My Animation Era

Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, old campus.

It was the weekend and the campus was deserted. The basketball court had just received the first snow of winter, with only a few sparse footprints of varying shades left.

In front of the teaching building, the vice principal warmly received the Wanbao Animation team.

Led by Gu Miao and composed of several Wanbao original painters and art designers, the "Style Collection" group came to Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School for on-site inspection.

The animation "Moonlight Is So Beautiful" is a realistic animation, and Gu Miao requires that every detail in the animation can withstand scrutiny.

Painters are under a lot of pressure.

In order to better restore the scenes in the animation, everyone visited every corner of the old campus, not even missing the "women's toilet"...

"Ahem!"

Seeing the vice principal looking at him with a strange expression, Gu Miao also felt a little embarrassed and quickly explained: "What, the women's toilet will also appear in the animation, so it's not too much to go and check it out, right?"

"Not too much, not too much!"

The vice-principal couldn't laugh or cry, and was secretly glad.

Fortunately, today is the weekend and the school is empty, otherwise he would be found leading a group of men into the women's restroom, and he would not have the shame to face those students in the future...

The production team received support from the school.

This can be regarded as something that Jiang Keke, Gu Miao and Mr. Tan jointly promoted.

The reason why the story is set in "Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School" is largely because Mr. Tan and his wife graduated from here.

Gu Miao is also considered a celebrity in Jiangchuan!

Therefore, under the premise that Gu Miao and Mr. Tan came forward to negotiate, the school readily agreed to strongly support the animation production team of "The Moon is Beautiful".

certainly……

Among them, Mr. Tan's donation to build a teaching building also played a "small" role.

Don't underestimate this.

No matter what, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School is also a key middle school in Jiangchuan. The theme of "Moonlight Is So Beautiful" involves "puppy love" and is a key target of "criticism" in the education sector.

in this case……

Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School is willing to stand up and put a name in the "acknowledgement unit" at the end of the animation, which is definitely loyal enough.

The pressure they bear is also not small.

After all, there is a "puppy love" themed animation, and it also happens in their school. If this is broadcast, I dare not say anything else. At least in the education circle, "Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School" will be famous.

"The kindness of a drop of water is repaid by a spring of water."

The vice-principal said with a smile: "Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School has received a lot of financial aid and donations from Mr. Tan over the years. It is thanks to Mr. Tan's help that it can be rated as a key high school."

"It's just to provide some help. Our principal told him that as long as he can help Mr. Tan, it doesn't matter if he gets scolded a few times."

"The principal is awesome."

Gu Miao gave a thumbs up and praised the old principal's style.

But then again...

Although his name is mentioned in the "Acknowledgment Unit" at the end of the film, he also appears frequently in the animation plot, which may arouse hostility in the education community and attract infamy.

But with the broadcast of the "Moonlight Is Beautiful" animation, especially the spread of influence, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School is definitely the most "popular" school among the "students".

All I can say is that there are pros and cons.

In addition to the main "scene location" of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, there are many scenes that appear in the plot of the animation "The Moon Is Beautiful", and most of them can be "prototyped" in reality.

Gu Miao also went to communicate one by one.

Unlike "educational" institutions like Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, other restaurants, real estate and shops have no objections to "on-camera animation".

Even interested.

By the way...

In the plot of the original "Moonlight Is So Beautiful", there was also a neon-specific local custom culture and art, which was nicknamed the "Dancing Master" performance by domestic audiences.

That thing is really "hard to stretch"!

Since other settings have been "localized", Gu Miao will certainly not let go of this plot.

It has been modified to a certain extent based on the local customs and culture of Jiangchuan, especially the more traditional folk folk art storytelling.

Kotaro learned to be a "master of dancing"!

In the Wanbao version, Tan An, as the male protagonist, studied folk art storytelling.

In the second half of the plot, Gu Miao will also arrange a public performance to appropriately show everyone Tan An's learning achievements.

Master Cao is responsible for this aspect.

Speaking of this, Gu Miao wanted to laugh.

When Master Cao first heard that the plot of "The Moonlight Is So Beautiful" involves traditional culture, especially the "folk art storytelling" part, he immediately became interested and had to perform a Wu dialect Pingtan live for everyone.

Good guy!

This old man is very good at playing music. It’s really exciting to play this kind of traditional craft!

Gu Miao swore that he would never believe in Master Cao's so-called "successor of the folk art master for generations" again.

Under the collective resentful looks of the animation production team, when Gu Miao was about to send this bad old man away, he didn't expect that Master Cao turned around and invited his so-called "junior brother" to help out.

Huh!

This junior brother seems to be okay?

I have to admit that Master Cao himself has indeed made little achievements in traditional folk arts projects, let alone any talent.

But his status as "the successor of a great folk art master across generations" is not a lie. He did have a master in his early years, and he also had brothers in the same discipline.

Compared to his half-heartedness, the junior brother he invited is really capable.

After some consideration.

Gu Miao finally decided to hire Master Cao, his junior, as the art supervisor of the animation production team of "The Moon is Beautiful".

By the way, he also asked Master Cao to help ask if the other party had any ideas about joining Wanbao.

Traditional literature and art are not dregs.

Be it drama, storytelling, or even face-changing, ancient magic, and traditional musical instruments, Gu Miao wants to incorporate them into future animations.

But masters of traditional literature and art are too rare.

Although Gu Miao had similar ideas, she never found a suitable candidate. It just so happened that Master Cao, the younger brother, had the ability, so he wanted to dig up Wanbao and take care of it in the future.

What is a pity is...

Master Cao, this junior fellow student, has no interest in working in an animation company. Even though the salary package offered by Gu Miao far exceeded his income from performing in the theater, he still chose to refuse.

"Everyone has his or her own ambitions, and that's understandable."

Gu Miao sighed.

There was nothing Gu Miao could do against this kind of master who had a stubborn mind and only accepted death. We can only ask Master Cao to help identify if there are any similar candidates.

Not to mention...

Master Cao is indeed a social butterfly.

He knew so many people in the literary and art world, and his connections were endless.

Gu Miao just mentioned it casually, but he didn't know that Master Cao not only found a candidate for him, but also bought one and got one free, a master of "ink and wash style" painting who was good at painting figures and landscapes.

Good guy!

When Gu Miao heard the three words "ink style", she immediately became energetic.

This distinctive oriental art style, once utilized properly, can be a killer weapon in animation production.

I know many people have seen it, but I still want to take advantage of the Chinese comic "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain", which is really good...