Author: izumi/Anitama Cover Source: Strong Wind Blowing
Xi'an Haoping, more familiar, should be his resume as a voice actor, stage actor, or Japanese drama and Japanese film scripter. For the first time, Mr. Xi'an's daimyo appeared in the cast list at the end of "Strong Wind Blowing" as a series composition and script of TV animation, so let's hear the teacher's "departure" feelings as an animation scripter.
After receiving the script writing invitation, according to Mr. Xi'an, it was mostly the show supervisor Nomura Kazuya who obtained his contact information from some sources, and then entrusted the relevant producers to contact him. At first, Mr. Xi'an was only told that "Kazuya Nomura was also the supervisor of the anime adaptation of Miura Aster's masterpiece "Strong Wind Blowing"" only. Because it was the first time to write an animation script, the teacher still experienced a strong uneasiness. The most important thing is that he himself has lived in the acting industry for a long time, and along the way, he has been repeating the process of writing (stage play) scripts, rehearsals, and formally performing on stage for many years.
Compared with stage performances, the formulation of scripts for the animation industry is still only in the initial stage of the journey. Usually, the script seminars are one after another, and after it is difficult to determine, followed by another round after round of storyboarding, performance, painting, coloring, audition, dubbing, sound effects, etc. Once the script is handed over to others, what kind of effect the work will eventually show, the scripter's heart is really bottomless, so for a long time, Teacher Xi'an was very worried and uneasy.
But then again, Heian Hirohei has been associated with animation as a voice actor for a long time, and he is not completely unfamiliar with the industry. However, after all, dubbing is a very late stage before the completion of animation production, and Heian still knows nothing about the twists and turns that need to be experienced in the first and middle stages, so he can't suppress this anxiety in his chest. But on the other hand, the teacher does not intend to use "insufficient grasp" as an excuse for refusing to explore new things, on the contrary, the infinite possibilities contained in the unknown areas have become the biggest motivation for Xi'an to explore head-on. Furthermore, he hoped in his heart that some of his layman's "extraordinary means" might inject irrational fresh blood into his works. Looking at the industry, you can also find examples of multiple identities like Asuma Jintaro, who have multiple identities such as voice actors, stage actors, and writers, but the difference is only that people with multi-habitat and cross-border development have different priorities.
And Xi An secretly believes that because there is only one unique self in the world, such a work as his cooperation with the main creative team in front of him will definitely collide and burst out of a new inspiration that is different from when he worked in any troupe in the past.
Before he took over, Heean also knew a little about Miura-sensei's works, but the novel "Strong Wind Blowing" did not begin to read it after he accepted the task. According to his assessment, Miura-sensei's novels are written smoothly and eloquently, like a breeze that blows in the face, wrapped in rapidly changing colors, temperatures and smells. The delicate and strange brushstrokes can even make the reader feel from between the lines, the pain contained in each mouthful of laborious breathing when the characters in the book are rushing and rushing, and the touch of the wind on the surface of the body when the body is moving through the air, it is really refreshing to read.
Moreover, Mr. Xi'an admitted that when he read the novel, he set aside the preconceived impression brought by the name of "Miura Ziyuan" and independently examined the story of "Ekiden". Inadvertently, he was firmly attracted by the moving plot of "a group of young people who put aside all distractions and gave full time and effort, just to achieve a common goal and go all out", and deeply felt his fate with the work. The teacher recalled the frontier between himself and various works so far, and the same was true.
Teacher Xi'an now thinks that if this work is a love drama, or a post-drama that has been carefully arranged and set up, then it will definitely be more complicated to make up the drama yourself. Fortunately, this time's "Strong Wind Blowing" belongs to the typical wang road youth plot, which happens to be a familiar routine that meets the appetite of most playwrights, and is very in their own bosom. In his opinion, the work is somewhat similar to "The Little Stick Breaks the World" (がんばれ!ベアーズ), in short, it tells the story of a group of temporarily assembled "innately insufficient" team members working together to achieve their wishes, while adding some "miracle" component. During the writing process, Mr. Xi'an also imagined how the contestants who actually participated in the competition in their daily lives and worked tirelessly for it would look at such film and television works. Will the parties feel that the plot is too exaggerated and exaggerated, and issue an exclamation that "lo and behold, the layman always likes to turn the original simple and unpretentious facts into that look"? Therefore, during the practice, Teacher Xi'an was particularly concerned about not "crossing the line".
