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SCREENING by Studio 4c in KL design week

文章celsiusboy » 17日 3月 2009年, 01:05

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SCREENING by Studio 4c in KL design week
“ Genius Party Beyond”

Date: 28th March 2008
Venue: MATIC , KL , Malaysia
Time: 5.00pm-7.00pm

SCREENING WITH PURCHASE OF SMC-SUPERMOTION CONFERENCE
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http://pipit.cccelsius.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3317

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Production Notes

It all started 7 years ago in 2001. STUDIO__ Executive Producer Eiko Tanaka proposed a “Short Omnibus for various Creators”, therefore ‘Genius Party’ project was developed. Preparations started around autumn of 2002. Eiko Tanaka selected the participating directors, and shortlisted participants were based on the idea of “if this person becomes a director, it would be interesting”. The selected participants were given plot or storyboard to work with.


01-SCREENING
"GALA"

Among the 5 works, Director Masahiro Maeda's “GALA” in particular was made with the shortest schedule. Though Maeda's participation in the project was subsequent to the earlier stages, and he had already started a work called “NAYORANI”, he ran into difficulties at the planning stage, and the production came to a hault. After blanking for few years, he was invited again by Executive Producer Eiko Tanaka and made a comeback in January 2007.

The screening was scheduled for The Japan Festival held in The Kenedy Center, United States, in February 2008. Maeda had to finish his work within 1 year. The initial plan was abandoned, and the Director, who aims for content with more entertainment characteristics, gained co-operation with 'Yamanekosha Brain Team' which he participates in, and settled on the plot. The storyboard was then completed in the early summer of 2007. Animation setup was pushed forward in July, and production began in August. Initially, there were thoughts of executing the animation just by drawing, without the use of CG, but considering the scale and timing of the production, numerous digital technologies were implemented. However, Maeda carried through the concept of “Keeping the Anime feel”till the end.

Masahiro Maeda and Toshiyuki Kubo-oka jointly acted as Chief
Animation Supervisors. Kubo-oka was in charge of the main characters. Maeda is in charge of crowds and effects, and even laid emphasis on layout check. Maeda surpassed anyone in the studio either in speed, quality or quantity of his work, and it is said that the staff always admired his powerful activities. The final animation was ready on January 2008.

The music. Akira Ikufube's “RITMICA OSTINATA for piano and
orchestras”, was what Maeda hoped for. Because it did not synchronise with the visuals, after going through the re-mixing by Koji Kasamatsu, a wonderfully collaborated animation was created.


02-SCREENING
"MOONDRIVE"

Of the 5 works, “MOONDRIVE” was made with the fewest people, and completed within the earliest time. Director Kazuto Nakazawa had been participated in the project since the early stage, elaborated a plan with a comparatively orthodox adventure theme, but the content gradually became comedic, changing the concept into “Drifter's Conte kind of feel”. Staff who viewed the finished storyboard were bewildered by the gap of the initial plan.

The idea of the initial plan was to insert playful frame lines on the
screen (there was hesitation on whether to implement it or not till
the final moment). It was Nakazawa's policy to show “Nothing
straight”. He will do anything by all means to make it look cool.

Moreover, the particular attention towards making extraordinary
animation, Nakazawa supervised the key animation, almost the entire scene by himself. The visual was executed by leaving the rough lines of key animation, giving birth to an interesting effect. This is similar to the technique used in “Kill Bill Vol.1”. Nakazawa closely pursues for reality even the middle stage of the billiard confrontation scene. He gave the staff billiard-related books and DVD reference materials, used all his power and created a famous scene.

Though the Voice Actor plan was to have a foreigner talking in broken Japanese, in the end prestige members were gathered from one of Japan's popular theatrical group “Gekidan Shinkansen”. The ensemble of Artists, including Arata Furuta, is one of the major attractions of this animation. Music was assigned to Warsaw Village Band, Poland. Originally, the Director brought music that he likes as a reference CD, then the producer held a discussion with the band and established a quick agreement. All music performances and recordings were done in Poland.


03-SCREENING
"WANWA"

One of the unique talents in the Anime industry, Director Shinya
Ohira was one of the first person to receive the offer for 'Genius
Party'. His activities were based in his hometown Nagoya, where he carried through his working style for “WANWA”. Communication was performed mainly by phone and fax, corresponding working materials through courier service, and visual check with e-mail.

