Seeing Liu Wei enter the big conference room, everyone stopped their words and looked at Liu Wei's side. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Wei walked to the podium, first glanced at the crowd with his eyes, glanced at his speech, and said: "Today's meeting is a seminar on the new animation "Cat and Mouse". Xiao Du, it is very important to let the people in your president's office take good minutes of the meeting!"

Xiao Du looked up at Liu Wei and nodded

Then Liu Wei continued to say: "Everyone should have read the script, right?"

After speaking, Liu Wei glanced at everyone again, only to see everyone nodding their heads.

Liu Wei saw that everyone nodded, so he continued: "I don't know, what do you think, I personally feel that this script may be the best script I can create in my life." And, I have a hunch that this animation is likely to be the best animation you ever made! Ladies and gentlemen, in the future production, the effect I want is excellent and fine! The quality control must be well controlled, and there must be zero mistakes!"

I saw a person who heard Liu Wei's words and nodded.

This person is the quality control staff of the animation production department.

Obviously, everyone felt that Liu Wei attached great importance to this animation, and they all nodded and looked at each other.

Seeing this, Liu Wei glanced at the draft and said to everyone: "Everyone, everyone has also read the script, one of the characteristics of this animation is that there are few lines, and it relies more on the exaggerated actions and background music of the characters to express the story and render the atmosphere, therefore, when painting, everyone's expressions must be depicted in detail and exaggerated, which the animation department must pay attention to." ”

After Liu Wei finished speaking, all the animators nodded.

Liu Wei continued to tell everyone about his understanding of the production of this animation.

"The sound synthesis department must collect all kinds of sound effects in a timely manner. Be sure to make sure the sound effect works. Background music, I'm going to find a special band to play the tracks, so don't worry, I'm worried about the matching of the high and low tides of the music with the animation. ”

Everyone looked at Liu Wei, Liu Wei did not pause, and continued: "Everyone, on this point, I have already said before, one of the characteristics of our non-animation is the organic combination of the characteristics of the character image and the animation picture, at the climax, it must be the most exaggerated in the picture, and when the picture is flat, the music must be soothing." At this point, the picture and music calibrators must take care of it!"

Next, Liu Wei continued to talk about the precautions about the production of this animation.

This lecture lasted more than two hours!

However, the people below listened attentively one by one, and many of them were still working hard to record the content of Liu Wei's speech.

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Liu Wei was dry-mouthed.

But it's also very gratifying to see everyone listening carefully.

After Liu Wei finished speaking, he said to everyone: "Everyone, my painting is finished, do you have any medicine to supplement?"

Zhang Peng was the first to stand up and said: "Mr. Liu has just said very well, I personally still have some opinions to say, although our computer animation production software is already quite good, but if you want to make such an animation, I think, whether it is in color or performance, it is definitely not as perfect as our handwork, I hope this animation we are still handmade." ”

Regarding this, Liu Wei disagrees, "Cat and Mouse" was just starting at the time, and an episode of less than ten minutes was produced, and MGM produced it for nearly two years, and Liu Wei couldn't afford it.

Besides, why not use new technology?

Liu Wei retorted: "No, I think it's better to use computer software to produce, this is the trend of the future, as for the problem of imperfect computer production software you said, it's not that we don't have an online business department here, just send some people from the online business department to update our animation production software, and slowly our software functions will become more and more perfect." It's time-saving and convenient, so why not?"

Obviously, Liu Wei's reason moved Zhang Peng, Zhang Peng nodded, sat down, and did not speak.

Liu Wei continued to say to the crowd: "Do you have anything else to discuss? This meeting will speak freely, and everyone will brainstorm ideas!"

An original artist stood up and said: "Regarding the design of the image, I have something to say, the current character image is designed, there are mainly two images, cat and mouse, who should design the other character images in the animation scene?"

Liu Wei frowned and said, "This one can be discussed by everyone, and I will have corresponding opinions when the time comes." Still have questions?"

The man shook his head.

Going on, one of the sound effects crew began to talk about his own part again.

Liu Wei tried his best to answer those who could answer, and promoted democracy if he couldn't, and everyone brainstormed and tried their best to think of the problem in advance.

Of course, there will be various problems in the production process, but after the discussion before the project is established, at least the mistakes that occur in the production process will be reduced a lot.

