Okada, it’s not good to be a supervisor

——Longjing Longxue.

If you are on the supervision, I can help you

——筱原俊哉.

I think I was one of the people who once said to her, “How do you supervise yourself?”

——Sato Zhuo.

In the Japanese animation industry, Okada was not the first supervisor to be a screenwriter. But perhaps there are very few writers who will be like her, and so many performers propose to try to supervise. Although this may not all be a bona fide suggestion, it may be that it is not a big deal to see the excitement, even with malicious irony. But in any case, for Okada, it seems that he is not a temporary whim, but an option that has repeatedly appeared in front of him

Probably because of this, when PAWORKS President Sakagawa Shunji said, “One day I want to see 100% of the works exposed by Teacher Okada,” Okada’s final conclusion is that he should be supervised by himself..

Animation is the world of collective work. This is what makes Okada decided to be the charm of his lifelong career, and it is also the shackle that limits Okada. As a screenwriter who has been engaged in animation for 20 years, she has always placed her supervision preferences and producer decisions on her own expressions. She never imagined that someone could use an “100%” to make an animation

Even, at the beginning of the promotion of “The Flower of the Flower: The Flower of the Agreement” (hereinafter referred to as “the Flower of the Flower”), when she did not decide to be supervised by Okada herself, she I have had a meeting with a supervised candidate. The other party proposed amendments to the plan, and Okada also expressed his consent on the spot

At this moment, President Shigawa, who was attending the meeting, asked: “Is this okay?”

Okada suddenly wakes up: this is clearly a story she created for the “100% who wants to see you”, but when the supervisor gives her opinion, she will easily give in. In the final analysis, she is a screenwriter. The professional instinct that supervises and what the producer wants is already deep into the bone marrow. Even if I want to let go, I can’t cross the framework

She started thinking, 100% of her own, what is it?

So, after writing the first version of the script, Okada had a courage, and President Yosuke Chuan met in the izakaya. She shook the soy sauce with the trembling hands, but sprinkled the soy sauce on the table, and raised:

“Please let me be the supervisor.”

In order to make a work that “exposed 100% of his own”, Okada examined his past creations

When participating in original animation, she often prefers topics such as “time” and “responsibility”. She believes that if a person’s appearance does not change, it will be subtly incapable of the duties that should be shouldered, and the relationship with the changed person will also be biased. This is one of the reasons for the birth of the longevity race Iorf in the work

In the previous creation of “The Peaceful Morning”, she originally wanted to write a story about the junior high school students who loved the wells, waking up from the 15 years of sleep, and loving the grown-up wood.However, it is known that the new theatrical version of Evangelion is about the world after 14 years. She is worried about the stalk, and then there is the story we saw later. In the “April of the Flower”, she can re-challenging the changes in responsibilities brought about by the age difference

In addition, Okada also likes to write stories about people who are lacking. When you participate in a work as a screenwriter, you can’t form a consistent image in the film group members such as the supervisor and the producer if you don’t write the characters’ defects easily. But this time, because she is always on the set, she believes that even if the defects are more complicated, they can also describe what the character lacks, what he is craving, the duties required by the other party, and his duties to the other party

In the case of Macchia, she asked for the subject. She is afraid of being alone and firmly believes that she can always be with him as long as she is the mother of Eriyar. In the eyes of Marcia, among the various relationships, the strongest is the mother-child relationship. So she wants to be a mother

Marcia is a long-lived race, and the time of life is different from that of human beings. Okada believes that through such a setting, you can emphasize the defects and responsibilities of the characters, and the stories you want to write can also reach deeper

Therefore, although the work describes the relationship between mother and child, this theme is actually added later. Okada does not want to write a mother-child relationship from the beginning, but a story of a man who wants to describe a very strong interpersonal relationship, a woman whose appearance age is gradually distanced, and a person who is eager to connect with others in order to maintain oneself. And she believes that men’s feelings for their mothers will be very strong, and vice versa, the mother is also true for children

Some people say that mothers are born with motherhood. But there are many mothers around Okada who are not. They are very upset that they don’t know how to treat their relationship with their children. Okada believes that the distress of these women who are not confident in their mothers is also widespread

