My Animation Era

Chapter 892 The picture quality is not as good as Hell Girl...! (Please subscribe)

Readers who read online novels all have a fantasy, that is, to make the novels they read that keep them awake at night into animation or live-action dramas, and then make them authentic and not miss a single detail.

To be honest, this is normal!

After all, fans of the original work must be thinking that the animated adaptation should just follow the original work, and the animation should be done as the original work says.

But they overlooked one thing...

That is, online novels are very long, often millions of words, and some even exceed 10 million words. They are truly super long novels.

How many scenes does this kind of novel, which often has millions of words, involve in it? How many characters? How many plots? How many lines?

Incalculable!

It is impossible for an animation company to accumulate so many assets for one work and waste countless manpower, material resources and time to restore every detail of the original novel.

This is unrealistic, because the cost of doing so will be extremely heavy, so heavy that no animation company can afford it.

not to mention……

Internet novels generally have a "hydrological" phenomenon. Take a long fantasy novel with several million words as an example. Is it possible that every paragraph of the plot of several million words is so exciting and amazing?

Pure fart!

No matter how good an online novel author is, when writing an online novel of several million words, he will suffer from a lack of inspiration or even water in the plot.

To put it harshly, those online novels with four to five million or seven to eight million words contain at least half of them, or even more.

When the screenwriter adapts this kind of online novel, do he still have to add plots that everyone with a discerning eye would know are just water-filled plots into the script?

Impossible.

It is for the above reasons that online novels usually encounter "shrinking and deletion" in the process of film and television adaptation.

There's nothing to blame here.

If Gu Miao were to do the animation of "The Wilderness", he would probably reduce the length of the plot and make the animation as fast as possible so that dozens of episodes would not be finished. The main character is still an outside disciple...

But shrinkage is shrinkage, and the extent of shrinkage still needs to be accurately controlled. Generally speaking, for a long fantasy novel like this, it is reasonable to shoot one episode with 100,000 words of the original content.

An episode with 200,000 to 300,000 words seems a bit rushed.

As for shooting an episode with 500,000 words, it’s not a question of whether or not we can keep up with the schedule, but that the screenwriter simply didn’t like this part of the plot and forcibly skipped it.

For example, in "The Wilderness", only one episode of the 1 million-word sect chapter was animated. Gu Miao felt that there was only one explanation: the screenwriter did not intend to make a sect chapter at all, but planned to animate it from the time the protagonist became an elder!

Then why not cut off the first episode and start the plot from the second episode, when the protagonist becomes an elder?

Gu Miao guessed that the first episode should have appeared to "fool" fans of the original work, so as to avoid being criticized for the animation not respecting the original work, and directly skipping the most exciting sect chapter, bala bala...

The idea is good.

But the effect was really terrible.

The leap-forward plot development in the first episode left many viewers confused. In addition, VIP charging was started in the second episode, which discouraged many people.

Why?

The pace of the first episode is so fast, many people wonder if the pace of the subsequent 2-5 episodes will be as fast? Then look at a hammer!

Even though the plot rhythm returned to normal starting from the second episode, it was very embarrassing that the first episode was free and the second episode was exclusive to VIPs.

"Stupid!"

"Can't we get one more free episode, or even the first five episodes for free? We have to rush into VIP charging, so now..."

Gu Miao shook her head and sighed: "The plot of the first episode was too fast. It felt like reading an outline. The audience's willingness to pay was very low."

"That's right!"

Lao Zhang agreed: "Judging from the actual playback volume, the biggest failure of the "The Wilderness" animation is that it was too eager to charge."

"The number of views of the first episode exceeded 10 million in just 10 hours, and was steadily moving towards 20 million. But starting from the second episode, the number of views dropped off a cliff, only over 1.8 million."

what does that mean?

Out of the ten viewers, there were probably only 1-2 people who, after watching the first episode, decisively paid to watch the second episode, and the rest gave up.

This paid conversion rate is outrageous.

According to Lao Zhang, in fact, starting from the second episode, the plot rhythm of the animated "The Wilderness" returned to normal, and the production performance met fans' expectations.

But the first episode was too discouraging.

The original plot of a million words was summarized in the form of a running account in just 25 minutes. How can the audience have the confidence to pay to watch the follow-up?

"But it's really hot!"

Gu Miao's face twisted with envy and she said: "It's also the first broadcast. Our views haven't even exceeded 5 million, but they have over 10 million!"

"I can't help it. I have a lot of fans of the original novel, so just call for a truckload of breadmen."

Lao Zhang explained with a smile: "And the user base of our Wanbao Video is still not comparable to industry leaders like Penguin Video. It is understandable that the playback volume is lower."

No hurry, no rush!

The anime "Hell Girl" has only aired one episode, and the influence of the first episode is still growing. There is still room for a significant increase in the number of views. There is no need to rush now.

This is a constant battle.

The immediate victory or defeat cannot mean anything, the key depends on the subsequent trend. In Lao Zhang's view, Wanbao's "Hell Girl" has a high possibility of counterattack due to its topicality, popularity of discussion, and excellent reputation.

On the contrary, the animation "The Wilderness" next door played a good hand. It persuaded it to quit in the first episode, and hurriedly started VIP charging in the second episode. I am afraid that the follow-up trend will not be optimistic.

"I understand everything you said."

After hearing Lao Zhang's explanation, Gu Miao felt a little better, but her face was still ferocious and twisted: "But I'm still jealous! You said these 10 million views, why is it not from "Hell Girl"?"

"Don't worry, we can reach 10 million views by tomorrow!"

"Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow!"

Gu Miao stretched out her hand and said to Lao Zhang: "Where is your mobile phone? Let me use it!"

"ah?!"

Lao Zhang looked confused, not knowing why Mr. Gu lent him his cell phone, but seeing that Mr. Gu was so anxious, he took the phone out of his pocket and handed it to him.

Just when he was about to ask Mr. Gu why he borrowed his mobile phone, he suddenly saw Mr. Gu open the familiar Penguin Video APP, and then used his account to give a one-star negative review to "The Wilderness".

"I feel comfortable now!"

Gu Miao looked at the fresh one-star negative review, nodded with satisfaction, returned the phone to Lao Zhang and said, "You are not allowed to delete it! If you delete it, your salary will be deducted."

Lao Zhang: "..."

Let’s not discuss whether this approach is scientific and reasonable, nor whether this negative review is meaningful. The key point is that if you give a negative review, just give a negative review. Is it too blunt to leave a comment like "I feel that the picture quality is not as good as Hell Girl"?