There were only the last four scenes in the hotel, and the crew did not take a break at noon. They filmed all four scenes in one go. Then, Huang Dafang and Hu Shuo discussed it and decided to give the crew a half-day off.
After leaving the crew, Hu Shuo drove directly to the residential complex where Hu Xiaoshan rented, which is also the Tianshui Homes that later became Chuangshi Entertainment.
Hu Xiaoshan's animation studio is on the first floor of a private house. It is a single room of more than fifty square meters. The interior decoration is very simple. The walls are covered with cheap wallpapers and wall paintings hand-painted by someone who doesn't know who. It looks cool.
Very pretty.
There are four sets of desks and chairs in the room. Counting Hu Xiaoshan's studio, there are exactly four employees. The ratio of men to women is quite harmonious. There are exactly two men and two women, both of whom are similar in age to Hu Xiaoshan.
One of the two boys has a tinfoil perm hairstyle, small curly hair on his head, small but sharp eyes, and he is a smart kid at first glance. The other boy has a mushroom head and a black frame stuck on the bridge of his nose.
The glasses are white and clean, giving people a very elegant feeling.
The girl has an apple face, a chubby body, a slightly chubby body, and looks rather cute.
"Everyone, stop for a moment. Let me introduce our studio to you. No, it should be the big boss of our company, and he is also my brother, Hu Shuo, Mr. Hu!"
Hu Xiaoshan took Hu Shuo and introduced him to the other three employees in the room.
"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome..."
After Hu Xiaoshan finished speaking, Curly Hair applauded with great approval. However, the reaction of the girl with the mushroom head and the apple face was relatively dull. They just clapped their hands symbolically, making the scene a bit embarrassing.
"Shao Jie, there are only two and a half people in total, why are you so loud!" Hu Xiaoshan rolled his eyes at Little Curly Hair.
"The big boss is here, so there must be a sense of ceremony!" Shao Jie responded with a smile, and then waved to Hu Shuo: "Brother, my name is Shao Jie, you can just call me Ajie."
"Well, hello." Hu Shuo smiled at the other party.
"Brother, I heard Xiao Shan say that you want to join our studio? Hehe, you are really discerning! Everyone in our studio is full of talents!" Shao Jie said, patting his chest.
"Okay, rest now!"
Hu Xiaoshan rolled his eyes, then pointed at the mushroom head and introduced: "Brother, this is Su Yufei, the chief painter of our studio!"
"Hello, Mr. Hu."
At first glance, Su Yufei seemed to be a relatively reserved person, and he greeted Hu Shuo in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
"Brother, this is Jiang Chenping, the chief script designer of our studio!"
Hu Xiaoshan pointed at the apple-faced girl and introduced her.
"Just call me Pingping~!"
Jiang Chenping said with a smile.
"Yeah, Pingping, what a cute name."
Hu Shuo smiled and greeted Su Yufei and Jiang Chenping respectively.
There is a small sofa and a lazy lounge chair in one corner of the studio, which serves as a rest area.
Hu Xiaoshan asked Hu Shuo to sit on the sofa, and then she personally made a cup of instant coffee for Hu Shuo.
"Mr. Hu, our studio's conditions are limited, so just drink it."
Hu Xiaoshan placed the coffee in front of Hu Shuo and said with a smile.
"What about your cartoon? Tell me about it."
Of course, there was nothing pretentious about her sister Hu Shuo. She picked up the coffee and took a sip. The biggest difference between instant coffee and hand-ground coffee was that the taste was too weak, lacking the bitterness that coffee should have.
"Shao Jie, come here and tell my brother about our cartoons." Hu Xiaoshan waved to Shao Jie.
"Coming!"
Shao Jie responded with joy, then approached Hu Shuo and said with a smile: "Brother, the cartoon produced by our studio is called "The Adventures of the Little Sheep". The most popular one recently is "The Adventures of the Puppy"
"Have you heard that our cartoon combines all its advantages? Of course, I think our "The Adventures of the Sheep" is much better than the "The Adventures of the Puppy"."
