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Misawa Hiroshi took the storyboard from Gu Xue's hand with a complicated expression, and then looked at the storyboard paper on his workbench where only a few shots had been drawn, feeling extremely complicated.

"Invasion" is an original story. Generally speaking, for a story like this without any reference and just a script, it is very troublesome to turn words into pictures.

In fact, the reason why the quality of a small number of animations is worrying is because the person who drew the storyboard is stuck and has not finished it. Other work cannot be started and can only wait. If the storyboard is finished, the production period will be very long. When they are nervous, other staff members simply don’t have time to pursue quality.

This happens even in big productions.

But this kind of thing is difficult to solve, because after all, the person who draws the storyboards is a person, not a machine. You can't figure out when the performer responsible for drawing the storyboards is in good condition and when he is in bad condition. You can only try to reserve as much as possible. Give them time.

But the construction period of ordinary TV animation is generally not long...

Just like ouroboros, there is simply no solution.

Misawa Hiro feels this very deeply, so he started to get angry last night, wanting to get the storyboards out as soon as possible so as not to cause trouble to others. After all, there is a future animation project behind him.

He was originally a little worried about whether there would be any problems with Gu Xue. "Little Witch Academia" was a story she proposed herself. She should have had the idea in mind for a long time. It wouldn't be too surprising to draw the storyboards in one night.

But "Invasion" is an original story.

I just gave her the script last night and brought it over today.

It's really a bit of a blow to my self-esteem.

"I knew I would draw them all for you." Misawa sighed, a little unwillingly at the same time.

Gu Xue comforted, "I just have a better imagination for battle scenes. If you ask me to draw daily performances and dramas, I might be better at drawing than you."

"..."

There are also a lot of literary dramas in "Little Witch Academia".

Misawa smiled bitterly in his heart, but he did not expose Gu Xue's white lie, nor did he rush to open the storyboard that Gu Xue had just drawn. Instead, he asked: "Do you have any ideas for a show? If so, I can follow him The company would like to mention that, to be honest, I think you are more suitable for acting than me. You draw well and are very experienced in controlling performance effects. The storyboards are also... In short, I am very curious about you single-handedly taking over an animation episode. What level of storyboarding, performance, and painting supervision can be achieved.”

"Then who do you think will draw it?" Gu Xue said amusedly, "No matter how good I am at storyboarding, I don't know many great original painters. Who will draw the difficult shots? Me?" If the company has a big project with a large budget, a very sufficient construction period, and many big players involved, I would be interested in participating, but do you think I have a chance?"

Misawa Hiro: "..."

It really is.

The pictures drawn by Gu Xue are indeed very powerful, and the performance effects are explosive, but they were drawn by Gu Xue himself. If it were someone else, he might not be able to produce the same effect.

"Please check it as soon as possible, and then quickly draw the storyboards for the first half. Miss Mihara has notified everyone, right? If you don't let them start work, people will slack off."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Xue reminded him.

Misawa nodded and began to look through the storyboards.

The storyboards are not like the original paintings. There may be more than a dozen pictures in one second, so Misawa finished them quickly.

He raised his head, his expression still complicated.

"Does this really matter? Can it really be drawn?"

No wonder he would ask such a question, there are too many difficult scenes, and not all of them are close combat style like the final episode of "This Man". Although there is also close combat, there are also many special effects, not missiles. The explosion was a high-speed flight against the waves, and everyone was doing it together. Misawa might have thought there would be no problem, but Gu Xue was responsible for all this alone, so he was a little worried.

"should be no problem."

"Then I won't advise you." Misawa Hiroshi hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then picked up the storyboard, "But I also have some opinions. What's going on with the missiles here? If you just want to show the missiles driven by the protagonist, The robot is very fast and can dodge a bunch of missiles without any damage. Wouldn't it be a bit too dry? And at the end, the explosion when the Queen Mother hit the ground was a little smaller. If necessary, I can help... …”

Misawa was referring to the circus scene drawn by Gu Xue. Since it was just a storyboard, she drew a picture of a bunch of missiles dragging their exhaust in mid-air, and the protagonist preparing to dodge. After that, several grids on the storyboard were Similar style, the missile and the protagonist just moved their positions slightly, which made people confused and just thought that the protagonist was teleporting to avoid the missile.

Gu Xue thought for a while, but did not explain, "You will know after I draw this part. As for the explosion, I will tell you when needed."

"Okay..." Seeing Gu Xue's insistence, Misawa Hiroshi stopped mentioning it and put down the storyboards, "I will try my best to finish the storyboards for the drama part as quickly as possible, and then send them together to the other company for inspection. I will let They are also quick, whether it is modification or confirmation, they will get you started as soon as possible.”

"Okay." Gu Xue nodded, turned and left the big office where Misawa was located.

Misawa watched the other party leave, turned around again, and faced the workbench. Perhaps he was stimulated by Gu Xue's speed. He was full of energy at the moment. He planned to sleep in the company tonight, and he had to stay up late to finish the storyboard!

…

But the reality is cruel.

Although Misawa planned to draw the storyboard in one night, it ended up taking three days to complete, and he lost a lot of hair.

But at least it was drawn, and there was no long delay. On the fourth day, the storyboards for the eleventh episode of "Invasion" were sent to CDD Animation Studio, the animation production company of "Invasion".

This is a large-scale company, generally speaking, it is slightly larger than Gu Xue's company.

They can't be like a small company that outsources animation and just ignore it. Then they will really have a bunch of grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren who will cry to death.

Therefore, the storyboards drawn by Hiroshi Misawa and Gu Xue must be confirmed by the supervision and inspection of "Invasion" before the original painting work can be officially started.

The painting supervisor is also from their side.

Just to ensure quality.

In fact, "Invasion" is actually an original animation of great importance to their company. If it weren't for the performance and storyboarding of the eleventh episode, and the final battle of the twelfth episode was more troublesome than they imagined, it would be almost impossible. Two groups of original animators were mobilized, but there was really no one available, so they would not outsource it.

When the director of "Invasion" got the eleventh storyboard, he was too disdainful to talk about it, but awkwardness and worry were inevitable. To use a metaphor, it felt like one of his daughters was going to sleep at a man's house at night. , as a father, he is a little worried about what his daughter will look like when she comes back...

And the storyboard in my hand now is like that man’s crime plan...

I feel so angry just thinking about it.

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