Blue Sky Animation Studio, a group of people are full of energy and busy, Chris Weiqi holds the script and character drawings of "Beauty and the Beast" in his hands to exchange opinions with the painter.

"Beauty and the Beast" is the first feature film of Blue Sky Animation Studio, and everyone carefully draws every detail.

Because of the script and character drawings provided by Lester, they didn't need to worry about not having a script, and they directly carried out the action of drawing a storyboard.

"No, you can't do that here, it's a bit inconsistent. ”

The painter handed over half of the painting to Christwich for inspection, and after reading half of it, Christwich found the problem and asked the painter to redesign it.

This is the storyboard of the film production process, animation is the same as live-action films, before filming and production, you need to draw a storyboard in advance, design the transformation of the character's temperament and actions, assign them to different shots, and serve as a guide for the director in the subsequent shooting.

Unlike the paper drawings used by Disney, Chrweich used computer animation to create storyboards, as in Disney's sci-fi movie "Cyber World Wars", using computer animation to create storyboards and action choreography.

Lester walked in and saw the complicated animation production process, the computer turned on to make character drawings, and the painters assigned the shots according to the character drawings he gave.

Lester, as the screenwriter and producer of "Beauty and the Beast", got the storyboard of "Die Hard" right, took what he had written, and immediately ran over to watch it.

The production of animated films, Lester is also a little curious, wanting to see how they make it.

"How's the drawing? ”

Lester walked over and asked;

"Halfway through the process, I'm afraid the storyboard won't be completed so quickly. ”

Chris Veitch looked at the script and the animation designers drawing, without raising his head;

Seeing this, Lester didn't bother them, and stood by and watched them use the computer to create a storyboard and action choreography for Beauty and the Beast.

The originally vague figure of Belle appeared in the computer under the designer's little bit of painting, and the lifelike animated characters appeared in the computer.

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As time passed, Lester looked at them as he drew the prince's hair when he turned into a beast, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Damn, what did you draw for me, didn't I draw his hair in detail on the drawings with a pen?"

As soon as Lester's voice came out, several people who had been communicating in a low voice were startled and looked at him one after another.

"There's a problem. ”

Confused, Christwich looked up and down at the beast pattern.

The lack of hair was indeed Christwich's shortcoming, Lester pointed to some loose hair on the back of the beast's arms and head and said, "Look here, is this the beast's dense hair, no, the color of the hair is too dark red." ”

Lester pointed out the deficiencies in their paintings, and finally said, "I think you should really take a closer look at the hair of the animals." ”

For a moment, everyone's faces were a little embarrassed, and they hurriedly corrected the mistakes pointed out by Lester.

The prince changed into the appearance of the beast, and after everyone modified and adjusted, the beast was finally fully designed, Lester checked it, and in the apprehension of Chris Wych and the designer, he said that it passed.

This made them breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, and their faces were filled with joy.

Chris Vicch also recognized his own shortcomings, and thinking of Lester's words, he said seriously: "I would consider looking at the hair of the animals." ”

Lester couldn't laugh or cry for a while, but agreed that he was going to observe the animals: "Watching may be inspiring, but I have to warn you not to get too close to aggressive animals, I don't want to get the news the next day that the vice president of Blue Sky Animation Studio has died." ”

"I will. Chris Wetch replied to Leicester's words and began to have the designer make a picture of Belle dancing with the beast.

Animating a character can't be done in a day, and seven hours were wasted just to portray the main characters, Belle and Prince.

Chris Weitch's love for animation is more than Lester imagined, and after discovering that he lacks hair, he is more dedicated and strict with the characters behind him.

The scene of the beast and Belle dancing was quite busy, and Lester watched it from the side, expecting that it would take more than ten days to complete.

"How's the character voice acting? ”

Lester watched the meeting and asked about something important.

For the time being, I found a few dubbing for small roles, and I was in the dubbing room, and I put him behind for other important role dubbing, and I had to carefully find someone to dub.

Chrswic was holding the mouse while returning, suddenly thought of something, handed over the production to the others, looked at Lester solemnly and said: "This "Beauty and the Beast" has a lot of songs and accompaniment to perform, what do you think of these? ”

When Christwich said this, Lester remembered what else he was going to do, and handed him several pieces of paper he had brought.

"It's the song. Chris Vecchi looked at it, and there were musical symbols and lyrics written on the paper, and he came to a conclusion in his heart, saying: ~ This was created for "Beauty and the Beast". ”

Nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song, Lester has received the attention of the music industry because of this, after all, the songwriter is Lester, and it has nothing to do with the singer who sang that song, and the person nominated is Leicester.

In a few days is the 58th Oscar awards ceremony, and the song nominated by Lester and the hope of winning the award are the greatest.

Lester, under Christwich's gaze, admitted: "That's all the songs and accompaniment of Beauty and the Beast." ”

The lyrics add up to a total of 19 songs, and the music is specifically matched for Beauty and the Beast, and after watching it, Chris Vicch walked forward and said, "I'll take you to the studio and see how they are dubbed and recorded." ”

As soon as Lester followed Chris Witch to the recording studio of Blue Sky Animation Studio, he heard the voices of actors dubbing animated characters inside.

Walking in, several people were sitting on stools, waiting for the dubbing one by one, and they held the lines handed to them in their hands.

The group performers who were looking at the lines glanced sideways at Lester and Chris Wetch, and then lowered their heads to read the lines in their hands.

"President. The employee who recorded the dubbing saw the two coming in, stopped recording the dubbing, and got up to say hello, Lester interrupted: "Go on, leave us alone." ”

The recording resumed, and Lester and Chris Weitch stood outside, listening to the voices of the ensemble read their lines in a hearty manner.

These people's lines are still the simplest, and those who want to come over to dub in the back need to sing the lines to read, and the pitch can't go out of voice, which is very difficult.

"Boss, there's your phone, Mr. Fields is looking for you. Lester, who was quietly watching the dubbing, was interrupted by the assistant's words.

Walking out of the studio, Lester took the phone from his assistant's hand, and Fields' voice came: "John Walker wants to see you." ”