"Well……"?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Shuo couldn't help but frowned: "If I understand correctly, you have made a replica of "The Adventures of a Puppy"? Is that so?"
Last night, Yang Yunyan gave Hu Shuo the animation market research report produced by Wanli Pictures. Judging from what was reflected in the research report, a large part of the domestic animation market is currently imitating foreign ideas and then conducting
localization.
One advantage of this model is that the idea itself has been tested by the market. Therefore, after localization, even if you do not make much money, you will not suffer too serious losses. However, if you are purely original, the risk will be
It is very big, so in fact, currently there are relatively few domestic animation companies that insist on doing purely original work.
In this general environment, it is reasonable for small workshops like Hu Xiaoshan and others to reproduce foreign works. After all, it is easier to make profits this way, but this is certainly not what Hu Shuo wants.
At this time, Shao Jie shook his head: "Brother, you misunderstood. Of course we are not going to remake "The Adventures of a Puppy". I think you might understand it better if I put it that way. It seems I was wrong.
"
Shao Jie continued: "Actually, I just gave an example. When we made "The Adventures of the Little Sheep", the "The Adventures of the Little Sheep" had not yet been released. However, regardless of our "The Adventures of the Little Sheep",
Well, it’s still "The Adventures of a Puppy", which
In fact, they all incorporate the common elements of animation. Before we made "The Adventures of the Little Sheep", we conducted a detailed analysis of the top 50 animation works in the country and then found what they had in common. This is how we came up with the current "The Adventures of the Little Sheep".
The Adventures of the Little Sheep!"
Shao Jie explained to Hu Shuo in detail, as he said, "The Adventures of the Little Sheep" is not a direct copy of a foreign animation, but looks for the commonalities of best-selling animations, and then integrates those elements into
in his own works.
Of course it is correct to make animations based on this idea. However, other animation companies can also see this simple truth. When creating new works, everyone must try their best to integrate best-selling animation elements into it. But
The question is, can it be done well?
Everyone knows the truth, but very few people can actually do it!
"Is there a finished film?"
Hu Shuo felt that it was useless to just talk about it, and one had to look at the works.
"Yes, I've finished three episodes, and I have samples on my computer." Shao Jie nodded, looking confident.
"Well, let's watch the movie then!"
Hu Shuo stood up and met Shao Jie, and Hu Xiaoshan walked to Shao Jie's workstation. He turned on the player on the computer desktop, and a beautiful woman wearing "very simple" clothes immediately appeared on the screen...
"My day~!"
Shao Jie smiled awkwardly. His player has a memory function. After opening it, the last played content will automatically pop up.
Seeing this, Hu Xiaoshan's face turned blue, and he slapped the curly hair on Shao Jie's head: "If you do it again, you won't come to work!"
"Ahem, unexpected, absolutely unexpected~!"
Shao Jie grinned, and while talking, he found the sample clip of "The Adventures of the Little Sheep" in the playlist, and then clicked play.
Probably due to cost reasons, the picture quality of "The Adventures of the Little Sheep" produced by Hu Xiaoshan and others is very average. At first glance, it gives people the feeling of being shoddy.
However, the design of several cartoon characters in the film is good, very cute and unique, and the plot is also okay. This first episode is about three little sheep who lost their way in the forest, met the big bad wolf, and then
He battled wits and courage with the big bad wolf and finally succeeded in escaping.
After watching the first episode of "The Adventures of the Little Sheep", Hu Shuo laughed. He felt that this cartoon could completely change the main character's personality and give it a new name.
"In the following story, is the big bad wolf still there?"
Hu Shuo asked after watching the first episode.
"Yes, but there aren't too many scenes," Shao Jie said.
Hu Shuo smiled: "In this case, I suggest you give the big bad wolf a name."