I Have Achieved A Lot

It’s the beginning of November, and it has been nine months since Xizi Pictures was established. During this period, three self-made animated films of Xizi Pictures are in production, and none of them has been completed. Yes, let alone release and release, there are a lot of movies distributed by agency. After all, with the support of a large platform, the money that should be made is indispensable.

Xizi Animation Studio, a subsidiary of Xizi Films, together with the in-depth cooperation of Shanhai Animation Studio, the division of labor between the two studios is different. The two studios are only technical members. There are already more than 500 people, plus other cooperating studios and outsourcing studios, the total number of people is very large, so many people are currently serving three animated films that are being produced at the same time.

The first group of people who were dispatched by Shanhai Animation Studio to Neon to participate in the animation production of “The Wonders of Mountains and Seas”, as well as the first batch of people who went to Pixar to participate in the study and production, have returned and joined the three In the production of animation.

First results have been achieved in team building, and there will be no less investment in this area in the future.

Currently, the progress of the three animated films is not bad. The fastest one will be completed before the summer vacation next year. It may be released during the summer vacation. If it is slower, it will be during November , If it is slower, it can also be released on the New Year’s Day file.

If it is released on the New Year’s Day file, the production cycle will be about eighteen months. For an animated film, this is not a long or short production cycle, but if you delve into the production quality, It’s definitely fast. The main reason is that the funds here are really enough, and there will be no financial problems. In this respect, it can be regarded as catching up with Hollywood’s animation production, and even Hollywood, including Pixar, not every movie can have enough funds to burn.

To tell the truth, even if the other two major shareholders of Xizi Pictures, Penguin and 8 Stations, are considered rich and powerful, they are somewhat panicked in the face of such exaggerated investment raised by Meng Fan. However, this situation was eased soon after, and the reason was very simple, because the box office of animated films exploded, and an animated film with a box office of over 5 billion broke out.

Facts have once again proved that as long as it is a sincere work in the Huaxia Film Market, it is possible to reap unexpected box office. There is a huge market for local animation films in the Huaxia Market.

From Big Fish to Great Saint to Nezha, everything is like this. It is worth mentioning that the bear-infested series, which has always been of stable quality, has always had very good box office returns.

After seeing or seeing the appearance of the “miracle” of the animation box office, the senior executives of Xizi Pictures expressed the hope that they could release a box office harvest as soon as possible, but in the end these ideas ceased. They are all people in the industry, and they know exactly what will happen if they follow the trend. For example, the one immediately followed by China’s local science fiction film after the big explosion is a typical example. Moreover, Xizi Pictures is still more inclined to do word-of-mouth in the long-term, and the immediate benefits are still relatively low.

In addition to the animated films produced by Xizi Pictures, there is also a “five-year three-part” plan with Pixar. The first part is progressing faster than here. The first item of today’s meeting is about In addition to the management of Xizi Pictures, the staff of Pixar participated in this film in the form of video conference.

The result of the negotiation is that it will be released after the Spring Festival file. After all, no matter how the form of cooperation, this film cannot be released on the Spring Festival file.

This release time is one week earlier than the North American release time, which is not unusual.

After the time has been negotiated, it is the plan for the movie announcement. In this area, Meng Fan basically has no say, and laymen do not understand.

The content of the second meeting is related to the establishment of the new year project. In addition to the film, Xizi Pictures will also be responsible for part of the animation due to its subordinate animation studio and Shanhai Animation Studio. Production and distribution of drama series. The meeting preliminarily decided that three (season) animations and one animation film will enter the production stage for next year’s projects.

The most important reason for this is that the current “capacity” of Xizi Animation Studio and Shanhai Animation Studio is excessive.

The last content of the conference is also the most important content of this conference, which is about the second Shanhai Animation Festival.

The time is the same as the first one on February 22. After more than three months, it needs to enter the preparatory stage.

Because the Shanhai Animation Festival is closely related to Penguin and 8 stations, Xizi Pictures is now the largest animation film company in China’s animation industry-even if it does not have any output, this scale I couldn’t run away–so Xizi Pictures was one of the organizers, and the preparatory meeting was just thrown here. The difference is that after the previous two meetings, some people from the industry came in to participate in discussions and discussions.

The first Shanhai Animation Festival was very successful, but in any case, there are indeed some chaotic scenes, and because the venue underestimated the appeal of this animation festival or Meng Fan, it appeared After too many accidents and temporary changes, the second session will definitely have a good control over the order, and the scale and other aspects will be larger than the first session.

The same selection mechanism as the first one is divided into two parts: ordinary netizens and practitioners.

The result of this conference is that the biggest difference is that the time of the animation festival has been changed to one week, during which it will host many events including the opening and closing ceremonies and awards ceremony, cos event, animation concerts, etc. Evenings and events.

The next step is to coordinate with the various departments to arrange the venue, invite guests, and various rehearsals. Another very important link is to invite animation practitioners and related manufacturers and businesses to establish an animation festival. The management committee is dedicated to this matter.

The scale of the first edition is large enough to make Shanhai Animation Festival the largest animation festival in China. This time, it is necessary to increase the scale.

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“How about? It’s okay here, right?”

At the end of the meeting, Meng Fan met with Xing Tage who was walking around.

“How about what? You are the largest animation film company in China, and I can be qualified to evaluate it.” Xing Tage said with a smile.

Meng Fan asked: “Then are you interested in joining?”

Xing Tage was stunned, thinking about it, how can his careful thinking escape Meng Fan’s eyes? .

Meng Fan said again: “How about I arrange for you to be an actor and deputy director?” He raised his eyebrows, “Your favorite.”

Xing Tage turned over A blank eye: “Stop nonsense, am I someone who needs to borrow this job to do that?” After a pause, he laughed and scolded, “Besides, you are an animation film company. Who can I give to the actor’s deputy director? Put on the red sofa! Give it to the voice actors, those are monsters, I can’t stand it!”

Meng Fan haha ​​laughed, and Xing Tage walked out of Xizi Pictures and headed towards Damei Studio. As he walked, he said sincerely: “We just set up three animated series projects today, one of which is Love Fan. Are you interested in participating in screenwriting? The directors and screenwriters that have been decided are your favorites. Director Liang Chun, when we were chatting before, he mentioned to me about “Campus Love Refers to Men” and also asked me about the plot of this movie…”

How can Xing Tage not understand Meng Fan Attentively, he beat the shoulder of the helper and said: “If I can, I want to start with his assistant screenwriter.”