruanmianmian, came to Qingqing Grassland in order to escape the pursuit of wolves..."

In the dubbing room, as the dubbing actor slowly read out the first narration line in the script with a deep and deep voice, the story of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" officially began.

In the modern digital animation production process, recording is usually used in the early stage, the original painting is drawn in the later stage to correct the lip synchronization, and then the video is synthesized and edited.

This is different from traditional animation.

Traditional animation production does not have the current software and mouth shape calculation technology. If you want to achieve "synchronization of sound and picture" and keep the character's voice and mouth shape consistent, it depends entirely on the personal experience of the original artist.

Honestly, that's too hard.

Fortunately, the rapid progress of science and technology and the vigorous development of large-scale computer hardware and software have provided sufficient technical support for animation production.

This also saved Gu Miao a lot of trouble.

The story of the first episode of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf begins with a book "100 Tips for Catching Sheep" left to him by Big Big Wolf's ancestor.

When he and his wife Red Wolf came to Qingqing Grassland and saw countless fat sheep in Yangcun, they immediately thought of tricking the lambs into opening the door for him and then catching the sheep.

This is the first time Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf meet...

It’s also the beginning of a bad relationship!

As Big Big Wolf was suspected by Pleasant Goat of being a relative of the village chief because of his "different footprints", and then a fan blew away his disguised sheepskin and turban, the first sheep-catching operation failed.

With a cry of "I will come back", the first episode of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf's "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" officially came to an end.

The duration is exactly 15 minutes.

This is the length specially specified by Gu Miao, and it will be the same for every subsequent episode. After all, the plot is simple and the production is rough. If it is too long, it will appear extremely dragging and cumbersome, so it is better to be shorter.

Later, when I have more money, I can consider making a longer piece, but I’ll forget it for now.

From the release of the first original painting of Big Big Wolf to the "end of episode" ending in the last scene of the first episode, the production team consisted of more than a dozen people, and it only took two days.

It can be even faster!

Because this is the first episode, scenes including the forest, river, Yangcun Iron Gate, Big Sheep School and other scenes need to be drawn separately, so the progress is slow.

It will be different after that.

Due to the monotony and high repeatability of the characters and scenes, coupled with mature Flash animation technology and crude animation effects, the production of subsequent episodes can be completed one episode a day.

Be bold and have two episodes a day!

Gu Miao never thought that filming could be so easy. Think about when he was filming a TV series, it would be great if he could film one scene a day, let alone one episode a day.

Sometimes actors are not in good condition and need to take extra precautions, or the weather is not suitable for filming, and the crew stops work for a whole day.

It’s still comfortable to do animation!

What's the actor's status? Guaranteed one?

Why is the weather bad and the props are not in place?

Go to hell!

As long as the animators and original painters are not afraid of sudden death, the production team can work overtime 24 hours a day to meet the deadline. This kind of working environment is simply Gu Miao's paradise.

certainly……

For him, it was heaven, but for his group of animators, it was an out-and-out hell.

The dragon slayer finally becomes the evil dragon!

A few days ago, Gu Miao was an exploited person who died suddenly after staying up late. Just a few days later, he became the chief director of a project that exploited others.

what is this?

If our roles were reversed, I would let you understand what cruelty is?!

I have to say, it’s pretty cool…

After secretly laughing, Gu Miao took out her mobile phone and dialed Minister Wang's number, asking him about the specific schedule and submission matters.

"So fast?!"

Minister Wang probably didn't expect that just a week later, Gu Miao had already rough-edited several episodes and was ready to be broadcast.

"Broadcasting and filming at the same time, I can make it in time."

"Our current production schedule can fully support this model. If we finish everything before broadcasting, it will be delayed for too long." Gu Miao explained patiently.

The first part has a total of 530 episodes!

The one million invested by Jiangchuan Children's Channel can only produce about 50-80 episodes at most, and then they will have no money to pay wages, so they will hire dubbing and animation outsourcing teams.

All in all, the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" TV animation project still requires at least about 15 million yuan in funds to be completed.

Where can I get so much money?

Minister Wang has said that Jiangchuan Children's Channel is too poor to expose the problem, so spending one million dollars is all it can do.

In this case, he can only choose the "shooting and broadcasting" production mode.

Assuming that the ratings are okay, Jiangchuan Children's Channel can receive a large amount of advertising fees, and with sufficient confidence, there will be no shortage of funds for the subsequent production of the project.

Even if the ratings are not good, the project can be cut off in time to stop the loss, so as not to jump off the building.

It’s not a loss no matter what.

"What you said makes sense, so I'll listen to you and broadcast it while producing!" Minister Wang made the final decision.

According to him, Jiangchuan TV Station will go through an internal review process faster, and the results will be available in about a week. Therefore, the premiere date of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" should not be too late, and it is tentatively scheduled for next Saturday at 6 p.m.

Two episodes aired every day!

If the response is acceptable, then add a midday "rebroadcast" slot during the day. Anyway, Jiangchuan Children's Channel has few programs, so there is no need to worry about not being able to free up the slot.

Gu Miao thought for a while.

If it premieres next Saturday, it will probably be able to produce 15-20 episodes. At the speed of two episodes a day, it can be broadcast for a week.

enough!

One week is enough time to test the quality of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and decide the life or death of this project.

“Preliminary publicity work must be done well!”

Gu Miao reminded: "The ratings base of Jiangchuan Children's Channel is really... bad. If we don't promote it well, I'm worried there will be problems."

The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys?

But pull it down quickly!

Based on the performance of Jiangchuan Children's Channel, how many regular viewers can it have? Without good publicity, no matter how good the work is, it will be buried.

"I understand, don't worry."

This is not an old animation bought at a low price, but a brand new animation invested and produced by our own TV station.

In terms of level of care, Director Wang is probably better than the chief director Gu Miao. After all, this animation is funded and produced by the children's channel, and it is a proper "son".

After all the money has been spent, do we still need some promotional resources?

After all, it is a TV station that lacks everything except advertising space and advertising time. For publicity and promotion, the most important thing is to ask for some resources from other brother channels.

With the huge viewing base of Jiangchuan Comprehensive Channel and News Channel, it can satisfy the publicity needs by attracting just a few viewers.

After hearing his arrangement, Gu Miao felt relieved.
Chapter completed!