After exchanging opinions with Nomura Supervisor, the teacher clarified that the so-called traditional sports film that simply promotes the "fighting spirit" is not to depict the work as a simple promotion of the "fighting spirit" just to win or refresh a record, and to compile and sort out the general plot framework in accordance with the supervision's requirements of "in short, first sketch a group portrait drama". Compared with victories, achievements and other content that reflects the sense of honor, Xi'an focuses on the sweat of the members to participate in the "stagecoach", the time invested in training, and how the people live in every moment of the moment.
Leaving aside for a moment what the real race finish will be like, because in the play, this group of boys must establish their own "finish line" in their hearts. The show explores the landscapes and mood changes that people encounter on their way to their own goals.
After establishing the general policy of "process" being more important than "result", Mr. Xi'an did not hesitate to use a large amount of ink and ink to lay out the mentality change of each team member from "not running" to "wanting to run". But to be honest, although the teacher compared and used his own personal experience of "pulling people into the water" when he was in college, in all fairness, this kind of thing really has to suddenly fall on his own head, and Xi'an himself may not be as willing to give in like the people in the play.
The teacher also agreed that the belief of the gray two students who wanted to gather everyone to run the "Hakone Ekiden" was quite valuable, but who were the roommates who were "persuaded"? Only by combing out and explaining the reasons and character relationships of each person in the middle of the run can the statement of the group portrait drama be considered in place. After deliberation, the teacher decided that the first sentence would be written from the perspective of the members. In fact, the first sentence took a lot of trouble before the official writing, but the first step was taken from the beginning, and the subsequent progress was very smooth and smooth.
And because Mr. Xi'an switched from acting to writing, when creating the script, he followed the habit of "character substitution" that he practiced. In order to ensure the accuracy of the lines, the teacher often confirms them one by one through recitation, rehearsal and other means. He said that this time, the text homework of the original novel to the animation lines was still very smooth. I feel that the characters in the book are as real as my classmates and friends who are old in college. These people seem to be in the "Xi'an Brain Theater Troupe", automatically staging a sitcom.
After the animation is broadcast, Hee-an-sensei is further convinced of the necessity of laying the groundwork for the relationship between the characters in the first half of the script. Otherwise, some of the characters in the play obediently followed without trying to persuade them, but there are still some people who use leverage to pry and kill the bridge section, which is difficult to convince the audience.
Of course, before watching the film with his own eyes, Mr. Xi'an also worried about whether the massive amount of information contained in each sentence would show a heavy and protracted sense of weight when implemented into the animated image, fortunately, this was just his worries. Not only that, but many times because of the large amount of information, but the audience unconsciously forgot the passage of time, in the blink of an eye to see the end of the single episode, Nomura supervisor and live staff in the performance of the clever arrangement is indispensable, but also let Xi An can not help but admire from the bottom of the heart, animation works can actually balance the excess and inadequacy of intelligence to such a point.
Because, if the group portrait drama of the same size is adapted into a live-action drama, it will not only occupy a larger space, but also a bad one, and it is very likely to make everyone look confused thankslessly. And the same content, the cartoon is only 1 word length, it is all done! From this, it is enough to see the infinite possibilities of animation works in highlighting the personality of the characters.
Talking about the highlights of this work, Mr. Xi'an explained the close relationship between "complementing each other with the heart" and many sports. The teacher's point of view is that if a competitor does not reach the realm of "body-mind-mind" resonance at the same frequency, it is difficult to truly stimulate the full potential of the human body. And what he, the scripter, can do is to get as close as possible, to be aware, and to use words to sort out the unique feelings of the team members when they run on their legs. Although the episode is accompanied by countless branches and interludes, when writing, Mr. Xi'an will always hold the original intention of each runner, record it truthfully and without omission, and care for it until the moment when everyone really wants to "start". I believe that for them, there is a world of difference between the helpless cutscene of "running for the sake of running" and the original wish of "wanting to run and running" after the heartbeat.
Teacher Xi'an sincerely hopes that the audience can continue to pay attention to the heroic posture of the team members after "washing their hearts and changing their faces". Because, the sweat of "sincere heart and wishes" will definitely make the viewer feel relaxed and happy.
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December 2018 issue "NewType"
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