Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Don’t Sudden Death
As a supervisor, the most important ability is to draw a mirror.
Only if you can draw the storyboard well can you become a qualified supervisor.
The sub-mirror is what kind of picture the lens of each word needs, and in what form it should be presented.
Although some supervisors will hand over the storyboards to the performance to draw, and only do the final review by themselves, they have more supervision on the storyboarding by themselves.
In fact, it is not necessary to be able to paint to draw a good storyboard.
Many animation supervisors in the island country draw very scribbled shots, and some even simply write a bunch of text to explain the content of the screen.
As long as the performance can be understood, it is not a problem.
Makoto Takagi has the original version of CL for reference, and he is also an original painter, so he can’t be troubled by the storyboard.
He worries about other issues, such as who is more suitable for sound selection, the people underneath, how to allocate tasks, hold multiple roles, how to balance time, and so on.
In short, this is a very big challenge for Takagi Makoto.
Before, he thought that it would be safer to hire a professional supervisor, but now it seems that looking for other supervisors might as well do it himself.
The difficulty is indeed very high, but now, I can only accept the challenge.
When he sent away Akino Kawano, Makoto Takagi took out the paper and pen, contrasted the CL in his memory, and drew the storyboard.
It’s a pity that he doesn’t have so much time, otherwise, as his original artist, he can skip the shot and directly turn it into a layout.
Layout is the meaning of design draft and composition, and its function is to completely determine the content on the screen and be accurate to every detail.
This is a very, very important step in the animation production process.
Some supervisors from the original painter’s background will personally take care of the layout, such as Hayao Miyazaki. Although the excellent layout is not colored, it is basically an illustration-like finish after adding it.
It’s also worth mentioning that what many people think of as a storyboard is not a storyboard at all, but a layout.
With the original version of CL for reference, Takagi Makoto has the ability to skip the storyboard and directly transform it into a layout, but without the time and energy, he can only draw a storyboard and hand the layout to another original artist to paint.
It’s faster for him to simply draw a storyboard.
When Akino Kawano came to DOS to find Makoto Takagi the next day, Makoto Takagi had already drawn the storyboard of the first episode of CL.
He handed the storyboard to Akino Kawano.
Kawano Akino was stunned just looking at it.
“You drew this?” She said in surprise.
“Yeah.” Takagi Makoto nodded.
Akino Kawano looked at Makoto Takagi carefully.
There are dark circles under the eyes, although not very serious.
After thinking for a while, she asked, “Did you not sleep all night and were doing the storytelling?”
“That’s not true. I just thought that I would have to write scripts, be a person, and be a producer and supervisor. The pressure was a little bit high, and the quality of sleep was not very good.” Takagi Makoto replied.
“You are too hard.” Kawano had to admire.
“Ms. Kawano, with the current situation of DOS, you can’t do it without fighting, and it’s not a big deal now. The ones who are really busy are yet to come.” Takagi Makoto said.
“you……”
Akina Kawano hesitated to speak, but at the end he said, “I came today and originally wanted to persuade you to give up being a supervisor, but you are so determined that I don’t know how to persuade you.”
“You don’t need to persuade, under the current circumstances, I personally supervise is the best choice.” Takagi Makoto waved his hand.
“All right.”
Kawano Akino sighed, “You don’t want to die suddenly.”
After speaking, she found a place to sit down and carefully looked through the storyboard of the first episode of CL drawn by Makoto Takagi.
This is a storyboard with script.
Although not a professional supervisor, Akino Kawano could tell that the level of this storyboard drawn by Makoto Takagi is not low, and it is not inferior to the storyboard drawn by others in a few days.
It took less than a day to draw a storyboard of this level, and it is hard to imagine how Takagi Makoto did it.
She glanced at Takagi Makoto, and couldn’t help but sigh with emotion: “Talent…no, it’s just an animation ghost!”
“Miss Kawano, what do you think of this storyboard?” Takagi Makoto asked suddenly.
“Not bad.” Kawano Akino gave a satisfactory evaluation.
“In this case, I am ready to perform my supervisory duty.” Takagi Makoto said.
“good.”
Kawano Akino nodded, “I still said that, don’t hesitate to tell me if you need it.”
“Not for the time being, but there will definitely be places that need your help in the future. I will find you again when that time comes.” Gao Mucheng is not polite.
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After sending away Kawano Akino, Takagi Makoto did not return to the president’s office, but looked around outside and found two figures.
“Ishikawa, Uchida, you two come to the meeting room.”
With that said, he walked straight to the meeting room.
Now it has been determined to be CL’s supervisor, in that case, the task must be assigned as soon as possible to prevent everyone from running around like headless flies.
Uchida is the production manager of “Heartbeat House”. Although “Heartbeat House” hits the street, it is not Uchida’s pot.
Moreover, the current DOS is the production management of Uchida Okiichi, and other productions are still too young to take on the important task of production management. We can only let Uchida Okiichi continue to be production management on the CL side.
Production management does not care about the content, but is in charge of the production progress of the entire animation. Although it seems nothing special, in fact it often plays a very important role in the production process of an animation.
To assign tasks, of course, you must first find Uchida Okichi.
Ishikawa, full name Akane Ishikawa.
At the current DOS, Akane Ishikawa has the highest level of painting, which may be even higher than that of Makoto Takagi.
Takagi Makoto looked for Akane Ishikawa, and naturally he also explained something.
When the two came to the conference room, Takagi Makoto said, “From today, I am the supervisor of CL, Uchida, you have to cooperate with me in assigning tasks. As for Ishikawa, I want you to draw the layout of CL. You have no problem?”
“President, is it okay to let me draw the layout? I’m afraid I can’t draw it well.” Akane Ishikawa said with some worry.
“You have no problem with your strength. Whether you can paint well or not, you have to try it. This is also a good thing for you.” Takagi Makoto responded, “Besides, I have to write scripts, create personal settings, and be a producer. People, I want to be a supervisor again, I am not afraid, what are you afraid of?”
Akane Ishikawa was stunned for a moment, and soon lowered her head, looking ashamed.
Uchida said: “We still have too few DOS staff. I think it is necessary to organize a recruitment in the near future.”
“Well, it is really necessary. I will arrange this as soon as possible.” Takagi Makoto nodded in agreement.
After that, he explained many things.
The small meeting between the three took more than an hour.
When the conference is over, the entire DOS will also be running at high speed.