My Cartoonist Strategy
Chapter 6 Routines and opinions
"Ok……"
Yan Wei carefully read the name in his hand, and then read the second and third times, but every time he looked, he seemed to be able to find new highlights from the name.
As she had previously guessed, Shen Xin's split shots are better than those of her peers, as is the manuscript called "Formula of Love".
In addition to the excellent scoreboard, it also has a lot of improvement in composition compared with "Witch", the use of perspective techniques is reasonable, the character portrayal is more solid, and the story is more important than the bad street. "Witch" is several grades higher.
Whether it is a novel or a comic, there will be a succession of transitions.It is relatively simple for a novel or a comic to complete this process, because it can have enough space to set the foreshadowing and role-building in the early stage, and surprise the reader in the follow-up.
Shorter comics and novels are not the same, it requires the author to refine the control of "language".
The "language" of the novel is writing.Superb writing, you can use a few words or even one or two words to replace a paragraph.For comics, "language" is more reflected in "sub-lens".
Within the fixed page length, how to select the sub-lenses that best express the story, let the readers understand the author's heart, determines the level of the cartoonist.
Normal novices can't do this, but the name of "Formula of Love" is perfect.
Sure enough, it was right... he did have extraordinary strength, and, in the expression of the story, he also improved several grades-
An introverted boy has a crush on the same introverted girl.
On a graduation trip, the boys finally rallied their courage and confessed to the girls. As a result, because of misunderstandings, they led the story to strange places.
For example, in the early part of the script, with the help of friends, boys finally made appointments with girls.While the male owner was buying a drink, the fountain next to the girl suddenly sprayed water, wetting the female host's clothes.
When the boy came back, he found that the girl had left.
He searched everywhere, and finally found a girl in the nearby woods, but saw the girl and another boy hug.In fact, this "boy" was a female student in the class, but he was always dressed up as a boy, but the panicked boy didn't find this, and left silently, so the two had a misunderstanding.
Next, there were several such misunderstandings. Finally, when the boys returned to school, they finally expressed their feelings, and the lovers eventually became dependents.
This cartoon is relatively smooth in terms of succession and transition.If Yan Wei is just an ordinary reader, he will definitely applaud this story, but...
Yan Fan suddenly stood up from the seat.
"Is there any problem?" Shen Xin also stood up.
"You sit down first, then I will pour two cups of coffee."
After Yan Wei left, Shen Xin glanced at the manuscript on the round table and thought about Yan Wan's thoughts.
After all, or not?
The story of this comic was written by himself. Although some "routines" were used, the effect of the twists and turns of the plot should be achieved.
As for the key point "misunderstanding", it is used in many love comics in the 11th district of the earth, and it is not a new routine...
Just when Shen Xin was thinking wildly, Yan Wei went into the compartment and handed a cup of coffee to Shen Xin.
"Let's talk about this comic..." Yan Wei took a sip of coffee and thought a little, explaining, "First of all, the first feeling this short comic gives me is very good looking. It is an excellent love comic. If you publish directly, you should be able to achieve good results, perhaps you can directly win the serialization-if your goal is just serialization, then it is completely okay. But I think your goal should not stop there?"
Shen Xin nodded.
With the big killer "Comic Capsule",
Of course, after serialization, he can "reference" the comics he has read before in terms of plot, storyboarding, composition, etc. The results should not be a problem, but he still wants to know what shortcomings there are in his original works.
"I will only say three things. First, in this 40-page name, you have made three misunderstandings. Although the direction of the story is very interesting, after reading it, the reader will feel tired. From beginning to end, the whole The comic has always made the reader nervous, and there is no buffer zone. I suggest deleting at least one misunderstanding... If you can replace the two misunderstandings with other plots, the effect may be better. As for the reason for doing so... that’s what I want to say The second point-you have to prepare for the long comics that will be serialized."
"Long manga?" Shen Xin didn't really think about this problem.
"Yes, you open most of the comics, and the words "Routine" are full of them. This is the same for young comics and girl comics. Taking love novels as an example, the reason why the story can develop forward is nothing more than a new character. The addition of, brings a series of problems, such as'misunderstanding' or'triangle love', and the new characters added are usually the protagonist. The protagonist must be made between "new love" and "old love". Choices, these are routines.
"But these elements should not be used too much in short comics. After all, the serialized comics will be used again and again. Too much use, there will be no freshness, and it is easy to lose readers."
Hearing this, Shen Xin rubbed his chin.
Yan Fan's words may not be right, but at least one thing he agrees with.In the 40-page name, he really stuffed too much, making the work too bloated, it seems that it needs to be simplified.
"What about the third point?" Shen Xin puzzled.
"When it comes to the third point, I get angry." Yan Wei embraced his chest with a dark look. "The readers of juvenile comics are boys, so you have to catch their eyeballs, that is, their curiosity for girls- In other words, there is no'flesh' wind you are good at in this manuscript."
"Diffy clothes, half fruit, even fat ci exposed intentionally or unintentionally, these contents are not reflected in the comics. What are you trying to attract? Misunderstanding or coincidence between the male and female protagonists? Please, the reader does not have much patience to read You set the plot. If there is no appealing point, your follow-up serialization will be no more than three issues."
"..."
Shen Xin had a black thread, and even if he was embarrassed to say it himself, Yan Fan said it without any scruples.
"Plot...I think the storyline can make up for this." Shen Xin said seriously.
He wants to stick to the final bottom line-as few pictures as possible that are inappropriate for children.
"Cough... I got the latest news, "Dreamer" is ready to be revised, and like "New World", it is also a weekly magazine, and the newcomer they plan to launch is the Chen Zijiao we saw a few days ago. You wouldn’t think Lost to him?" Yan Fan said.
Shen Xin nodded, he did not want to lose to Wang Wenhong and Chen Zijiao.
"By the way, Chen Zijiao will also draw a short story?"
"No. "Dreamer" deliberately found a script for him. It is said to be a well-known talented writer in China, tailored for him... If you want to write a script, I can also find it for you, but the manuscript fee should be divided equally. What?" Yan Fan asked.
joke!The money you get can never be distributed to others.
"Reject! I will improve the new name as soon as possible according to your opinion." Shen Xin assured Yan Wei.
Yan Wen heard Shen Xin's words, and a smile appeared on his face.