The Year of the Rooster movie is a work with feelings as the selling point, and the main focus is nostalgia.

Since you want to be nostalgic, you have to avoid new characters stealing the limelight of old characters as much as possible, so in this movie, there is only one black-bone chicken in the new character, and the other characters are all old faces familiar to the audience.

The sheep in the sheep village, the gray wolf family, the seven evil wolves, the dashing brother and the black handsome brothers, the giant frog bee and the rabbit inhabitants of the weird world......

The materials of the above characters, including the background scenes, do not need to be repainted, just apply the original draft of "Weird World Wars".

It's a time saver!

If it were to be completely torn down and repainted, it might take a month or more to prepare for it.

However, the direct application of the original materials greatly reduced the workload of the production team of the movie "Golden Rooster Dawn" and saved Guo Hongwei a lot of time.

As the saying goes, time is money.

Although the time saved cannot be directly converted into banknotes and used as the funds of the production team of "Golden Rooster Dawn", from a certain point of view, the abundant production period can make the quality of the film more perfect.

Xiao Guo thought so.

It is now the beginning of October of the Gregorian calendar and the beginning of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and there are still four months before the Chinese New Year! Four months to make an animated film, although a bit rushed, also scored ......

Normal animated films, all aspects of the struggle to achieve perfection, the time spent is also calculated by years, often two or three years to start.

But the Year of the Rooster movie is not a normal animated movie, but an alternative continuation of "Weird World Wars".

High EQ: Don't go off the beaten path!

Low EQ: The second season of "Weird World Wars" condensed and condensed version of "Weird World Wars" in the skin of the zodiac movie......

With this standard, let alone four months, if Gu Miao is ruthless, he may be able to make a decent movie in four weeks.

Of course!

Don't think about the quality of an animated movie made in four weeks, that is, an extended version of TV animation.

"Still have to ensure quality!"

Gu Miao read the script, and after listening to Guo Hongwei's introduction to the general situation of the project team of "Golden Rooster Dawn", she frowned and advised: "Feelings are not the same as shoddy production, and the quality of the movie must reach at least half of the level of The Lion King." ”

"Huh?! The Lion King? ”

Hearing this, Guo Hongwei's eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

Half the level of The Lion King?

It doesn't sound like it's very difficult to do, but what kind of budget, what lineup, and what grade of animation is The Lion King?

It's nothing to compare!

The production cost of one "The Lion King" is enough to make ten Pleasant Goat Zodiac series movies. The two are not of the same magnitude at all, and half the level is far more difficult to achieve than expected.

"Okay, don't pretend to be wronged."

Seeing Xiao Guo showing a bitter expression, Gu Miao rolled his eyes and said, "You also know that the Pleasant Goat Zodiac movie series is in urgent need of a savior that saves word of mouth......

The previous work was so mediocre, coupled with the sluggish popularity of Pleasant Goat TV animation, the movie didn't show some sincerity, I'm afraid it was really going to be cold.

And the most direct sincerity that the audience can feel is undoubtedly the quality of the movie.

It is difficult to achieve the same level of quality as "The Lion King", it costs a lot of money, and the production cycle is not too short, and the cost perspective is not worth it.

But to achieve half of the quality level of "The Lion King", to be honest, it is not as difficult as Guo Hongwei described, and he put aside this grievance, just because he wanted Gu Miao to invest more.

It is not possible to supplement the budget.

The production budget of the Pleasant Goat Zodiac series of movies basically has a limit, and it is impossible to approve as many as you can apply.

It's the same as a credit card limit.

The credit card limit is determined by the issuing bank based on the user's credit base and repayment ability. If the repayment ability is exceeded, the bank is afraid that it will not be able to collect it!

The same is true for the production budget, Gu Miao allocated the budget, which was based on the expected box office revenue of the film, and roughly estimated the amount.

Give as much as you apply?

So if the box office can't recover the production cost, won't Wanbao Animation lose money?

The movie "Golden Rooster Dawn" is investigated and analyzed from the direction of script, production personnel, theme, schedule and market, and the box office is expected to be only about 5-800 million.

Based on this expected box office, Gu Miao approved a budget of 100 million at most, and if it exceeds 100 million, there is a great risk, and there may be no underwear left.

……

There is no additional budget, and it has to have extremely high movie quality, Guo Hongwei is so worried.

But he is not the person who bothers Wanbao Animation the most, there is another person who faces more complicated and worse situations than him, and bears more pressure than him.

That's Ma Kui!

As the animation director of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" appointed by Mr. Gu, since the last time the leader came to Wanbao to inspect the work, patted him on the shoulder and told him to "do it well", Ma Kui has been completely stunned.

This kind of demonic state refers to his mental state.

The advice of the great leader, the status of the four masterpieces...... It was like a heavy stone pressing on his heart, making him breathless, for fear that he would not do a good job in any link, and he would have no shame to see Jiangdong's father.

Under the continuous pressure, Ma Kui has mental problems, which is also understandable.

Seriously.

Seeing Ma Kui's mental state getting worse and weaker day by day, and the dark circles under his eyes getting heavier day by day, Gu Miao occasionally felt regretful.

Such a big leader would actually pay attention to a cartoon? This is something that no one expected, if I knew this, I shouldn't have taken on the errand of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the first place.

Whoever loves to do it......

If you do it well, you can't make a lot of money, but if it does poorly, it will not only be scolded by the people of the whole country, but also may ruin the company's reputation and reputation.

A proper hot potato!

The most important thing is that this project Wanbao animation has already been followed, and the leaders have also come to inspect, and now it's too late to regret it.

No matter how difficult it is, no matter how much pressure it is, until now, I can only finish the animation head-on, and there is no possibility of giving up halfway.

As for Magui's mental state?

In response to this problem, Gu Miao also specially talked to him, hoping that he would not put too much pressure on himself and downplay the impact of the leader's inspection as much as possible.

The effect is still there, at least under Gu Miao's patient guidance, Ma Kui has become less nervous and panicked.

But then again......

Ma Kui suffers from anxiety, which doesn't seem to have much impact on the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

Because Ma Kui is in the production team, he has been completely overturned by Koizumi and has become the kind of mascot who can only sign and seal.

Koizumi, this guy, really doesn't pay attention to the rules at all.

Obviously just an assistant director, or an outsider, but he takes care of the work of the animation production team.

You say that he usurped the throne and seized power, he knew that he was talking to Ma Kui, and he was not arbitrary. You say he does his duty, he does everything, and he will take the initiative to apply for mopping the floor after work......

(End of chapter)