Chapter 655: Live with enthusiasm
Dong Ding was surprised by He Xi's dubbing, but at the same moment, Alice on Comic Island did not make a fuss about it.:3w.
She had heard of dubbing as early as the recording, and now she counted numbers in her heart silently. After the first episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" was broadcast by thirds, she fully understood Meng Huo's concerns before the animation was broadcast.
"So that's it..." she suddenly said: "There are indeed a bit too many characters."
The animation has not been finished yet, but judging from her silent counting, the characters with subtitles showing their names and identities in the animation have exceeded double digits: at the beginning, there were two outstanding guest characters, the ace pilot performing on the field, and then four Gundam pilots, directing several characters from the four Gundam spacecraft, and at the banquet of the orbital tower...
Note that these are characters with subtitles, rather than ordinary passers-by, so there are more characters for passers-by.
An animation generally does not prepare subtitles for the appearance of a passerby character to introduce his identity. This means that the characters that have appeared so far in "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" may be important characters.
"Does these characters run throughout the show?"
Alice asked, pointing to a character on TV with the words "Wang Liumei".
"Well." Meng Huo nodded. He would not introduce some small characters in vain. The characters with subtitles currently appearing throughout the whole play. In other words, they can all be regarded as the protagonists of the world of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00".
"It's not over yet, there are still some behind..."
Meng Huo added.
Alice was shocked: "Fortunately this is not a novel. If so many characters appeared at the beginning of a novel, few people would probably be able to watch it."
She fully understood Meng Huo's concerns. Any story, whether it is novel, animation or other things. In fact, the very important point at the beginning is to allow readers to adapt quickly. The number of characters appearing is also a very particular skill.
The reader is not the author, and before reading a story, he is completely unfamiliar with the story. If you put the character at the beginning, then stop telling the story. The characters alone are enough to confuse the readers.
"Why, you don't have such great confidence now, right?" Meng Huo looked at Alice with a smile: "I guess you didn't remember these characters, right?"
Alice nodded: "If I hadn't looked at the voice actor list, I guess I wouldn't be able to remember the name more than eight people."
In less than twenty minutes, so many characters emerged in the first episode of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", and the scenes changed very quickly. It was good to remember eight. Alice believed that most viewers, for the first time, could remember the number of characters who could remember the names would not exceed five.
"But I think my judgment is right." However, Alice laughed again, and she leaned against Meng Huo: "I think you want to take a break. Recently you may have been trapped in the producer's slurred situation. This is an animation. Even if you can't remember the name, it doesn't matter."
After understanding the reasons for Meng Huo’s concerns, Alice knew that Meng Huo’s mentality was a little restless.
In fact, Meng Huo’s idea is correct. For comics and novels, if too many characters appear, it will indeed affect readers’ understanding. But for animation, this problem is not big, and it doesn’t matter if you can’t even remember the character’s name.
The characters in the animation are presented in a fixed visual way. The appearance of the characters is more prominent than the text and black and white comics. Everyone has a very fixed characteristics. If you don’t know the name, it will not be confused, and it will not affect the readers’ viewing. Moreover, after watching it for a long time, readers will naturally remember it.
There are too many elements that make up the animation, including music, dubbing, pictures, and plots. In animation, the name of a character is not a big deal. I don’t remember the name and appearance, I don’t remember the appearance and voice actors, I don’t remember the voice actors, I don’t remember the voice actors...
In short, even if many characters are put in at the beginning, the viewing of the animation can be maintained and can attract the audience to watch. And as long as the plot is excellent, the audience will not bother to care about the name of your character...
Logically speaking, it is impossible for Meng Huo to not know about this.
The reason why he was worried was undoubtedly the producer's mentality... The so-called producer's mentality means that he is familiar with the plot and other settings of the entire work. The most critical story fun in the production process will rapidly decline in his mind, thereby magnifying other problems.
Take "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" which is currently airing as an example. This is the first time that the audience saw it and found it very fresh, but during the production process, Meng Huo has repeated the plot of the first episode no less than 100 times, and the fun has long disappeared.
He didn't feel much fun, so he naturally began to care about other things, and the confusion about whether there were too many appearances was magnified in his heart.
"Anime will still look at the story after all. The story of this episode is pretty good, it will not have any problems." Alice leaned against Meng Huo, squinted her eyes at the animation: "It's time for you too..."
After a few years of debut, Meng Huo began to get tired of it - maybe he himself didn't notice it, but his fun was decreasing, and he began to enter a new stage for every creator, and now it was just the beginning.
Alice was a little nervous. Meng Huo was so perfect. He maintained a strong enthusiasm for the comics career for several years. She thought he would always keep it. However, no matter which career it was, as long as he worked for a long time, he would have a period of exhaustion.
"Maybe it's because I'm too tight..." She thought to herself. In fact, this matter is not Meng Huo's personal problem, but also Phoenix Company's carelessness.
The cartoonist He Xi is too diligent in his work, and even his life has nothing but comics. He has to maintain the update of comics even during holidays. Even for such a job, even God cannot keep his enthusiasm.
Meng Huo hasn't noticed it yet, but he has begun to enter a period of exhaustion.
Alice felt very difficult. When was it bad, it was at this time. The next year will be the year that Phoenix Company needs the most, and it is also the year that makes him busy the most. It is impossible to stop him from resting, but if this continues, the situation will worsen.
I guess in a while, Meng Huo himself will feel his enthusiasm fading. If he doesn't calm down his mentality and continue to work like this, his love for comics will slowly disappear - without enthusiasm and love, will he still stay in Phoenix Company?
Alice felt it was unlikely because he was not someone else, but the versatile He Xi.
He Xi does not need to rely on comics to survive. With his talent, he can make a fortune in any industry. In fact, even if he withdraws now, his assets will be enough to make him free and easy for the rest of his life.
"What should I do..."
Alice suddenly thought so, she didn't mind Meng Huo leaving. Meng Huo is also a very independent person. He uses passion and love to maintain his current life, but as long as these two things disappear, the possibility of him becoming a hand-off manager is very high.
If he no longer draws comics and does not make animations, it will be Huaxia, not him and Alice. Alice can still accompany Meng Huo to do other things he wants to do. She thinks that life is pretty good, but...
"..." Turning slightly to look at Meng Huo's face, Alice suddenly remembered the paintings he had seen a few years ago and the loneliness on his face at that time.
She suddenly thought that she should protect Meng Huo and protect his love for comics, for Meng Huo, who was still passionate at that time and now - she could not let Meng Huo lose this love in the future.
"I have to solve this problem. If I don't do this, the regret of tearing off the drawing paper will never be realized in his life..."
Although I don't know what method to solve this potential problem, Alice wants to protect Meng Huo now, not only to allow him to do his best to create amazing works one day, but also to keep him happy all the time.
It is quite rare to have something you love. If Meng Huo no longer loves comics, can he find other things that he can like so much?
Alice hopes that he can live like this for the rest of his life. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!