The meeting also set a production schedule for "Cat and Mouse", which is set after "Transformers" and "Little Blue Elephant Adventure" have all been completed.

The time is determined, Liu Wei took advantage of this time to go to the Central Conservatory of Music to take a class, and now Liu Wei has no time and energy to study on a full-time basis as before, but even if he takes classes sporadically, the harvest is not small, at least it will be quite helpful for the production of "Cat and Mouse" in the future.

Finally, the production of "Transformers" and "Little Blue Elephant Adventure" has been completed.

Liu Wei's side can be regarded as the official start of the project of "Cat and Mouse".

In the first episode, Liu Wei took the already made storyboard and discussed it with Zhang Peng and several other creators.

First of all, there is the opening design, according to the original MGM design, it is a golden film coiled into a circle, and a lion roaring appears in it.

Liu Wei is also ready to borrow from their trademark.

Liu Wei and Zhang Peng discussed it repeatedly, changed the draft several times, and finally made this piece.

In the middle is borrowed from MGM's film coiled out of the circle, but what appears in the circle is not the head of a lion, but the art font of the frame of two Chinese characters, the two fonts from light to thick and then to light, and then the image of the cat appears in the circle formed by the film, and then the image of the mouse also appears.

Regarding this small plot, Liu Wei and Zhang Peng's script meeting was held no less than ten times before it was finalized.

Then, Liu Wei drew the sketch and handed the sketch to Zhang Peng, who then took the script of the split shot to the original painting staff to communicate and explain.

According to the production order of Liu Wei's previous life "Cat and Mouse", the first episode should be "Sweet Home", but the production style of this one is somewhat different from the later one, so Liu Wei did not follow this production order, but took the playback order in his mind to make it.

The first episode of "Cat and Mouse" in my mind is "Taking Advantage of the Cat's Danger", which tells the story of Jack the little mouse who made an alchemical potion, and after drinking this potion, he can make his speed very fast, and he can't see it with the naked eye.

The little mouse Jack took advantage of the effect time of the potion to grab food with the cat, first robbed the cat's small fish, then robbed the cat's fruit, and even later directly stole all the food in the refrigerator at home.

Just for this episode of animation, Liu Wei drew countless drafts, not only that, when discussing the plot with Zhang Peng, Liu Wei even went into battle in person, while talking, while imitating the movements of the big cat Tom and the little mouse Jack.

"Look here, after this little mouse has drunk the alchemy potion, he must show that the alchemy potion has worked. The image of the little mouse must be exaggerated, look at this sketch I drew, the eyes of the little mouse must be up and down, your beard on the mouth must be curled one by one, and then the ears are drooped. After all, there are no words, these are all manifestations that the effect of the medicine has already worked.

The performance of speed is expressed in a vague whirlwind, since ......"

Liu Wei drew sketches in his hand while explaining to Zhang Peng the sketches on the sub-shot, indicating how to proceed when supervising the work below.

Zhang Peng listened carefully, while recording something in his notebook.

Of course, just talking about not practicing fake tricks, Liu Wei not only explained his creative sub-shots to Zhang Peng, but also went into battle in person to perform!

"When Tom the Big Cat's little fish is eaten like a whirlwind by a mouse, Tom's expression when he is ready to eat must be pleasant, like this,"

Liu Wei said as he half-lay on the sofa, showing a lazy and comfortable expression, pinching the orchid finger in his hand, as if holding a small fish and preparing to put it in his mouth.

After the performance, Liu Wei sat up straight and continued: "Later, the little mouse directly ate the small fish and left a fish bone. Tom's performance at this moment should have shifted from the original comfortable moment to a confused and overwhelmed appearance. His expression should have looked like this,"

Liu Wei said as he resumed the posture he had just lazily and half-reclined, and then instantly started from the sofa, pretending to pinch the fish bone, first looked at it in a daze, and then looked at it with a look of surprise.

Zhang Peng nodded his head while thinking about how to express his emotions to the greatest extent when making the original painting.

In this way, one explained, one listened, Zhang Peng occasionally interjected to discuss, and unconsciously, the morning time passed, but Zhang Peng and Liu Wei often did not notice, every time they felt hungry and looked at their watches, only to know that it was time to eat.