Ke Xuezhuo's son-in-law

Chapter 228 Animation Company
  "No entry is allowed here. Please go back, everyone." A man in a black suit warned the crowd of onlookers.

(It seems like I can’t get in?)

Fujiwara looked around at the rows of bodyguards and was discouraged by everyone, but he didn't turn around and walked away neatly.

He knew that Liuliguangyuan was a private garden, so he didn't see much of it. It was a private place anyway, and it was up to them to decide whether others were allowed to visit it.

After resting for a while at a nearby tea shop, Fujiwara contacted the animation company that had come to buy his manga license and proposed that he wanted to visit.

The animation company also welcomed him and asked if they would send a car to pick him up.

"Okay, Teacher Xigua, you can come and visit. We welcome you, but are you already in Kyoto? Or are you ready to leave?"

"I'm here at Liuliguangyuan."

"Huh? You're here to enjoy the maple leaves, right? Okay, we'll send a car to pick you up right away."

"Well, I'll wait."

The tea shop is facing the door of Koyuan. While waiting for tea, Fujiwara suddenly saw someone coming out. He didn't recognize it at first, but after a closer look, he discovered that it was Momiji and her grandma.

"It's strange that we have to let in. It turns out that these two people are inside..."

Before, I was thinking that a big shot would fence this place off and prevent them from entering, assuming it was his 'ex-wife and family', but it seemed that they were the only ones with the strength to fence such a large yard for private play.

After seeing the two of them helping each other get into the car and leaving, Fujiwara curiously walked out of the tea shop and took a few glances at the Ooka family's motorcade.

After meeting them again after such a long time, I felt nothing. I felt that Hongye's grandma looked much weaker, but Hongye had not changed much.

He had read reports before that Hongye had won fifteen consecutive victories and reached the finals undefeated. He had not heard of the subsequent reports, but judging from the situation, she probably did not win.

Seeing what looked like a car sent by the animation company parked in front of the tea shop, Fujiwara didn't bother to think about other issues. After paying for the tea, he went to negotiate.

"Are you Teacher Xigua?"

"I am, Watermelon Taro is just the pen name I used when I serialized comics in girls' magazines."

After listening to Fujiwara Hoshikai's explanation, the man who came to pick him up bowed his head slightly and apologized, "I see, I'm sorry I didn't recognize you."

"It's okay. Things like this happen often. It's not your fault."

After a few brief greetings, the two got in the car and prepared to return to the company.

On the way, Fujiwara chatted with the other party about animation.

"It's the Gepai Association. They took a fancy to Mr. Xigua's comics and entrusted the president of our company to discuss cooperation with Shojo Comics. Moreover, they were very interested in this project and came over at five o'clock the next day to check on the progress of the animation..."

It’s easy to guess the purpose of the Songpai Association, which is to try to promote the competition in the form of comics and attract the attention of the younger generation.

Fortunately, here in Kyoto and Osaka, I was supposed to practice my knowledge of kapai, but outside of here, I didn’t seem to have heard about the topic of kapai anywhere else. In other words, this thing is only popular in Kansai. It is not unpopular in other places, but it is not popular.

Although there is not much interest in this kind of thing, why not do a project that makes money?
  "Should I take out the chess soul for the next book, or maybe it's the work of the Dragon King..."

The car drove to a three-story building in Sakyo District, Kyoto.

The small, simple-looking building might be the studio of this animation company.     “So simple?”

In Fujiwara Xinghai's understanding, a company like this should be located in a building or an office building by renting a floor, but this was the first time he had seen a company located in a bungalow.

After getting off the bus, three people greeted Fujiwara Hoshimi at the door.

After seeing a young man getting out of the car, the three of them were a little surprised, but they still came over and said, "Welcome Xigua-kun to Kyoto."

"Thank you."

After entering, I found that there was something special inside the company.

There is a slight difference between the animation production methods of large companies and small studios. In his impression, animation is made by many painters who come together to draw one frame at a time. The number of animation cycles is determined by how many frames are drawn.

But as my experience increases, the general content and themes of animation production remain the same.

Most animations in the 90s were two-dimensional animations, so after the character scene design and shot design are completed, they will enter the "original painting" stage - draw the original scene painting based on the shot shots and the designed scene. This step should be similar. During the set stage of filming a movie;
  Fujiwara browsed some of the original scenes that were about to be completed under the introduction of the staff.

In principle, every picture must be painted for the sake of coherence, but after all, people’s energy is limited. In order to save trouble, the studio will draw many kinds of backgrounds in advance, which can save the time of painting the background and draw the characters and plot. After all, the scene is The dead ones will not move and will not affect the development of the plot.

"This studio is much bigger than I expected."

"Well, after the last animation, we expanded the second floor on the original foundation. By the way, Xigua-kun, have you eaten? Do you want to eat together later?"

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you."

The company that was willing to explain and also take care of the food was much better than what he encountered in Dongdu. If he hadn't asked for it himself, they wouldn't have even given him water.

Moreover, this was the first time Fujiwara visited the animation production studio. Outsiders are not allowed to visit Weekly Youth, even the original author.

"I have a question. Can we sort and shoot after the original story is over, just like developing photos?"

"No, you don't have to complete all the original paintings before starting the subsequent steps. Now you just need to hand over the file with the shot number to the animation department and start entering the "character animation stage." "Afraid that Fujiwara wouldn't understand, the person added, "It's just like an actor's performance in a movie. "

After listening to the narration, Fujiwara suddenly realized that there was indeed a difference, so he curiously asked, "The original animator is the position that provides the blueprint for the clip, right?"

"Yes, in cartoons, the animation part is the soul of the entire film, so there will be original animators who are responsible for drawing the key animations, and then the animators will complete the intermediate frames."

After arriving at the animation room, Fujiwara noticed that many drawings had been completed, but the lines on them were a bit messy.

"I'm afraid this needs to be cleaned up."

Before completing the last step, the comics are still mainly black and white, and the coloring is done uniformly after arranging the template.

Fujiwara was very curious about how to color the color, but thinking about how much he had just asked, if he asked this again, would it appear that he was extremely unprofessional...

The next step is easy to guess, which is to find voice actors to add soul to the characters in the animation.

When audio animation was invented, sound was used to bring animated characters to life. A good voice actor can make the character come alive, and because the character is so famous, when you think of the character later, you can think of the voice actor behind it.

Of course, it is unreasonable to tie the character and the voice actor together.

(End of this chapter)