This season, the TV anime “CAROLE & TUESDAY”, which was supervised by the Governor of Watanabe Shinichiro, cannot be overemphasized if it is a musical piece. After the work itself and the behind-the-scenes of music production, what anecdotes are hidden, to listen to the producer Xibian Cheng’s introduction

In this drama, the general supervision of Watanabe is a series of positions, such as composition, original work, and music supervision. In the initial stage, several scripters and producers gathered together to hold a script meeting around the outline of the master supervision, in order to clarify the context of the whole drama

At the same time, as the music of the main event, I started planning and making it early. As a producer, first of all, according to the situation in which CAROLE & TUESDAY will perform together with other music artists in Taichung, specify the song style that matches the scene, and on this basis, find a suitable song for the music creator. Therefore, the animation is almost where the script advances, and the song is followed by the writing

This time, the General Supervisor did not stipulate that the relevant instructions for composing were too ruthless, but on the premise of respecting the artistry of the composers, the scenes used by the songs were clearly explained, and they were given full creation. Free

As the composers who have come to this time, they have made great achievements in their respective fields, and they have been recognized by fans all over the world, so there has been almost no rework in the submitted songs. On the contrary, sometimes the animator gets inspiration after listening to the music, in order to more appropriately reflect the artistic conception of the music, and will reconvene the scripter to discuss and change the use of the song, and modify the script. This type of event, which is influenced by the music, and temporarily changes the character setting and the addition of the drama, occurs throughout the creation process

In the first sentence, the creator made a detailed description of the whole process of the two protagonists CAROLE and TUESDAY’s first collaborative song “The Loneliest Girl” in a delicate lens language. The song was written by Benny Sings, and a total of three different arrangements were prepared for the song. At the beginning of the session, the two girls met unexpectedly and joined hands to compose the lyrics, thus finding the plot of the important partner that is indispensable on the road of creation. It plays a key guiding role in the plot trend, so the general supervisor is here. The description of the details was extremely important, so the whole story of the two songs was interpreted

West said that the producer asked Benny to write this song “in the process of creation”. Instead of telling the other party about the specific requirements of composition by email, the general supervisor took advantage of Benny to open the concert tour. When I got to the door, I explained it to him

It is said that Benny didn’t understand very well at first. Why did he write such a “semi-finished product” and later realized that the original animation was an intermediate part of music creation. Under this time, Benny also came to be interested and accepted it. Invitation. Next, Benny follows the process of writing songs, first popping the chords with the keyboard, then setting the guitar’s repetitive rhythm (riff), then sing the approximate song melody, then match the lyrics, and then harmonize… It should be said, This group of shots in the first words reveals a strong and true life

The script modification script mentioned above is also reflected in this paragraph. When the production team sang the two singers Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann, they invited the two girls to practice the various steps of Benny’s songs, and took them in various shootings. The angle is placed on multiple cameras to record the whole process of the performance, and finally the sub-mirror is designed according to the recorded data, and then the staff is drawn

The split mirror composed of the previously multi-angle synchronized recordings has become the split mirror of the cartoon. In order to enhance the realistic feeling of the characters’ actions, the general supervisor deliberately let the staff screen the screen, so the effect is exactly the same as the scene. In the meantime, it did consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but it did show the details of the sub-mirrors that could not be fully expressed by the animators. In addition, in order to reproduce “infinite reality”, the animation also refers to the scene atmosphere, mouth shape and body dynamics when the two singers sing. In addition, a special feature of the professional player’s finger movement was recorded as a material

In order to find suitable singers for the two protagonists in the play, the production side held a sea election to the world. Nai and Celeina were finally selected, showing that the overall strength is extraordinary. Singing is undoubtedly a necessary condition for investigation, and then there is the ability to sing in the native language. The selection did not take the interview method, but judged by reviewing the personal resume and singing video provided by the candidate. So, when I saw Nai and Celeina in the studio, everyone was meeting for the first time. It is said that since October last year, a total of three sounds have been recorded. With the familiarity of each other, the two singers are more and more like the living CAROLE and TUESDAY, but the two in reality, the character temper and drama. The Chinese are just the opposite

The reason why the singer is required to sing in English is mainly based on the consideration of “global distribution” in the planning stage. Since the Netflix platform is used to deliver works to approximately 7 billion people around the world, it is natural to bypass the global language of English. Although Japanese animated songs have been widely accepted by overseas audiences, the general supervisor still wants to use the most widely used language in the world as the lyrics

After finishing the lyrics, let’s talk about the style. According to the stage setting of the story, the future human society moving to Mars, 8~90% of the music, is created by AI. The major music charts are firmly controlled by AI songs, and AI music is absolutely dominant in the market.In this context, the music created by CAROLE and TUESDAY uses analog instruments that were rare in that era. The Nord keyboard used by CAROLE and the Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar in TUESDAY are meant to reflect a true “true” word. The works show that the girls use realistic instruments to create and play the natural melody of the natural carvings, and do not impose restrictions on the music category. In contrast, Angela sang a song produced by AI producer Tao

This is the first sentence, not only talks about the name of the actual band, but also let the protagonist use the actual brand of musical instruments, which brings the distance between the viewer and the story closer. In fact, similar practices are not common in animation. Usually, animation works make some plausible changes to the names of the products that appear in the film. However, in order to highlight the “reality”, the producer specially obtained the permission of the instrument manufacturer in advance. Even the protagonist “can” successfully upload the photo to Instagram (the same design interface as the actual one), which is also the hard-won achievement of the staff spent nearly half a year. Although the general supervision of Watanabe is an animation, I want to convey to people the depth of the work that is close to me

This time, the general supervision of Watanabe aims to make this work a work that can be recommended to fans of Lady Gaga, “The Birth of a Star”, or the fans of the Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Because even live films, music films often have a charisma that shines around the world

“Chang Qing”, a theme that often appears in this film and television work, explores the theme of “change and invariance”, and has become the main axis throughout the book, to remind the world that the joy of personal creation will never fade. Charm. On the one hand, the form of music creation is constantly evolving, but there is still a partial kernel in the middle. In the early stage, CAROLE and TUESDAY, in contrast to Angela, the girls experienced one after another, and they all pointed to “7 minutes of miracles.” What kind of presentation is the “7 minutes of miracles”, so stay tuned

References:

• 19th June issue “Animedia”