Shadow Weaver

Chapter 53 Let's use puppetry as a promotional video!!
"Puppet show?" Bai Miaomiao was slightly stunned when she heard the voice. For a moment, she was unable to keep up with the increasingly jumping thoughts of her own Xu Da Production. "Puppet show... let me think about it. Puppet... oh, yes, it is."

"The academic community generally believes that this thing originated in Wenling (another name) in the 17th century. There is a difference between traditional glove puppetry and modern glove puppetry... It did originate in southern Fujian."

"However, there are still many branches of glove puppetry. For example, in the Minnan dialect area, there are the Jinjiang glove puppetry, the Zhangzhou glove puppetry, and what's it called... oh, the Zhejiang Cangnan 'single-stage glove puppetry' and other genres."

Bai Miaomiao was searching through all kinds of information in her mind like a living Baidu: "As for those that have spread to other regions...then there are even more branches and schools."

"Xiaoyi, why are you asking this all of a sudden? Are you planning to incorporate 'puppet show' into the game?"

The girl in Hanfu, who was fantasizing about incorporating puppet show elements into her character design, frowned subconsciously: "It's not impossible...but the style seems a bit disconnected, right?"

——After all, the Mu Guiying they initially designed was not a string puppet in a puppet show. When a puppet show element was suddenly inserted, she seemed to be somewhat uncomfortable with the environment.

strange.

"No, it's definitely not possible to insert this thing into the game. The style of the painting will definitely be a bit disruptive." Xu Yichi shook his head, "But what I was thinking just now was... can we directly use glove puppetry or string puppetry... to shoot our game promotional video?"

"Use puppetry to shoot a game promotional video?" Bai Miaomiao was confused by the little girl's sudden idea. "Oh my goodness, Xiaoyi, you are really crazy!"

"Why...why did you suddenly come up with such a strange idea?"

"Hehe... Actually, this idea didn't come out of nowhere." Xu Yichi said, scratching his head with an embarrassed hand, "My idol, Ms. Lan, reminded me today that I should start thinking carefully about how to shoot the game trailer and start dealing with the subsequent publicity and promotion issues."

"She said that the theme of 'intangible cultural heritage' itself has a certain amount of natural traffic. If we do a good job of promotion and can release the game online at the end of the year, during the Spring Festival or on a more popular date like March 3 next year, it will be able to keep the media attention and player discussion for about half a year."

"In addition, she also suggested that we could consider directly using some intangible cultural heritage - shadow puppetry, paper-cutting, local folk art, etc. - to shoot half or most of the promotional video, add a 'million-dollar transition' and special effects in the middle, and then naturally connect it with the plot and gameplay introduction of our game - this way the effect will be cooler, and it will be easier to attract professionals to endorse us and make it easier to go viral."

"I started thinking about this before I came back, and I've been thinking about it for almost a while." The little girl smacked her lips and held her chin up. "At that time, I was thinking... paper-cutting, no matter how much we do, it won't be better than the paper-cutting animations produced by the Shanghai Art Factory back then; shadow puppets have developed well in recent years, and they seem to be relatively common now."

"If these two are not suitable, then we can only consider local operas and other intangible cultural heritages - but with our current funding level, it seems a bit difficult to directly ask the actors and teachers of the local opera troupe to specially choreograph a new play for our game promotional video; using Shangdang Duijin or Gaoping embroidery to shoot stop-motion animations doesn't seem to be much cheaper than hiring a troupe."

"Really? Before I came back, I was so worried that my head started to ache. Until just now, Qingqing mentioned the puppet show she was chasing."

"This has inspired me - the glove puppetry in Wan Chai was originally introduced from the southern Fujian area. If they can use glove puppets to shoot such a cool drama...why can't we shoot the various puppet shows in Fujian Province? We have more types of puppet shows than those rebels!"

"Besides, we can't afford to hire a whole troupe of actors, but we can still afford to hire someone to carve two puppets based on the image of the characters in the game, right?" Xu Yichi said excitedly with bright eyes, "Anyway, shooting a game trailer doesn't require them to rewrite the plot." "--The shooting content and scenes can be restored according to the main storyline of the game; the soundtrack can use the theme song written by Ms. Lan and her team for the game, but the performance can be supplemented with the traditional musical instruments they usually use in puppet shows."

“The usual poems and lines in puppet shows can be modified and retained according to the needs of the plot and promotional video. On this basis, we add camera movement, editing and special effects... After combining this whole set of processes, we have a promotional video that is unique on the Internet!”

"Xiao Bai, what do you think of my idea? Is it feasible?"

After Xu Yichi finished speaking, he excitedly grabbed the hand of the girl in Hanfu. After hearing this, the latter's eyes jumped uncontrollably: "Your idea is quite unique. If this can be filmed, the effect should be quite explosive."

"But... there is one thing I need to remind you of, Xiaoyi."

"That is, those very delicate puppet and glove puppet shows in Wan Chai that you usually see on the Internet." Bai Miaomiao paused slightly, and added a few more detailed explanations to the little girl while thinking.

"—— ０光、霹靂Glove puppetry and the like, they now use large puppets about 70 centimeters long that need to be controlled by both hands. They are the product of technological innovation and are classified as modern puppetry. There are even a small number of people in the local area who think that this thing is not a puppetry anymore."

"In our traditional glove puppetry, most puppets are still small puppets that are about a foot tall and controlled with one hand."

"Due to factors such as puppet size and traditional craftsmanship, the details of small puppets are definitely less refined than those of large puppets... and it's still unclear whether people are willing to take on this job."

——After all, using this old art form that was only used during temple fairs to shoot a game trailer... this is probably quite unorthodox in the eyes of the older generation of inheritors.

Theoretically, they may not be able to accept their idea.

"Xiaoyi, if you really want to go this route to shoot a promotional video, you have to think it through and check it out in advance." Bai Miaomiao gave Xu Yichi several warnings with worry, "I guess not everyone is as easy to talk to as Researcher Yang and Ms. Lan."

"Well, don't worry, Xiaobai. I expected this." Xu Yichi waved his hand in response, looking relaxed as always. "I'll check online to see if I can find the contact information of the relevant research institute or protection agency. When our character design and the first and second chapters of the plot are completely finalized, I'll try to contact them."

"Well, it would be best if we can hook up with them directly. If we really can't... then I'll ask Senior Dian... Senior Yang to give it a try!"

　It's on the shelves now (paralysis), I feel that this plot has more words than I expected, I will probably post as many as I can this month, I don't want to drag it until November, I will try my best ()

　　(End of this chapter)