"Living Years" series was put on the big screen, the director Mu Yi responded exclusively to
. Each episode is only 5 minutes, but it took a full 9 years to update 28 episodes, and one of the stops was directly more than 500 days... "Little Black War" is called the "Lifetime" series by fans. However, this extremely slow update has a very high Douban score: 9.6 points.
You can imagine how excited the fans are when such a work is made into a big movie. After the film was released on the first weekend, it went out of the circle successfully, and it topped the mainland single-day box office champion for several consecutive days. However, all this did not seem to cause any ups and downs in director Mu Mu's mood. He accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from the "Yangcheng Evening News" during the road show in Guangzhou. Talking about his expectations for the film, he calmly said four words : "It's good to save the money." In addition, he also responded to many viewers' questions: Why does Nezha appear in the film? Does this have anything to do with "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World"?
's most bitter fan drama fan: Strive to survive the update
Fan drama "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" was launched in 2011. Although each episode is only 5 minutes, and there is almost no publicity, it quickly attracted a large number of fans. This animation is very special. On the surface, it is a pure cute story between the girl "Xiao Bai" and the stray cat "Xiao Hei", but after unfolding, it gradually reveals a huge world about the coexistence of humans and fairies. Worldview. From 2011 to 2015, a total of 20 episodes of the show were updated, but later because of the movie version, the update became slower and slower. In 2017, after the 27th episode was updated, the fan drama entered a suspension period of more than 500 days...It was not until the film version was finalized in August this year that the 28th episode came to the tears of fans.
Fans of "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" once laughed at themselves and said: "Take good exercises and strive to live until the day when the director is finished." But maybe a bit too optimistic, because the more pessimistic fans are joking like this: "It's better to first Live until the next update?"
The highest Douban score: once higher than "Nezha"
The big screen has always been a touchstone to test whether IP can "out of the circle", so it is expected to be the "next national comic" How did the movie version of "Luo Xiaohei" of "Light" perform? First of all, the film was screened several times in advance, so popular that most people couldn't even get tickets. After being encouraged, the film crew decided to advance from the original Mid-Autumn Festival to September 6. On the day of the premiere, it surpassed "Fast and Furious: Special Operations" as the top single-day box office champion, and then kept the No. One position, the current box office is 116 million yuan. The
Douban score also gave the movie version a lot of affirmation. The score of the film is as high as 9.8, which is higher than the 8.8 points of "Nezha" at its highest. With the further expansion of the "out of the circle" range, as of yesterday, Douban's score fell to 8.4 points, which is slightly lower than 8.6 points, "Nezha", which is among the best domestic animated films. The director of
has a big start: he is also self-taught.
The director of "Luo Xiaohei" has a lot of similarities with the director of "Nezha: The Devil Boy": both are non-professional backgrounds, and the university began to teach animation by themselves. The production was very poor when I first created it, but insisted on "powering with love". He once worked for an animation company that later produced "Big Fish and Begonia". After resigning, he used a cost of 3,000 yuan per episode to create the fan drama version of "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji". Because I was worried that the first few episodes would be unfinished, I didn't even dare to expand the world view in the first few episodes. After doing so, it will gradually show a big worldview panorama of the coexistence of fairies and humans. zThe worldview of 2z
was also used in the 2D movie version of "Luo Xiaoheizhan" just released. The film is actually a prequel to the drama, telling the story between Luo Xiaohei and his master infinite. With money, Mu Mu and the team can finally let go. In the end, they did it for 5 years because they needed 12 original paintings every second, and they drew more than 70,000 original paintings for more than 100 minutes of film.
Exclusive interview
Before the movie version came out, the director Wood never appeared on the scene, let alone interviewed by the media. Even, many people think that he, signed by "MTJJ", is a "young lady". After the roadshow of "Luo Xiaohei" began, the reporters heard the saying that "wood is particularly difficult to pick".
Facts have proved that this is indeed not a eloquent director. But if you are familiar with his animation works, you will find that his speaking style is very similar to several characters, including the "Infinite Adults" in the movie version.
Yangcheng Evening News: Why is the update of fan drama so slow?
Director Mu Mu: Because of poverty.
Yangcheng Evening News: Will the movie be updated faster after it is released?
Director Mu: I should be.
Yangcheng Evening News: When will it be updated?
Director Mu: Next year.
Yangcheng Evening News: How do you think about fans’ reminders?
Director Mu: It is a kind of motivation.
Yangcheng Evening News: Maybe this motivation is not enough?
Director Mu:...have done my best.
Yangcheng Evening News: Why is the movie version still two-dimensional, not three-dimensional?
Director Mu: I can't do it. May learn later.
Yangcheng Evening News: Still think that story is more important than technology?
Director Mu: Yes. I have also seen some three-dimensional but ugly movies.
Yangcheng Evening News: Why did the big movie choose to be the prequel to the drama?
Director Mu Mu: If I shoot a sequel, I am afraid that new audiences will not understand it.
Yangcheng Evening News: How many points do you rate your movies?
Director Wood: Seventy to eighty points.
Yangcheng Evening News: What aspects do you think you can do better?
Director Wood: ...in all aspects.
Yangcheng Evening News: Are you making big movies for fans?
Director Mu: It's for myself.
Yangcheng Evening News: There is a Nezha in the film, wearing sportswear, and his expression and speech are a bit similar to "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World". So does it have anything to do with that movie?
Director Mu: It doesn't matter.
Yangcheng Evening News: "Nezha" is so popular, are you afraid that someone will misunderstand your popularity?
Director Mu Mu: The team of "Nezha" doesn't, they have seen my film a long time ago. As for passers-by... there is no way to explain it, just do it whatever.
Yangcheng Evening News: After "Nezha's Devil Boy Comes to the World", everyone has higher expectations for domestic animation. What do you think of Guoman's future?
Director Mu Mu: Let's develop slowly, it can't be said that there is a special case.
Yangcheng Evening News: What do you think of "Nezha's Devil Child Comes to the World"?
Director Mu: I like it very much. But "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" is not the same type of film.