Marcia has no mother. She is trying to become a “fantasy animal”, groping her own image of her mother, but constantly hitting the wall. After the final declaration she failed to become a mother, she understood the answer. Like Relia, she is too attached to being her own ideal, so she will not go well

Okada also wrote a parent-child theme before, and he added his mother’s mood to the characters in the work. In “The Flower of the Oath”, she stood in the perspective of her mother and told the subject from another position. This is because she prefers the mother-child theme, not because she is free from the bond between herself and her mother; but when she is shaping the role, she will think “why this character will become such a character” and experience it from her own. Starting, I think that “it is impossible to fully shape this character without describing his mother”, so it will inevitably involve the mother-child relationship.The core of

“The Flower of the Sun” is always the story of lonely people, so there is almost no love description in the play. Although there are children and children, there is no love or marriage before that. Eliar did not understand what his feelings for Marcia were. Okada believes that this is similar to the feelings of Shinichiro and Naruto in his work “The Tears of Reality”

“The Flower of the Oath” takes a fantasy background, on the one hand because the generation of Okada has a preference for fantasy, on the one hand to describe the aforementioned time theme; but there is another reason, Okada believes that In the fantasy world, you can not exaggerate and write more real feelings

She gave an example: When writing a campus theme, the cultural offerings of high school students are an indispensable part. However, she believes that the vast majority of viewers are happy cultural festivals that they have never experienced in reality. This kind of content, although it is close to the subject matter of his own, is an ideal form that he has not experienced. So she wants to do the opposite and describe the emotions that are close to reality in the fantasy world

When Okada watched comics and animations himself, he was often moved by the scene. Writing a story that impresses the audience’s feelings has always been her theme. She hopes to write a story that “will not be just a story”, and how many places have a boundary with reality

However, the theme of “Family and Fantasy” is very difficult to attract investment in today’s animation industry. Therefore, the project took a long time from the beginning of planning to the formal production. Even after the project is established, the budget is not sufficient. Even the film’s intro and end of the film can’t afford a special editor, which is made by P.A.WORKS production director, Orange

Not only limited funding, but the production team below Okada lacks experience in making fantasy animations. In addition, Okada is the first time to supervise, lacking experience in all aspects, and production has not been smooth for a long time

It’s not easy to make a good start and start a publicity meeting. The person in charge of propaganda has revealed the bitterness: “If the main fantasy, it is not good to promote.” “Do not emphasize parent-child relationship.” Although the propaganda team is trying to get the film closer to more viewers, this advice is made, but the production team feels frustrated whenever they hear these opinions

However, at the end of the day, it was these difficulties and obstacles that became the energy of the production team, inspiring them to create such a delicate and delicate work under all kinds of harsh environments

Okada was assigned a work station and was working at P.A.WORKS, so that he felt the changes in the mood of the production staff. Animation takes a long time, and although everyone is doing their best, there will be ups and downs in emotions. In particular, movies are not like TV animations, and they can see the reaction of the audience during the production process, so it is difficult to maintain a high level of enthusiasm for a long time. Okada felt that the production scene was like a creature with its own pulse of breathing. Although she often puts “animation is a collective work” in her heart, this experience made her feel that she finally understood the meaning of this sentence

As a screenwriter, when Okada sees that the script he wrote becomes a finished image, he will sometimes be surprised: “The original line is matched with such acting.” Just because of an expression, one action, or seiyuu performances, the impression of the lines will be very different. Although this difference often exceeds Okada’s imagination, it will occasionally cause Okada to question

However, as a screenwriter, she wants to accept all the points and the things that the studio has handed over. Because that is all approved by the supervisor. If the script is not accepted and approved by the supervisor, it cannot be a decision draft. However, the writer can’t judge the reason for supervising his own script. Okada also thinks that he can’t judge. Therefore, even if the lines and expressions change, Okada will only think that the supervision is to see such a completion picture from the script

In other words, it became the script of the decision draft, the thing that supervised, and the thing that only existed in the mind of the supervisor. The supervisor feels that a good script, in the supervision of his own mind, uses such an expression to say such a line, using such an impression to construct such a scene

