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Chapter 349 Avanti's Appearance (for Subscription)

"The Story of Avanti" is a puppet animation based on the folklore of the Western Regions, with the legendary "wise man" Avanti as the main character.

To be honest……

Avanti, a legendary figure, is very unfamiliar to most people in China.

After all, the folklore of Avanti is more spread in the frontier provinces of the Western Regions, and even in the Arabian region.If you haven't made a special effort to find out, most people really don't know who Avanti is.

If it is Monkey King, it must be a household name.

Therefore.

When making animations, the Puppet Studio and Meiying Studio team led by Liang Xiaodong also encountered a very critical problem.

Avanti is not particularly well-known in the inland and coastal provinces.

Then the problem is coming.

For such an "unfamiliar" legendary character, how should the production team create an animated image so that everyone has a good impression of "Avanti"?

"Be humorous."

Gu Miao frowned and said, "The main audience of animation is children, and they don't like long lectures."

Why are fables so popular?
Because the fable packs a "simple" truth with extremely vivid children's stories, and conducts a "moisturizing and silent" preaching.

Give a simple example!

You educate your child and tell him that he must distinguish between good and evil in life, and that good people do not necessarily have good rewards. Can the child listen to it?

If another way.

When you sit by the bed and tell your child a story of "The Farmer and the Snake" before going to bed, will he think about why the snake bites the farmer?
The same is true.

In the process of animation production, the most taboo is the kind of "straightforward" didactic plot.

Even if you want to give the story, or the plot, a certain core, you can't preach it bluntly, and you have to "detour" it appropriately.

This is where humor comes into play.

By creating a legendary character through humorous and interesting stories, children will not develop resistance, and it can also play a certain "demonstrative" role.

"I think so too."

Liang Xiaodong nodded.

Even if Gu Miao doesn't mention it, he will add some "humor" elements to the plot to achieve the effect of "teaching with fun".

Of course, this is not the point.

The problem that really troubled Liang Xiaodong was the specific character image of "Avanti".

Who is Avanti?
A legendary figure, passed down by word of mouth among the people, a figure who stays on books and paper.

"Do you know what Avanti looks like?"

"do not know!"

This is the question that Liang Xiaodong has asked the most during this period of time, but he always gets the same answer every time.

He went to the Western Regions to visit and investigate.

Most people have heard the story of Avanti, but if you ask him, what exactly does Avanti look like, and what are his physical characteristics?
very sorry!
No one knows the answer!

The legends and stories of Avanti basically rely on "word of mouth".In this form, no one can describe the specific appearance of Avanti.

A herdsman told Liang Xiaodong.

Afanti is five meters tall, has glowing eyes, and rides a white unicorn...

Others said that Avanti was a lame man whose leg was broken by the rich man because he liked to fight injustices for the poor.

It is also said that Avanti is a doctor who walks barefoot in the Gobi desert. His left eye is empty because he was pecked off by an eagle during the treatment.

Pretty outrageous, right?
But this is the information collected by Liang Xiaodong through continuous visits and investigations during this period.

It can only be said that Avanti is too mysterious.

So mysterious that no one knows, what exactly does he look like?How tall?Is it fat or thin?Do you have a beard?

"It's all uncertain information, and everyone is uncertain. There are a few points, and many people have mentioned it."

Liang Xiaodong introduced: "Most people, when describing Avanti, have mentioned that Avanti has a mount."

"Some say horses, others deer, still others unicorns and donkeys..."

Avanti has ridden so many creatures?

Gu Miao was amused by these words, and couldn't help complaining, "Among so many theories, which one is more credible?"

"Donkey! Donkey!"

"Although I'm not sure, many people say it's a donkey. I checked some local materials in the Western Regions, and there are also allusions about Avanti riding a donkey."

Liang Xiaodong said with a smile: "In addition to the mount, there is another appearance feature that is also frequently mentioned by the interviewees, and that is the beard."

"Beard?" Gu Miao asked.

"Well, Beard!"

Liang Xiaodong nodded and said: "What kind of beard is it? It's still the same sentence. Everyone's description is varied, and the correct answer cannot be determined at all."

"So based on speculation, we set Avanti as a traveler with a goatee, riding a little donkey, and plucking the music of the Western Regions."

Liang Xiaodong showed the sample draft.

Gu Miao looked at it carefully, and from time to time compared this sample drawing with the original Avanti in memory.

It can be said that they are almost the same!

Maybe this is not Avanti's original appearance, he doesn't look like this at all.He didn't ride a donkey, he didn't have a goatee...

But it doesn't matter!
The people think that he should look like this when he rides a donkey and has a goatee, so that's what he looks like.

It's like a mythical character.

When everyone thinks that Nezha is riding a hot wheel, wearing a Huntian silk, and will always look like a child who can't grow up, Nezha looks like this.

If you make a Nezha image in the style of King Kong Barbie, maybe you are the real one, but it doesn't make sense.

Because everyone doesn't recognize you.

The same is true for Avanti, no one knows what the real Avanti looks like.

When everyone thinks that Avanti looks like this in Wanbao animation, even if the real Avanti is "resurrected", no one will recognize him.

What is it called?

Gu Miao didn't dare to think about it, nor did she dare to say it.

Anyway, everyone knows everything, the standard treatment for mythical and legendary figures!

Not to mention the mere appearance, assuming that the people need or firmly believe that Avanti can even become a "female"!
Don't think this is outrageous.

For a legendary figure who "doesn't know his true face" and only has his deeds passed on by word of mouth, no matter what he becomes, it is reasonable and reasonable.

Liang Xiaodong is not bad.

At least in his guess, Avanti still looked like a serious person, and he didn't deviate too far.

If someone else does it...

Afanti must be "three heads and six arms", five or six meters tall, seven or eight tons in weight, with eyes on the navel and two pointed fangs in his mouth?

It can only be said that legends are legends after all.

You can't believe it all, and you can't believe it.

Everyone said that Avanti rode a donkey and had a goatee, OK!This suggestion can be used for reference!
People say that Avanti is six meters tall, and when he blows his breath, he is like a sandstorm...

Can you believe this thing?

(End of this chapter)