Chapter 233. Music production
The original draft of the character design was almost determined, and after sending Li Ruoxuan away, Xu Rui continued the storyboard work he had just started.
The opportunity for the creation of "Music Girl" was the cooperation of "Madoka Magical Girl", when Xu Rui communicated a lot with Mr. Shuhai, who was in charge of the original project, and when he learned that Mr. Shuhai was preparing to create a new work, Xu Rui proposed that Mr. Shuhai create a theme for a high school girl, because this is the image she is best at depicting.
At the same time, Xu Rui suggested that these girls could have a club or something like that, which would slightly isolate them from ordinary campus life, so Mr. Shuhai, who had band experience when he was young, decided to use the music club as the main stage.
As for a few character designs, Xu Rui also gave Mr. Shuhai a lot of inspiration, so much so that in the words of the author of the first volume of the single book, Mr. Shuhai also specially thanked Xu Rui, and joked that if this comic has a chance to be animated in the future, then it is best to hand it over to Phantom Animation Production, but I didn't expect it to come true.
In fact, Xu Rui has been paying attention to this comic, and it has long been included in his animation plan, the reason why it has not started until now, first, is because he can't quite grasp the number of audiences for this kind of daily animation in China, and second, he has to wait for the original work to have a few more single books, and wait until a certain number of plots are accumulated before animation.
Therefore, in this "Classical Literature Club Series" has come to an end, and the comics have been serialized for nearly two years, the news of animation is just right.
Although there is a certain gap between the original work of "Music Girl" and Xu Rui's "Light Girl", it is generally a similar work, and many skills can be used on it.
Xu Rui believes that works like "Music Girl" are essentially to show the beauty and cuteness of girls, that is, "cute" works, compared with past adventure animations, focusing on depicting the magnificent epic works of another world, the pattern of "Music Girl" is quite small, and even limited to the leisurely afternoon tea time in the club classroom.
It is this kind of small story that requires a more delicate performance.
If it is said that in the face of dragons or saving the world, the performance of the character in this extreme situation will be particularly obvious, so that people can feel the growth and change of the character, then the action of picking up the teacup, the subtle change of eyes, this is the means used in daily animation like "Music Girl", it is obvious that these micro-expressions, small movements, it is very difficult for the audience to notice and understand.
If it is too exaggerated, it will lose the breath of life, make people feel "unreal", too small, and it is easy to ignore in today's fast-paced information explosion Internet age.
Through the production of "Classical Literature Club Series", the makers of Phantom Electric Animation have basically mastered certain skills, which is why Xu Rui dares to produce "Music Girl", this is more "daily" animation than "Classical Literature Club Series", after all, the members of the Classical Literature Club will also solve some incurable diseases, and the light music club of "Music Girl" is really drinking tea and chatting most of the time.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Rui finished processing the draft of the plot activities after "Bloodborne: Cursed", and came to the office building of Hatsune Games, he came to the conference room, and waited for two minutes, a short-haired girl wearing a long-sleeved jacket, brown trousers, and glasses knocked on the door and walked in.
"Mr. Xu, are you looking for me?"
She was still a little restrained, Xu Rui asked her to sit down and relax a little.
"You're Shen Qianxiao, how are you, are you okay working at Hatsune Games?"
Xu Rui asked, the conference room was not closed, you could see the work of the employees outside, and you could also glimpse a corner of the inside.
"Well, it's a pleasure to work here."
Shen Qianxiao nodded, after she created "Song of Throwing Onions", she immediately became the popular creator of Hatsune Miku, and after that, she created several songs, two of which entered the palace, just during that time, Shen Qianxiao's career in the game company where she worked was not going well, so she accepted Liu Xueyan's invitation to come to Ningjiang and join Hatsune Games, and at that time, "Bloodborne: Curse" had just started for a short time.
After entering the Hatsune game, Shen Qianxiao also continued her original creation, and released several songs, and in the previous "Hatsune Miku: Idol Master", there are six songs by Shen Qianxiao.
"Just be happy, I have a job here."
Xu Rui said, handing the documents in hand to Shen Qianxiao.
"Music Girl? Isn't this the latest work of Phantom Animation? ”
Shen Qianxiao frowned slightly, she still learned the news through the news, Shen Qianxiao is not very familiar with the people of Phantom Electric Animation, and has participated in several internal friendships, but she still doesn't remember the names and looks of those boys.
"That's right, I want you to be the music producer for this anime."
"Oh, it turned out to be music production...... Yes??? ”
Shen Qianxiao just froze in place, still holding the plan of "Music Girl" in her hand.
"No, I'm really not modest, I'm just a simple composer, why let me be the music producer of an animation, boss, you better ask another master......"
She waved her hand in decline.
"I've heard the tunes you've written, including those for Bloodborne: Cursed and the ones for Hatsune Miku: Idol Master, and I think you can take on that position."
Xu Rui insisted.
"But, those ......"
Shen Qianxiao originally wanted to explain that these songs were actually composed around a theme, and together with the songs of other composers, they constituted the music of the game, and she was solely responsible for the music production of a work, which was unprecedented.
You must know that music production is not only about composing, but also about laying the emotional tone and atmosphere of the music of the whole work, for example, in a happy film, the overall music needs to be more lively, and in a sad film, it needs a certain amount of heaviness, and it is very difficult to grasp this degree.
But Shen Qianxiao looked at Xu Rui's eyes and knew that he was not joking.
"Can you give me a moment to think about it?"
She said that this is a big decision, and it is definitely not something that can be decided in a sentence or two.
"Okay, I'll wait for your news."
Xu Rui got up and left, leaving behind the planning book of "Music Girl".
Shen Qianxiao looked at this plan book with mixed feelings.