Shinya Ohira was assigned to nearly half of the overall layout and
key animation, but mainly in charge of the later half. The earlier
half and climax was handled by long time partner Shinji Hashimoto, his animation quantity exceeded Ohira's. Even some of the backgrounds were done by him.

Ohira's unique drawing style was even beyond pro-animators'
prediction. Furthermore, using colour pencils, crayons and
flockpaper, did various kinds of unconventional tests. The diverse
quantities of key animations and backgrounds from the Director always surprised the staff. Materials such as golden origami and clothes cloth that cannot be scanned with scanner, were shot with digital cameras.

Near the end of production, with the support of Ohira's trusted
skillful animators, the animation completed on January 2008. Director Shinichiro Watanabe acted as Music Producer, while Minami Nozaki provided both lively and imaginative music. Shoko Suzuki was casted for boy's role, which was a leading role from popular Anime “Zenmai Zamurai”, a favourite animation of Ohira-family. Voice Actors ad- libbed the dialogue freely, and the Director was very pleased with their performance.

The Director's eldest son, Shuya had a hidden contribution in “WANWA” too. He supported some part of key animations, wrote letters to staff during production in order to calm the surroundings. He even act as a Voice Actor in “GALA” and “SUEJIN KIT”.


04-SCREENING
"SUEJIN KIT (Pottery Human Kit)"

Director Tatsuyuki Tanaka's “SUEJIN KIT” was originally made for the short Anime series “Digital Juice”(2001). But unable to complete it perfectly within deadline because it was so particular, only trailer was announced. Since then, many fans were eager for the complete work, and with pressure from various parties, he decided to resume production by being a part of 'Genius Party'. The length was extended from 3 minutes to 13 minutes, then work on new storyboard started around 2006.

Animation officially started in 2007. Tanaka started all the staging
cuts, drawing animation key scenes by himself, as well as acting as Animation Director. Other animators that finished works were shown to him for corrections, and finishing touched. He also laid his hands in most of the backgrounds, as well as the 3D cuts materials. He renewed all the trailer cuts, and production continued to the end.

This time, Tanaka did most of his work on a computer, the new cuts for key animation and background all created with digital tools (except all hand drawn works of the past). The detailed colours and luminosity of the design were all performed carefully on the desktop. The advantages of digital animation are determining timing of the
movement drawn on the spot. It was a suitable tool for him as he is very particular.

The length was extended but the dialogue reduced. He focused on directing instead. Filling silence with sound effects, a deep theme was built. Then in casting, his favourite Actor, Shiro Sano was cast. He acted superbly, almost close to the written role of Shimada(He said “I want to do more” at the recording studio). In addition, the frog sound which appeared in the end part, was the voice of Director Ohira Sinya's eldest son Shuwa. The sound was digitally modified.


05-SCREENING
"JIGEN BAKUDAN (Dimension Bomb)"

Director Koji Morimoto was always involve in projects even before the birth of 'Genius Party'. This time he attempts to include a collection of concrete visuals he had in his past life. He intend to
appeal audience with visuals instead of stories. The storyboard took more than 6 months to finish.

He decided to create something like a “Music Video” concept. After completing the storyboard, there was a life shoot, then editing it to create animatics. The full length animatics were given to Juno
Reactor directly, to co-ordinate music for the visual. Both parties
did not feel any language barrier and interacted smoothly.

Animation and background production started. Simultaneously, Morimoto performed all staging cuts by himself, to create setup for each individual scene, which took enormous amounts of time. Art Director Kibun Shinbayashi, in order to manifest the Director's visual, carefully discussed the visual execution. Though this is a work that delivers the feel of real depth and space, the amount of cuts made with 3D were surprisingly low. Though there were parts using CG for simulation, in the end most of the finished works were hand-drawn.

For the heroin role, the Director strongly hoped for Song Composer Yoko Kanno to be cast. Usually, she does not accept Voice Actor job, but as this is not a typical recording, she agreed to perform with the condition of no lip-syncing. As for the boy's role, when Morimoto went to watch Dance Units “Condors”, Akira Kobayashi was cast. Various patterns were tested during the post recording, as a result, the first takes were mostly used.
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