My Animation Era

Modeling is so old!

This is an issue Huang Kun focused on when reporting on his work.

He pointed out that the animated "Pig Man" series has been around for a long time, and so far three TV animations including "Bravely Entering the City of the Future" have been broadcast.

The first "Magic Pig" was not particularly obvious. Even at that time, the 3D modeling of this animation was quite good, at least better than the works of the same period.

When it comes to the second "Olympus Fantasy", in order to restore the character image of "GG Bond" to the greatest extent, the production team actually used the character modeling from the first season.

Of course, it was no problem at that time.

But when it comes to the production of the third season of "Future City", if we continue to use the modeling of the first two seasons and want to "save some money" in this aspect, it will appear to be a big problem.

"The third season is okay, barely watchable."

Huang Kun spread his hands and said: "I am thinking that if we want to make the fourth and fifth seasons, or if the "Pig Man" series wants to continue, then this problem must be solved."

It’s time to change 3D modeling!

A model has been used for such a long time, and it really needs to be updated. Otherwise, even if the audience likes Pigman, seeing such an old and backward character model, they will inevitably complain about the production team's cutting corners.

"It's true..."

Gu Miao nodded, agreeing with Huang Kun's statement that old animations like "Pig Man" from many years ago should indeed upgrade their asset allocation in the new era.

After all, even old animations such as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" have updated their style in the latest version.

The "Pig Man" series has been accompanying children for several years. At this time, the audience will understand that it is updated.

If it's just an upgrade...

"Pig Man" has been upgraded, so other old animations, or new animations that were once old animations and are now developing sequels, do they also need to follow suit?

This is no small expense!

As we all know, animation production has a term "asset volume", and in 3D animation production, character modeling, lighting scenes, etc. are all assets.

All these "old" assets were abandoned at once, and a batch of new assets were rebuilt. Not to mention the workload, the budget expenditure was enough to cause a headache.

"It's still early for Season 4, there's no rush!"

Gu Miao prevaricated: "Let's just make do with it like this for now. I'll go back and discuss it with Lao Zhang to see what should be done about this matter."

"Okay, you think about it."

After Huang Kun finished speaking, he said to Gu Miao who was about to get up and leave: "But I still say the same thing. If this problem is not solved, there will be no follow-up to the "Pig Man" series."

No follow-up?

After returning to his office, Gu Miao thought about it seriously, and her eyebrows knitted together unconsciously.

Is the Pigman series important?

Although it is important, it is actually not that important. After all, Wanbao now holds a large number of IPs, and it is not inferior to these three melons and two dates. It will not hurt the muscles and bones of a pig man.

But if you really want to say it's not important, it's actually quite important. After all, the "Pig Man" series has been with you for so long, and there are still many old fans...

The foundation, or core asset, of Wanbao Animation is actually the unwavering support of these fans.

Abandoning a Pig Man is equivalent to abandoning a large number of loyal fans and customers. In a sense, this loss is more heartbreaking than a simple "money loss".

So, does this still need to be considered?

Although he had various messy ideas, in the end Gu Miao decided to upgrade the assets as much as possible starting from "Bravely Entering the Future City" without affecting the quality of the work.

No need to wait for season 4...

It needs to be upgraded anyway, and "Bravely Entering the Future City" hasn't aired yet, so we'll start upgrading from this season.

The modeling and backgrounds that need to be refurbished will all be renovated, and a new theme song and soundtrack will be refurbished.

It’s just money, take it away!

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It is not just Huang Kun and the production team of "Pig Man 3" who are encountering the same difficulties. Wanbao is currently producing or planning to produce multiple "sequels" that also need to be upgraded.

These include "Detective Conan", "Sailor Moon", "Happy Baby", "Digimon", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", "Prince of Tennis" and "Pokémon" and many other works.

Wanbao has always had many sequels.

However, compared to original or adapted new works, the status of sequel projects within Wanbao is not very high, and the resource allocation is not large enough.

This time, most people in the company were very excited to get President Gu's personal approval to allow multiple "sequels" to upgrade their assets.

Of course, excitement is excitement.

Not all of these sequels will be put into production this year, and it is impossible to launch so many renovation and upgrade plans at once, so they will be "queued up sequentially".

The time has come for July.

The number of aired episodes of the animated series "Bear Bears" has reached more than 60. The stable ratings are gradually loosening, and there is a trend of continued growth.

At the same time, the Wanbao Cup National Tennis Open also officially started. Representatives from 35 middle schools gathered in Jiangchuan. Under the witness of a notary, groups representing their respective schools were drawn.

As the champion of East China, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School enjoys the qualification of a "seed" team and can be exempted from the group stage and start directly from the top 16 knockout rounds.

The remaining 28 schools will be divided into four groups ABCD in order of draw, with 7 teams in each group, and will compete in a round-robin Bo1 group ranking match.

In the end, the top two teams in the group will advance directly to the top 16, while the third place in the group will have a 4-out-1 playoff, with the winner also advancing to the top 16.

The rules are simple, the schedule is tight, the players work hard, and the audience is very excited...

The group stage started in early July and lasted until the end of July. The subsequent resurrection matches and the 16-to-8 knockout rounds were even scheduled to early August.

The first knockout match of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School was against Rongcheng Middle School from the Southwest Division. Gu Miao was originally going to go to the scene to cheer for Shen Chao in person, but there was no way...

It just happened to be a time conflict!

The competition was held on the day when the movie "The Lion King" premiered in China.

As the most expensive animated film Wanbao Animation has produced to date, it is also the most heavily invested and highly anticipated animated film. Of course, the premiere of the film is even more important.

Anyway, with the strength of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, there must be no great suspense about defeating the unknown Rongcheng Middle School. It doesn't matter whether they watch the game or not.

With a happy mood, Gu Miao dressed in formal clothes and attended the premiere of the movie "The Lion King" in Jiangchuan with Du Hao, Lao Zhang, Ma Kui and others.

This is not the only premiere.

Because of the global release of "The Lion King", there were actually two premieres, one in Jiangchuan and one in Hollywood.

The premiere in Hollywood was attended by partners and some members of the creative team, while the premiere in Jiangchuan was attended by Gu Miao and director Du Hao.

"This is also a disagreement!"

Mr. Xiong, who was invited to come, said to Gu Miao angrily: "The reason why there are two premieres in two places, I think it is because you have not reached an agreement, right?"

"You know too much!"

Gu Miao said angrily: "If you can't speak, just say a few words. I asked you to cheer me up, not you to tear me down!"

"I see……"

"Don't worry, since I promised to support you, I will definitely not let you down." Mr. Bear winked and said, "I have already appealed to my overseas fans to watch "The Lion King"!"

Do you have overseas fans?

Gu Miao was about to complain when something suddenly occurred to her. With the popularity of many cult animations, Little Bear seems to have many fans overseas?

Outrageous!

With a dumbfounded expression, Gu Miao quickly explained: "Forget it, I don't like the box office provided by your fans."

What he wants is the global weekly box office champion! As for this result, it is obvious that Xiaoxiong can't help. No one can do it, and it can only rely on the quality of the film to break through.

Can "The Lion King" do it?

Even though he was very confident in the quality of the animation and had made plans in advance, when it came time for the movie to be released, he was still unsure.

After all, the original "The Lion King" was the first animated film in North American film history to have a box office of over 300 million, and a global box office of nearly 1 billion...

I used to think that it would be great to enter the Shenhao System or be reborn and travel through time, but now I feel that being free from illness and disaster is the rarest and happiest thing in the world.