Animatic Style Animation For NetEase Game "Onmyoji Arena"
From 2020 to 2021, I was responsible for the direct work of the second phase of dynamic comics. I was responsible for the storyboard design, screen drawing, video editing, music style guidance, and screen maintenance.
The main challenge of this project is the challenge of the new style, how to carry out the animation experiment of style innovation within the acceptable range of the audience. I have always been a NetEase game player and have participated in the creation of many fan works, so I have a certain understanding of the player community and combined with the CG reference of the animation they made and the feedback from the players helped me set the style of the entire project.
According to the script and settings provided by the clients, I did a full set of animated storyboards and made a style frame for them to choose from. After determining the style and storyboard, I distributed it to the project assistants for drawing. During this period, I was also responsible for drawing most of the main screens. At the same time, I also supervised the manuscripts submitted by the assistants. How to achieve uniform style, how to run in and connect the pictures are all great challenges.
I also need to provide music style references to the music production team. I combined the atmosphere and plot of the screen to find some suitable music and mixed it according to the plot. Where the music needs to be high-profile when the music needs to change the melody, and which picture What kind of sound effects are needed to help make the picture more powerful.
Finally, the addition of dubbing is the biggest challenge for editing, because the speed of speech will make some pictures have to stay for a long time. How to make this picture look less boring is something that needs to be considered. The focus, movement, and conversion of the lens, I gave more consideration when editing the video, the method of film editing, and the lens language of the film.
After our joint efforts, we have completed this project very well and it has been well received by players. Everyone is full of praise for the innovation of this animation.