The day before Chinese New Year's Eve, the news that "Cat and Mouse" won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film soon spread all over the country.

Major media outlets have reported on it.

This exciting news also set off a round of heated discussions on the Internet.

In addition to congratulating Wanbao and being proud of Wanbao, the majority of netizens are also discussing the reasons why "Cat and Mouse" is so powerful.

Not to mention......

Under the frame-by-frame analysis of netizens, they really dug out a lot of details that they had previously ignored from the first episode of "Cat and Mouse".

There is a question that is very popular.

[What do you think of the first episode of "Cat and Mouse" winning the Best Animated Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards? 】

Thousands of new answers to this question have been added in just one day, and the answer with the highest number of likes comes from a senior animator.

In his answer, he carefully dissected the small details in the first episode of "Cat and Mouse" that are easy to be overlooked by the audience.

Like, Tom's hair.

The animator said that "cats", as a common pet, are often seen in major animation works.

But there are few animations that can be portrayed so vividly and vividly like Tom in "Cat and Mouse", and even the details such as hair and beard are handled perfectly.

And then there's the soundtrack.

In the first episode, Tom chases Jerry, and this tense and exciting chase scene uses a piece of classical music that fits the atmosphere better.

And this music, usually you can only hear it in concerts......

The analysis of Gao Zan's answer made many viewers who did not know the truth instantly shocked.

Before that, they only thought that "Cat and Mouse" was wonderful and beautiful. But no one noticed that "Cat and Mouse" actually did such a good job in terms of details.

Even the soundtrack is so classy and elegant!

No wonder I won an Oscar! The details are so well done, if you don't win the Oscar, it's a joke, right?

For these remarks, as well as the voices praising "Cat and Mouse", Gu Miao certainly saw it.

Merely......

His attitude was very dismissive.

Maybe that's what it's called, when you're successful, your fart will smell good!

It's not that "Cat and Mouse" isn't good enough to deserve these accolades and touts. It's just that these people didn't say a word before, and when "Cat and Mouse" won the award, they jumped out and blew it, which is really disgusting.

Of course, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, Gu Miao's plan was achieved, and with the help of the popularity and traffic of the Oscar award, he successfully made everyone remember "Cat and Mouse".

The second episode is also about to air.

According to Dave, thanks to his and his team's efforts, the second episode of the animated "Cat and Mouse" is nearing its end and will be available for broadcast in the next year.

Gu Miao was quite looking forward to it.

Before that, he had already watched the clip of the second episode of "Midnight Snack" and was full of confidence in the performance of this episode.

The story of the second episode is fairly simple, Jerry is caught stealing cheese at midnight by Tom.

Tom then toyed with Jerry and told him to put the cheese in the fridge, but he opened the fridge and feasted on it, only to be discovered by the owner, and the witty Tom chose to throw the pot to Jerry.

Jerry was not reconciled, and fought in the kitchen for several rounds with a cat and a mouse, and the kitchen was in ruins......

The plot of this episode is actually simpler than the first episode.

But the impression left on Gu Miao in this episode is definitely more profound than the first episode. Especially the original, which was simply laughing and laughing and falling silent.

Why?

Because the original "Cat and Mouse" was born in the forties and fifties of the last century, and in the anime, the refrigerator is stuffed with all kinds of cheese, sausages, ham, jelly......

That was 80 years ago!

Sometimes you can't really think about watching animation, because the more you think about it, the easier it is to realize the cruelty of reality.

That aside, this episode also created a character for "Cat and Mouse" that Jerry loves cheese.

Cheese is an old supporting character!

Cheese can be seen in many classic episodes of "Cat and Mouse", and Jerry as a mouse is particularly fond of cheese, which has formed a stereotype.

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This directly leads to the fact that as long as Gu Miao thinks of mice, he will think of Jerry, and when he thinks of Jerry, he will think of cheese......

Unlike the first episode.

Since the second episode, "Cat and Mouse" has adopted a broadcast strategy based on "network updates" and supplemented by TV broadcasting.

This is mainly because the number of animated episodes of "Cat and Mouse" is too small at present, and it is not even easy to arrange the schedule when they are bought back by the TV station.

So Gu Miao decided to broadcast animation on the Wanbao Video website starting from the second episode of "Midnight Dick".

When will it be broadcast?

It continued until the number of episodes of "Cat and Mouse", about 20-30 episodes, that it began to package and transfer the copyright to the TV platform.

"Twenty or thirty years?"

Lao Zhang wondered: "With the current production speed of "Cat and Mouse", if you want to achieve 20 episodes, it will take at least ten years, right?" ”

"How is that possible!" Gu Miao shook her head, "It's slow to start making, that's because designing and drawing the characters in the scene will delay a lot of time and energy." ”

"If you go back and do a few more episodes, and the material and experience have accumulated enough, the production progress will be faster."

That's what Dave said.

In the beginning, it took a lot of effort to reconstruct the scenes and characters. But the further back you go, the smoother and faster it will be to make.

The first episode took half a year, and the second took two and a half months, which is already a big improvement!

In the later stage, it may only take half a month, or even a week, to make an episode of "Cat and Mouse".

The deadline of "grinding a sword in three years" given by Gu Miao is not for Dave to "grind one episode in three years", but for him to spend three years polishing a complete animation work.

"Actually, to be honest......"

"I'm not too worried about "Cat and Mouse", after all, there is Dave, the eight-time Oscar winner. On the contrary, it was the movie "Sheep's Eyebrows" that made me even more worried. ”

Lao Zhang comprehended: "Are you worried about bad box office results? ”

"There are strong rivals this year!"

Gu Miao had a headache and said: "In the Spring Festival stalls in the first two years, we didn't meet a decent opponent. But there are several blockbusters this year, and the film schedule is estimated to be all accounted for. ”

As everyone knows.

If a movie wants to achieve results and get a high box office, it must ensure the health of two data, one is the attendance rate and the other is the film scheduling rate.

Attendance, Gu Miao was not worried.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" has been a big movie in the past dynasties, and the general attendance rate is not low. Those parents who take their children to the movies buy two or three tickets.

But the film scheduling rate is really uncontrollable.

There are no strong rivals in the same period, but it is good to say that as long as the theater chain is not blind, it will always increase the scheduling rate of films with high attendance.

But if a blockbuster movie is released during the same period, or an absolute dark horse appears, the film rate will be overwhelmed, don't think of results.