Chapter 34: Sweet Home
"Come, how about you take a look at our background?"
Wu Fatzi pulled Chen Xiao to the computer, and with the sliding of the mouse, the frame of an American-style villa kept emerging, with refrigerators, tables, and furniture, but they were all empty.
The furniture and the height ratio of the cat and mouse are all set.
Chen Xiao looked at it and found no problems, these were all done according to the details in his storyboard, and he couldn't find anything wrong.
The script for the first episode is "Sweet Home".
This episode is fitting as the first episode, and it directly kicks off the cat and mouse.
The image of the cat and mouse has been changing over time, but the most classic is the image of the later period, which is not only not classic enough, but also increases the cost.
For example, the cat in the early stage looks very fluffy and has some realistic flavor, but it lacks comedic characteristics.
And now they are directly using the image of the later stage, which is a step in place.
"Not bad!"
Chen Xiao nodded, expressing his satisfaction.
Wu Daoyi smiled and shouted outside the door: "Xiao Tang, come here." ”
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Chen!" a girl knocked on the door and entered the office.
"You tell Mr. Chen about the current progress of the work. ”
Xiao Tang straightened up and said: "Mr. Chen, at present, the company has fully started the production of the first episode of "Cat and Mouse", and all the personnel are familiar with the composition, but after the first episode is completed, the company's personnel will be roughly divided into three departments......"
Chen Xiao listened quietly, and from time to time he would ask questions about the details.
I have to say that Wu Daoyi is not only talented in animation, but also in the management of the animation process.
Although everyone is working together now, like a straw team, I believe that it will not be long before everyone will have their own things to do.
"You don't have to go back these days, the level of personnel is uneven now, you stayed and trained these interns with me, and the storyboards of the first few episodes are handed over to you. ”
"Hey, the company that said it would be for you to manage, and now it's hauling me onto the boat. ”
Wu Daoyi smiled slightly: "I manage the company, but storyboarding and training do not belong to the management of the company, you are the majority shareholder of the company, you can't do nothing, right?"
"Grass!" Chen Xiao raised a middle finger at Wu Daoyi.
But if the script is handed over to someone else, it is really not very reassuring.
Ay...... I'm a tired life.
Forget about the storyboard, if you do it all yourself, you won't be exhausted.
Chen Xiao made a plan, he did two episodes of storyboarding first, and then for the next plot, he only provided the script, I believe that with the experience of the first few episodes, others will gradually become familiar with this style.
When the studio is fully on track, he just leaves, and he must not be tied here.
For the next two days, Chen Xiao stayed at the game company in Hangzhou.
When he was doing animation storyboards, Don Jr. in the company followed him all the time.
Xiao Tang's name is Tang You, and he used to do storyboarding in an animation company in Kyoto, but then because something happened at home, he resigned and went home, and was later favored by Wu Fatzi in the talent market and recruited into the company.
Speaking of which, Tang You's age is two years older than Chen Xiao and Wu Daoyi, but Wu Fatzi is called Xiao Tang.
The importance of animation storyboard in animation is self-evident, and it bears the heavy responsibility of determining the most important picture of the whole film, as long as the storyboard is done, it can be said that the framework of an animation is there, and the rest is to fill it in.
And in the company, the one who is now in charge of storyboarding is Tang You.
Wu Fatzi is also lacking in skills now, so he will call Chen Xiao to come over, in fact, it also means to let Chen Xiao investigate Tang You's ability.
"The tone of the whole animation of "Cat and Mouse" is a hilarious animation, and there is something heartwarming about it......"
If you want to do a good storyboard of an animation, you have to know the core of this animation, and Chen Xiao is explaining the core of this animation to Tang You.
It's like a sitcom, the same scene, the same characters.
And the core of this kind of film is the script, which Chen Xiao is still responsible for, but the storyboard is slowly about to be handed over to Tang You.
Chen Xiao said, the movements of his hands did not stop, and he drew a storyboard with a brush, and a cat was holding a fly swatter and was about to shoot mice.
"Wow, that's fast!"
Although this was not the first painting Chen Xiao had drawn in front of her, Tang You was still amazed by Chen Xiao's hand speed.
The drawing board is directly connected to the computer, and after the drawing, it is presented on the computer, although it has not yet been colored, but you can also see the anthropomorphic expressions of the cat and mouse.
Of course, Chen Xiao didn't do the storyboard so quickly, but he just needed to draw the key points according to the original book, and he didn't have to care about the core of the plot he told Tang You before, because these were already presented in his mind, and now he just needs to restore them.
In addition, he is indeed relatively fast in painting, so when it comes up, he can't slow down even if he wants to.
"I'll do the storyboard for this episode, and you will draw the storyboard for the next episode. ”
Tang You nodded, she was a little eager to try, but now that the boss agreed, she directly began to use another computer to start drawing storyboards.
It's just that her speed is more than a little slower than Chen Xiao.
When Chen Xiao drew half of an episode of animation, Tang Youcai only painted three or four paintings, although it was a little different from the original work, but Chen Xiao didn't care, and sometimes, it wasn't necessarily all according to the original book.
I have to say that Tang You's skills are still very good, and the pen is neat and neat, basically following the style used by Chen Xiao.
"Okay, it's not too early, I'll draw again tomorrow, let's get off work." ”
"Mr. Chen, what do you think of my painting?" Tang You asked expectantly.
"Well, it's not bad, keep it up. ”
"Yay...... Oh, sorry, thank you boss. ”
Tang You shouted excitedly, but then reacted, it was the boss in front of him, and he quickly lowered his voice again.
"It's okay, let's go home from work first. ”
"Hmm. ”
Chen Xiao really thinks that Tang You's painting is good, especially the control of the plot, which is stronger than himself, and now Wu Fatzi has earned a salary of 8,000 during the internship period.
……
Since the storyboard of that episode was finished, Chen Xiao's eyes have been a little dazzled, and he won't draw the storyboard anymore, just leisurely watching Tang Youhua.
It feels like a black-hearted boss who oppresses his employees.
However, he bought a few large cases of drinks and kept them in the refrigerator in the studio, so that everyone could drink them.
A week later.
The first episode of "Cat and Mouse" was all produced except for the background music.
Chen Xiao watched it once, and everyone else was laughing, but he and Wu Daoyi suddenly had a feeling of tears in their eyes.
Wu Daoyi was happy.
But Chen Xiao was moved because he finally saw a familiar picture.