My Animation Era

The production progress of the animated film "Horse Galloping" is faster than Gu Miao expected.

This may be because the previous theatrical version "Snake Comes Around" laid a solid foundation for Wanbao Animation and accumulated rich experience.

The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade.

A road that has been walked once will definitely be much simpler and easier to walk again than the first time.

The only thing that can be called difficult is probably the voice choice of the core protagonist "Biscuit".

Cookies are the star.

Moreover, Biscuit does not appear to be very old in the plot, and his voice should be about the same as Lazy Goat and Pleasant Goat.

This was supposed to be simple.

Take the characters Pleasant Goat, Beautiful Goat, and Lazy Goat as examples. Although their voices sound young and immature, the dubbing actors are quite old.

There is a saying that goes well, voice actors are all monsters!

For professional voice actors, the age of the character is no limitation at all. Not to mention the lack of veteran actors, male voice actors can even dub female characters as long as their voices match.

And vice versa!

Therefore, when he first chose the voice actor for Biscuit, Du Hao didn't make any special requirements at all.

It was only after he tried several people one after another that none of them could express Biscuit's "cowardly" personality that he took it seriously.

in the plot.

Biscuit is a short, thin, ugly, and lame horse who is a disgrace to the horse world. This environment has also developed his special character of low self-esteem, cowardice, and timidity.

"I didn't find the key..."

"I'm not saying that these voice actors didn't do a good job, I just think they didn't capture the real emotions."

Facing Gu Miao's visit, Du Hao rubbed his brows and said, "Being short, thin, ugly, and lame on one leg makes it difficult for many voice actors to feel immersed in this experience."

This is true.

As the saying goes, if you haven't experienced some things personally, you simply can't imagine what it feels like.

for example.

In the old days, people were so hungry that even though they knew that Guanyin soil was not good to eat, they still stuffed it into their mouths.

There are some actors who have had no worries about food and clothing since they were young. Let alone eating this stuff, I am afraid they have never even seen it. It is difficult to convey true feelings.

certainly!

What I mean by this is not to say that all voice actors are this bad. Those excellent voice actors, talented voice actors, even if they are difficult to empathize with, they still match well.

There's just a problem.

The batch of voice actors trained by Wanbao Animation do not have this kind of talent, let alone such outstanding talents.

"Are there any better options?"

"have!"

Du Hao affirmed: "But it's expensive!"

On one side, there is the dubbing team trained by Wanbao itself, and on the other side, there are top animation voice actors hired from outside at high prices. The price gap widens immediately.

Don't call him stingy!

As a director, Du Hao only had so much budget in total. On the premise of ensuring the quality of the painting first, the budget that could be squeezed out was really not much, so I would save whatever I could.

This is a normal thought.

Gu Miao didn't blame him for being stingy, but the role of biscuits was too important, so the money had to be spent.

"I see."

"I'll ask someone later to hire some of the top voice actors in the industry to give it a try." Under Gu Miao's instructions, Du Hao also figured it out.

This money probably cannot be saved.

There are only a few top voice actors in Chinese comics, and their schedules are basically full. It is almost impossible to hire someone to help with the protagonist without spending a lot of money.

"Okay, don't feel bad."

Seeing the sad look on Du Hao's face, Gu Miao smiled and joked: "In the worst case, I will allocate another sum of money to you. Are you satisfied now?"

"Really?"

Du Hao's worries turned into joy in an instant.

Didn't you tell me earlier? If you had already said you were willing to allocate funds, why should I hesitate? Doesn't that mean we can invite whoever we want?

"of course it's true."

"But I also have a request, that is, the expected box office performance of the movie "Horse" cannot be less than 300 million."

Gu Miao raised three fingers.

This goal has been set. With such a large investment, if the box office is less than 300 million, the production cost will not be recovered.

He doesn't trade at a loss.

Less than 300 million is unacceptable no matter what. Even if the peripheral derivatives sell well, in terms of results, this movie is a failure.

"no problem!"

Du Hao looked confident.

As the saying goes, a man's self-confidence comes from the thickness of his wallet. Mr. Gu gave him such great support, so what does a mere 300 million box office count?

Be bold!

Five hundred million or something, since "Snake Comes to Turn" has achieved it, then "Gaping Horse" is not unthinkable...

"By the way, Mr. Gu!"

Talking about the expected box office, Du Hao seemed to have thought of something and quickly asked: "Hollywood wants to buy the movie adaptation rights of "Sailor Moon", but you haven't sold it, right?"

"Yeah, not sold!"

Gu Miao frowned and said, "Why, do you have any ideas about "Sailor Moon"?"

Stop it!

Puxinnan, who doesn't even know what a moon prism looks like, actually wants to direct the movie version of "Sailor Moon". It's really a toad that wants to eat swan meat.

"No no no!"

Du Hao quickly denied: "I'm not interested in this. What I mean is, since this IP belongs to the Neon Division, do we also need to ask Seto's opinion for the theatrical version?"

Seto?

That’s right!

After all, this guy is the talker of the Neon Branch. How could you not ask his opinion?

What's more, Gu Miao is also very curious about the recent situation of "Dragon Ball" comics.

I heard it’s already becoming popular?

Out of curiosity, Gu Miao called Seto, told him about the "Sailor Moon" theatrical version, and asked about the current status of the "Dragon Ball" comics.

The result surprised him!

After four consecutive weeks of serialization, the "Dragon Ball" comic has emerged in the neon comics world, and its popularity is much higher than before.

In this week's serialization satisfaction survey report, the serialization satisfaction of the "Dragon Ball" comic has jumped from the bottom 15th to 6th, a huge improvement.

This is not the point.

The point is that someone has already seen the potential of this comic from the current "Dragon Ball" comic series.

A well-known animation production company in Kyoto actually came to the door and wanted to buy the animation rights of "Dragon Ball" which had just been serialized for four weeks.

Who dares to believe this?

The "Dragon Ball" comic has only been serialized for four weeks. To be honest, its popularity is not very high, and it is not even as popular as many popular comics.

But just such a comic, which everyone thought was a little "transparent", was actually targeted by Neon Animation Company so quickly.

"Want to come to Wanbao to pick up leaks?"

Gu Miao was amused. What kind of battle has he not seen before? But this was the first time he had seen this kind of operation.

It's always him who picks up what others have missed.

Okay!

This time it was someone else's turn to have a "smart eye" and come to him to pick up the missing pieces.