My Animation Era

It is better to have no books than to believe in books.

When making animations, especially animations based on folklore like "Afanti", you need to consider more than just "restoration".

Still need to "screen"...

Liang Xiaodong said something that shocked Gu Miao.

In the Western Regions, in Arabia, and in the entire Asian continent, if all the folklore about "Afanti" were compiled, it would be possible to publish 4-5 million-word novels.

This is quite an astonishing number!

Take a closer look at these folklores and you will find a fact that makes people laugh and cry.

That is, many "legends" are "copied" stitch monsters, which are too outrageous and unreasonable.

Liang Xiaodong gave several examples.

Among the several stories about Afanti that were circulated somewhere, there was a legend about "Afanti outsmarting the devil".

The legendary devil threatens the people of a small country and requires them to sacrifice a young girl every day. If they fail to do so, he will appear and eat everyone.

Everyone succumbed to the demon's power and kept paying tribute. In the end, there was only one unmarried princess left in the country.

broken!

Afanti passed by the small country and learned about this incident. His sense of justice was overwhelming. He immediately came up with a way to punish the devil and saved the princess...

The more Gu Miao listened, the more something seemed wrong.

Avanti is a legendary figure, this is true. But the legendary nature of Afanti is still at the level of a "wise man".

In other words, the legend of Afanti should not involve any "supernatural" power.

Are these damn demons coming out?

Afanti, you are really good! Even the demons can be dealt with. Do we have to subdue the "zombie" someday, collect the ghosts, and fight a dozen zombies?

"Don't tell me, it's true."

Liang Xiaodong suppressed a smile and said: "In folklore in many places, Afanti has fought all kinds of enemies."

"There are demons, monsters, orcs, even vampires and werewolves..."

Gu Miao stopped in Bengbu.

What is this? Afanti is very powerful, but not so fierce, right?

Could this be the legendary "three men become tigers"?

A good folk legend becomes so bad as it is passed down from generation to generation. Avanti almost turns into an Avatar, only wearing no underwear and running to save the world.

"Don't learn from these."

Gu Miao waved her hand and said, "It's too outrageous, and it's too deifying of Afanti."

Afanti is a wise man, a collection of all the good qualities of ordinary people such as diligence, courage, intelligence, and wit.

After all.

He was not a "military" figure, but a "spiritual sustenance" for the oppressed grassroots people at that time to get rid of their shackles.

This is the part that Gu Miao deliberately emphasized.

Afanti solves problems more by relying on wisdom rather than force. For the animation production team, this is a link that must be taken into consideration.

What?

Master Bai is bullying people again? Afanti stepped forward and kicked him out, destroying even the main road. Master Bai was directly kicked out of the galaxy?

Tsk tsk tsk!

Just thinking about it, Gu Miao suddenly shuddered if Afanti used force to solve the problem.

Never do this!

As a wise man, you should have the demeanor of a wise man. Force is not the only way to solve problems, nor is it the best way.

"I see."

Liang Xiaodong nodded, understanding Gu Miao's concerns and explained: "In the animation, we will only focus on portraying Afanti's wisdom and bravery."

"That's good, that's good."

Gu Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

Not to mention, he was really afraid that people like Liang Xiaodong would get him a muscular hunk, Afanti, and slap anyone who didn't like it.

To be fair, that's a bit much.

Liang Xiaodong is a sensible and measured person. He can distinguish which stories can be used and which stories cannot be used.

But Gu Miao still felt uneasy, so she asked Liang Xiaodong to take a look at the carefully selected Afanti folklore stories.

"Selling Shade"!

The first story that caught his eye was the classic story about selling shades of trees.

Legend has it that one day, the sun was blazing.

The weather was so hot that the poor had no choice but to hide under a big tree to enjoy the shade. Unexpectedly, after seeing this, Mr. Bayi became greedy and came up with a big plan to make a fortune.

"This shade belongs to me. If you want to enjoy the shade, you have to pay!"

Some of the poor people paid, and some had no money, so Master Bayi simply robbed them of all their valuables.

Until Afanti came riding a donkey.

When he learned about this, he immediately offered to pay for the shade.

The greedy Master Bai laughed at Afanti as a fool in his heart, and sold the shade to Afanti without hesitation.

The result time came in the afternoon.

The shade of the trees spread to Master Bai's yard and even to the windows.

When Afanti produced a note stating that the shade of the tree belonged to him and that Mr. Bayi had to pay money if he wanted to go home, Mr. Bayi gave in and paid the money to buy the shade back.

Treat others in their own way.

This is not the first time Gu Miao has read the story of "Selling Shade". When he was very young, he saw this story on TV.

But every time I watch it, I gain new insights.

When I was a kid, I just felt...

(⊙o⊙)Wow! Afanti is so smart that she can punish Master Bai like this. Why didn't I think of that?

Now?

Looking at this story again, Gu Miao always felt that there was a strong sense of "irony" in it.

As a wealthy local man, how could Mr. Bayi be so stupid? Will he "establish a legal basis" with a bastard like Afanti? Will he recognize the written evidence?

Obviously, this is impossible.

So this story is full of idealism, who would have come up with it?

The answer is obvious. It was the poor people who were bullied by the wealthy rich people in the story who came up with this story.

In the story, the poor person still has "fantasy" about Master Bai, thinking that he is a person who keeps his promises? No matter how many bad things he has done, let him suffer a little loss as punishment?

How sad!

Gu Miao shook his head to prevent his thoughts from diverging any further, otherwise he was afraid that his mind would get hot and he could not help but change the plot.

What to change it to?

Of course it ends with Mr. Bayi going bankrupt and the poor people taking over the decision!

Unfortunately, this is not realistic.

On the one hand, it does not fit the prototype of the story, and on the other hand, Afanti, the protagonist of the story, does not have this ability.

The poor people are so oppressed that they still imagine that Mr. Bai is a good man and hope that Afanti will help them. Is this idea really correct?

Gu Miao didn't dare to say.

He simply felt that Afanti, as a legendary figure, might have placed the hopes of many poor people.

But shouldn’t fate be in our own hands?

Always count on Afanti to help. He can help everyone. Can he help for a lifetime?

Afanti's story, when I grow up, I can't stand it at all...