"The Truman Show" is in the midst of discussions and heated discussions.
But Li Yi didn't pay too much attention.
For him, the performance of the movie after its release is a matter for the audience. Whether they like it or not, the movie is finished anyway.
Star comic animation!
The cast and crew of "WALL-E" has expanded to an outrageous scale.
The amount of manpower and material resources consumed is the highest among domestic animated films!
During this year, the "Wall-E" project team has been working almost every day.
Even though compared to other major animated movies, you need to start from scratch, with Li Yi's help, you can directly finalize the images, expressions, movements, etc. of most of the characters in this movie.
But this is still a huge project!
For Star Comics, this year is an extremely busy and critical year.
Everyone involved in this project has endless enthusiasm.
The production of animated films is completely different from the production of live-action films.
Compared with the shooting of live-action movies, the production of animated movies is undoubtedly boring.
Because they need to do a huge amount of repetitive and boring work!
Of course, during this year, those involved in the production of this animated film have definitely made great progress.
Now, it's finally time to get tested.
In fact, Li Yi rarely came here during this year, except for the first few months.
Because he didn't understand animation production, he felt that the guidance he could give them had already been completed in those few months.
Of course, Li Yi often watches some of the effects they produce remotely, so he still knows the progress of "Wall-E"!
In fact, the biggest reason why the animation film production cycle is so long is that the preliminary preparation work is very complicated.
In particular, finalizing the image design, action design, expression design, etc. of all characters is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive.
If the people of Xingman were asked to start from scratch and produce an animated film like this from scratch, it might not be enough for two, three, or even four or five years.
As mentioned before, it is actually not a technical issue, but an artistic aesthetic issue.
If you want to make a good animated film, it's not just about storytelling, but also about all the details.
Even sometimes, because of an expression or an action, they will be revised many times.
The most difficult thing is, do these actions and expressions achieve the effect?
This is the hardest to judge!
What is most lacking in the country is not technical talents, but talents with both technical and artistic aesthetics.
Fortunately, Li Yi's cheating perfectly solved this biggest shortcoming.
Because Li Yi can directly draw the picture he wants and tell them what effect they should achieve...
During those few months, Li Yi drew hundreds of drawings, including not only the image design and action design of the characters, but also the reproduction of many scenes.
This saved Star Comics a lot of time in producing this animated film.
When shooting a live-action movie, if it doesn’t work well, just shoot it again.
However, if the production of an animated film goes wrong, especially if there is a problem with the direction, it will consume a huge amount of time, manpower and material resources!
However, even so, "Wall-E" is only partially completed so far.
Li Yi came today to see what they had accomplished.
Watch this more than 30 minutes of completed footage.
Although there are still some gaps with the "WALL-E" in Li Yi's memory, it is already beyond Li Yi's expectations.
At least overall, Li Yi is quite satisfied.
However, Zhang Haiyang and others looked at Li Yi with some anxiety.
After all, for more than half a year, Li Yi can be said to have asked for money, people for money, machines for machines, and foreign aid for foreign aid.
It can be said that I gave you everything I could.
And they also have huge expectations for this animated movie.
After all, this is the first animated film since Star Comics changed ownership. If it fails, the consequences can be imagined.
Because for the same money, Li Yi could definitely find a better company to produce this animated film.
"Overall, it's not bad. Except for some details that need to be adjusted, everything else is very good! By the way, how long will it take to complete?" Li Yi nodded and said with a smile.
Zhang Haiyang and others all breathed a sigh of relief.
"This..." Zhang Haiyang hesitated.
"What? What's the problem?" Li Yi was also a little confused.
"Director Li, can you give us some more advice? With your advice, we are confident that we can complete the film within this year!" Zhang Haiyang finally said it.
In fact, the director and screenwriter of this movie still bear Li Yi's name!
But director Li Yi is actually not very competent, because under normal circumstances, directors of animated films also have to follow up and provide guidance at any time.
But after following Li Yi for a few months, he directly left all the work to Zhang Haiyang.
Although Zhang Haiyang also produced "Innocent Ocean", that movie failed, so Zhang Haiyang still lacks confidence in his heart.
This movie has cost nearly $100 million so far.
Zhang Haiyang's pressure was equally huge.
He couldn't imagine whether he would have the confidence to stay in this industry if he failed again.
Li Yi touched his nose and honestly said that this matter was indeed his fault.
"Ahem, Mr. Zhang, you know, the production cycle of animated movies is very long, and I can't watch it all the time... However, I will follow you for a while, but I hope this is
This is the last time, if every animated movie requires me to keep an eye on it all the time..." Li Yi shook his head.
He told the truth, he gave me the script, and he finalized the design of the characters.
The production cycle of an animated film is measured in years, and it is impossible for Li Yi to focus solely on this.
Therefore, Zhang Haiyang also understood what he meant.
However, Li Yi can understand Zhang Haiyang's difficulties. His pressure is definitely greater than his own, and before he succeeds, he is still a loser. It is understandable that he has no confidence.
In the following time, "The Truman Show" made great progress, and the box office even exceeded 2 billion. Although it was still some distance from 3 billion, it was shocking enough.
After all, this is a literary film, and it turned out to be such a hit.
Li Yi, on the other hand, started directing "WALL-E" from time to time in Star Comics. Of course, he mostly looked at the results and made requests.
He didn't know how to do it specifically, and he couldn't do it himself.
However, sometimes, Li Yi is not easy to express, so he will draw the pictures in his mind directly.
With the addition of Li Yi, the progress of "WALL-E" has obviously accelerated a lot.
It can be said that there is a backbone. Although this movie was previously titled as Li Yi's work, in fact, everyone had no idea.
But now it's completely different!
PS: What’s your next movie? Is there anything you want to see?
"Roman Holiday"? "The Happiness Knocks on the Door"? "Warm Spring"? "The Endless Love between Man and Ghost"...