On top of this, as a screenwriter, what Okada can do is to clearly suggest his intentions in the script, so that there is no room for misunderstanding. In this way, even if there is a change, Okada can accept: “I can’t do anything I wrote.” So, no matter how much the mirror has been modified, she will not have much resistance

The mourning that constitutes the keynote of “The Flower of the Flower” is a very embarrassing feeling that arises from personal thinking methods. It is not like the strong feelings of sorrow and anxiety, and the lines generated from this kind of feelings, everyone can have the same feeling, even if they do not have the same feelings, they can accept the character’s state of mind

This time in the “Golden Flower Oath”, Okada is the supervisor. Different positions, she believes that she can express the emotions that she usually does not dare to express: sadness, sorrow, and unresolved…

Therefore, in the “April of the Flower”, there are few amazing lines of Okada’s signature style. As selected in the trailer, they are all common words such as “coward”, “film” and “forgot me”. However, these words have the appeal beyond the text according to the situation, the situation, the characters’ expressions, and the expressions

While expressing a very private state of mind, Okada is also interested in finding a part that will resonate with the audience, hoping to make a feeling that “no matter how the interpretation is the correct answer.” As a role in the middle of Relia, Okada believes that he can’t write as a pure scriptwriter. Leria’s words and deeds, especially the last scene, caused a violent discussion in the production team. The production team also blocked Okada and prevented her from telling her own answer

This is very difficult to achieve in TV animation. TV animations must give clear and correct answers and character motivations to ensure that they can be substituted. That’s not for the audience, but because the animation is made in collective production, so the production team must have a common indirect

Now that Okada is overseeing himself, he thinks he can do something different from before. Through her own participation in frequent meetings, she repeatedly asked for re-examination, and conveyed the inner changes and lines that the characters could not understand to the production team

President Shigawa told Okada that since she wants to be supervised, she will not be seen in the usual supervision, and she still has to participate. Once, at 1 o’clock in the middle of the night, Okada will take the car to P.A.WORKS after the meeting at the other studio. The supervision of that piece of work tells Okada: “This type of work does not require supervision and inspection, you are cheated.”

A painting meeting, because there are many people who only participated in Lay-Out, and the time when different producers joined the studio is different, so sometimes, one shot will be opened 7 times..

However, for Okada himself, these are very valuable experiences. She found that many paintings simply don’t read the script, but read the mirror. In this way, the script she wrote must first be conveyed to the performer, and on this basis, it must be conveyed to the painting

In addition, before that, as a screenwriter, she pays more attention to the expression acting in painting, because this is directly related to the lines. But after taking over the supervision this time, she profoundly understood the reasons why the paintings value the authenticity of the movement. If the movement of the character is natural as a creature, the audience can be immersed in the world of the work

This time, Okada also participated in the mirror. She felt that the place where the script was written and written was not the same as the place where the mirror was painted well. Although the starting point is an emotional outburst, but the mirror is more important than the line. She used to think that the stage description in the script was too much to respect the performer, but now she still has to use her own way to point the show to the performer

In the “Golden Flower Oath”, Okada still poured in her love for the production company P.A.WORKS. Such as “can fly” “can not fly” a dialogue, it is easy to reminiscent of her first “Pray of Truth” with P.A.WORKS. Elsewhere, she also added a lot of “P.A. style” in her heart, and wanted to make a “P.A. style work” that fits her whole

Okada is grateful to P.A.WORKS for its sincere and delicate production, and loves the unique spirit and temperament of P.A.WORKS headed by President Sakagawa. What she wants to make in “The Flower of the Oath” is “My P.A. 100%”

However, the propaganda has to rely on the name of her work with other animation production companies – “the flower” ‘heart call’ of Okada’s masterpiece” Yun. President Shigawa, who agrees with this kind of propaganda, wants to come to his heart very complicated. Okada is also very embarrassed about the production team of “From the calm and calm tomorrow”, which was produced by the “Towards of the Flower”. Therefore, she made up her mind to make this movie so that the future works could be marked with the banner of “Okata Yuri”

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