The Classical Series, also known as the Ice Confectionery Series in another time and space, is a light reasoning from the perspective of a high school student.

Although Phantom Animation received many production invitations during the production of Horizon Horizon, many of them were well-funded projects such as Suoren Mutual Entertainment's console game animation.

But after Xu Rui thought about it, he didn't accept it.

First of all, because of these popular adaptations, animation companies are more like OEMs, and the production committee is usually stuffed before looking for a producer, and it is difficult for Phantom Animation to be able to pick up leaks and sneak into the production committee and take a good share like the previous "Soul Eater: Zero" or "Horizon Boundary".

The income of simple OEM is very low, and Xu Rui is no longer a person who is short of money.

The second reason is that due to the fire of "Bloodborne: Curse", Xu Ruiguang's monthly turnover in the game is stable at two to three hundred million, plus the income of Chuyin Video Network and the income of the sound synthesis engine, Phantom Electric Animation may be one of the animation companies in China that is not short of money.

Even due to its focus on content in the animation circle and relying on a large number of UCGs to attract users, the expenditure of Phantom Animation is not much less than that of large websites such as Tomato Video Network, and the net profit is estimated to be higher.

With such a background, Xu Rui's animation is even more freewheeling.

The reason why I chose the classical series is because Xu Rui wants to return to his original animation style, that is, realistic and exquisite backgrounds, in addition, this kind of daily reasoning theme is still a blank in this world, Xu Rui thinks it can be tried.

He quickly completed the draft storyboard of the first three episodes, and in mid-April, in the conference room on the second floor of Phantom Animation, Xu Rui announced the plans for the next work to the heads of various departments.

"The next step is to make a completely original animation, with high school students as the protagonists, mixed with reasoning elements, and the style tends to be realistic, this kind of daily theme is a test for storyboards and performances, and I also want to use this to train new talents."

Xu Rui said that the performance department has several new employees, they are not completely newcomers, but each has a certain career experience, of course, some of them have transferred from the original painting and other departments to the performance, in the animation industry, such a promotion route is not uncommon, and there are even from the executive production or sound department step by step to the director's position.

"Classical Department Series......

Producer Cheng Ke picked up the storyboards that he copied on the table, and if the project was successful, he would need to go outside to find some sponsorship - although relying on the funds of Phantom Animation, it is not a problem to make it completely independent, but it is also essential to share the risks reasonably and sell favors appropriately.

He opened the storyboard, this animation is more bland than "Madoka Magical Girl", after all, it's a daily story.

In the unrefined storyboard, Cheng Ke can only read the story simply, and after reading the first part, he feels relatively ordinary.

The protagonist is a high school freshman Feng Zhewei who pursues the "energy saving" doctrine, hates trouble, refuses to join in the fun, and he believes that "don't do unnecessary things, and solve necessary things as soon as possible" is in line with his own way of life.

In other stories, this kind of character personality is generally a supporting role with some unique skills, you know, if the protagonist lacks action, then the progress of the story will seem a little deliberate.

is such a protagonist, but he received a request from his sister to join the Classical Literature Club, a club on the verge of abandonment, in the club classroom, he saw the heroine, Tian Qianai.

Tian Qianai's setting is a curious baby, full of curiosity about everything.

Cheng Ke quickly understood that this story is probably driven by the heroine to let the male protagonist reason, this form is quite novel, and it is not routine.

The two parts of the first episode are two reasoning stories, the first reasoning story is that Tian Qianai unconsciously was locked in the club classroom, and the second story is about the mysterious club on campus, which belongs to a more special category in terms of the design of tricks.

"It's a little different from the mystery story I thought of before."

Deng Shixin of the animation team scratched the back of his head.

When you think of mystery stories, you will naturally think of Blizzard Villa, impossible crimes, murders in secret rooms, grievances and resentments, etc., but the stories of the classical series do not have such cruel plots, even if they are puzzles, they are just some trivial daily life.

But I don't know why, Deng Shixin looked at such a story and found it very interesting.

Ordinary but not bland.

Deng Shixin didn't study too seriously when he was in high school, but he didn't participate in any sports or cultural clubs, looking at the storyboards of these three episodes, he did feel the youthful atmosphere revealed in the story, even if the activities carried out by these people were not what Deng Shixin had experienced, but there was also a little resonance.

And this is just a draft storyboard.

"To avoid confusion, let me ask first, boss, is there a murder or something like that in this story?"

Deng Shixin raised his hand and asked.

"Nope."

Xu Rui shook his head.

"At first, I thought it would be like Conan's Juvenile Incident Book, a high school detective solving a murder story."

Guo Weiren smiled, "Conan Juvenile Incident Book" is a super long animation, which has been broadcast for more than seven years, close to four hundred episodes, and the general content is that high school detective Jin Conan and his friends continue to encounter murders, and find the story of the real murderer after reasoning, although the protagonists are all students, but the animation itself has a certain element of bloody horror, and Guo Weiren has also participated in the production of several episodes as a foreign aid.

"This story is pure daily life, but with a little element of reasoning, the essence is still the daily life of youth."

Xu Rui explained.

"If you simply reason, the picture will be boring."

Yi said lightly, there is nothing special about the draft storyboard, but there are large paragraphs of logical reasoning in the story, if it is not handled well, these narrative plots can easily become boring and boring, if it is a murder incident, then the terrifying atmosphere and the explanation of the technique can still attract the audience, but the daily reasoning story, you can only rely on the performance to adjust the rhythm.

"On this note, I have written out the script of the second part of the first episode of the reasoning, you can take a look."

Xu Rui turned on the projector again,Show the storyboard he drawn,It can be seen that when the protagonist and others are reasoning and discussing,The picture is not static,Nor does it truthfully depict the expressions of several people,But using the method of schematic diagrams,Complete the completion of the reasoning with lively movements,This kind of symbolic technique is very rare in animation,It was quite surprising to everyone。

"Usually the picture and the plot are one and the same, but sometimes, I think it's also a good way to separate them and use them to soothe the burnout of long-term conversations with images that are purely eye-catching."

Xu Rui said, his words made everyone think, this kind of method seems to be very chaotic, but it has a certain demonic nature, which makes people completely unable to stop.

Even more so that people like Deng Shixin, who only have a superficial understanding of storyboards, suddenly found that Xu Rui's understanding of animation seems to be more than a little bit higher than most of them.