Among the four famous novels, Gu Miao's favorite and most eager to adapt the famous book is definitely "Journey to the West".

The classics of the Three Kingdoms Water Margin Red Mansion are classics, but to be honest, these three masterpieces are not very suitable for animation, and no matter how they are adapted, they can't catch up with half of the effect of live-action film and television dramas.

No way, subject matter.

Taking the animation of the Three Kingdoms as an example, no matter how exquisite and good-looking it is, it is not as magnificent as the live-action film and television drama.

But "Journey to the West" is different.

Journey to the West is the kind of masterpiece with fantasy elements, and the characters in it fit well with animation, but it is a bit difficult to adapt a live-action film and television drama. After all, for a non-human character like "Monkey King", it is difficult for an actor to play the soul.

Of course!

This is normal.

is not normal, that is, the 86 version of the "Journey to the West" TV series, then it is another matter.

All in all, among the four famous novels, which are more suitable for adaptation into animation, and are also the most likely to achieve the ultimate adaptation, the only one is "Journey to the West".

This is also one of the reasons why Gu Miao is very interested in the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The news that the four famous novels will be adapted into animation has already spread throughout the industry, and the animated version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is just an appetizer.

Well done, Wanbao still has a chance to get involved in the next animated adaptation of the famous book. If you don't do it well, the rest of the masterpieces won't have much to do with Wanbao.

"It doesn't matter if the Water Margin Red Mansion is there, but Journey to the West still has to fight for it!"

Gu Miao said with a smile: "I believe that with the completion quality of the animated version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we will definitely be able to get the opportunity to adapt the animation of Journey to the West." ”

"That is, apart from our Wanbao, who else in China dares to pat their chests and guarantee that they will be able to complete the animation adaptation of the four famous novels?" Ma Kui said proudly.

"Don't be too inflated!"

"Although our Wanbao is powerful, it is not absolutely invincible." Dissatisfied with Ma Kui's arrogant face, Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "There is no Wanbao, and there are giants like Meiying Studios." ”

Oh yes, and the studios!

Ma Kui slapped his head and suddenly came to his senses, if Mr. Gu didn't say it, he would have forgotten that there is still a low-key animation giant in China, the United States Film Studio.

No wonder he didn't remember.

Mainly in recent years, there have been no new works coming out in the United States Film Studio, which makes everyone forget their existence.

"Speaking of the American studio...... If I'm not mistaken, Liang Xiaodong seems to have a good relationship with them and often work together, right? ”

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Ma Kui nodded and said: "Since the beginning of "The Story of Avanti", the relationship between the American Film Studio and the puppet studio has always been good, and they often work on projects together. ”

Gee!

Judging from this trend, Liang Xiaodong, the head of the puppet studio, will sooner or later become a double agent of the American studio.

But it doesn't matter.

The close relationship between the puppet studio and the American film studio was originally the result of Gu Miao's efforts. After all, he gave Liang Xiaodong an order to let him win over the bigwigs of the American Film Studio to jump ship.

The American film studio is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!

Founded 60 years ago, this state-owned factory has produced nearly 500 classic animation works, and there are many old gods inside.

If Liang Xiaodong really has the ability to poach a few gods from the American Film Studio, then Gu Miao would not be too happy.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if Liang Xiaodong fails to dig up people, it is worth simply learning from the bigwigs of the American Film Studio.

What's the matter?

Look down on other people's antiques?

Antiques don't look old, but the craftsmanship is not bad, just learn a little skill, it is enough to be the art director of some animation companies.

"What has Liang Xiaodong been doing lately?"

With a curious thought, Gu Miao casually asked about the current situation of Liang Xiaodong and the puppet studio.

After all, as the boss, he hadn't heard anything about the puppet studio for a long time.

"I'm working on a new work!"

Ma Kui, as a Wanbao courtesan, knows more things than Gu Miao, and the puppet studio also has his good buddies, so he naturally knows what Liang Xiaodong has been busy with recently.

According to him, the silence of the puppet studio during this time was just to hold back a masterpiece.

Ma Kui doesn't know much about the new work of the puppet studio, after all, he still has his own things to do, how can he have the leisure to pay attention to others?

All he knew was that the animation being produced by the puppet studio seemed to be a work based on folklore, and the plot roughly told the story of seven gourd babies with different abilities working together to defeat the scorpion spirit and the snake spirit.

"Gourd baby? Scorpion essence? ”

Hearing this, Gu Miao suddenly became calm.

Although Ma Kui didn't know the specific name of this animation, through these two settings, he still subconsciously asked: "It won't be called "Hulu Brothers", right?" ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Hulu!"

"It seems that this is the name, and there are seven gourds on a gourd vine, and then they turn into gourd brothers and defeat the monsters......"

Boy!

It's really a gourd brother?

Originally, it was a casual guess, but I didn't expect it to be the gourd baby in my memory, and Gu Miao was also shocked.

How did the Hulu Brothers become the work of a puppet studio? Isn't this a studio classic?

Gu Miao, who was curious, didn't even care about the business at hand, and took Ma Kui and went straight to the puppet studio.

When he arrived at the puppet studio, he found that what Ma Kui said was not wrong at all, Liang Xiaodong was really working on the gourd baby, and it was almost done without making a sound.

"This paper-cut animation was originally a suggestion from the American Film Studio."

After learning of Mr. Gu's intention, Liang Xiaodong smiled bitterly: "But the American Film Studio has not had a good time recently, so the project was shelved." ”

"I think the story of this gourd brother is very good, and the paper-cut design is also very innovative, so I measured it with the American film manufacturer, and the two co-produced it."

"I see, no wonder...... Wait! What did you just say, cut-out animation? Gu Miao suddenly realized.

"That's right, cut-out animation!"

Liang Xiaodong was a little surprised: "Didn't Ma Kui tell you?" "Hulu Brothers" is an animation made of paper-cutting! ”

Ah......h

Gu Miao was a little speechless for a while.

Liang Xiaodong didn't say it, he really didn't realize that the "Hulu Brothers" he watched as a child turned out to be an animated film made with paper-cut art.

He really wasn't to blame.

After all, he hadn't had much contact with paper-cut animation, so he wasn't very familiar with the craft, so it was understandable that he couldn't recognize it.

However, now that I learned the truth, I also learned about the production process and steps of paper-cut animation through Liang Xiaodong's introduction, and many questions that I was puzzled about when I was a child were finally answered.

Why does the picture of "Hulu Brothers" look like a plane, and the characters mostly appear as "side portraits"?

Nonsense!

The character is a paper-cut villain, which must be based on the profile image! Could it be like a 3D animation, giving you a 360° roundabout overlook shot?