Original post: January, 2018
Made by The Fairy's Tales
4Gamer posted an interview with the director of Fairy Tail Dragon Cry, Minamikawa Tatsuma. I’ve loosely translated a small part regarding Mashima-sensei’s involvement in the movie. Please correct me if you spot any errors.
Article ©4Gamer
Translated by thefairystales | DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE SOURCE
Please credit by linking back when using. (usage rules)
I’ve heard that the story for this movie is based on a 200-page storyboard drawn by Mashima-sensei; what is this about?
He was supposed to write the script at first, but when I looked at what he had submitted, it was a manga storyboard (laugh). It was approximately 200 pages, which I guess is about 1 volume? Even the character’s lines and such were handwritten, just like the storyboard of a manga.
That’s amazing (laugh). In anime production, the story is usually written as a script, and cuts of the scenes are used as a base to create the storyboard, which is considerably different from the storyboard of a manga. Were the staff at the scene perplexed?
We normally come up with the script, and calculate the number of cuts required when drawing the storyboard based on that. For example, how many pages of script would be needed for a length of 20 minute. If we don’t calculate that while doing the storyboard, we would greatly exceed in length when the storyboard is complete.
We are unable to calculate the time required from one frame to another in the case of a manga storyboard. In manga, battle scenes might finish in 2 panels even though there are actually 5 or 6 attacks happening. In anime, there will be cuts to show what happens in between, adding to the time. It was a little difficult to calculate the time.
I see; there’s a difference between words and drawings.
However, there are also merits [to drawings]. Since it was not words that we received, but instead drawings, Mashima-sensei’s intentions were clearly conveyed. Even if we had to make changes such as adjusting the flow of the story, we would not be altering what sensei had intended if we didn’t remove a certain part. It made our judgement easy.
To what extent did Mashima-sensei supervise [the production of the movie]?
We began meeting after the screenplay was created based on sensei’s storyboard, and he checked everything from the settings to the storyboard. He even helped with the editing, such as suggesting minor cuts to certain parts.
He looked over it with considerable detail. Even though he must have been busy since he also has his weekly serialization…
Once a week, we would set a day for our meeting, and he would supervise the production without fail. Even if he had a storyboard to work on, he would have things done in 2 weeks.
According to what I’ve heard, Mashima-sensei likes games, and there have been times where he completed his manuscripts at a quickly so that he can make time to play them. I’ve heard that he’s someone who works quickly.
Yes, I’ve heard about that (laugh). His passion towards his work is amazing too. When we say that we are making a movie, it means that another person gets their hand into our work. “If I’m working on something, I want to do it properly.” His enthusiasm was clearly conveyed with that.
He made drawings at our meetings, and also made big changes to the storyboard when the completed parts where shown to him. There are also scenes that have been completely redone (laugh). Naturally, the content of those parts became of extremely high quality because of that.
In short, Mashima-sensei came up with the story for Dragon Cry. However, since he drew a manga-style storyboard instead of writing a script, the script had to be written by someone else based on what he had drawn. This is why the script is credited to someone else. Mashima-sensei supervised the production of the movie, and based on this interview, it should be safe to say that any changes made along the way were approved by him as well.
Source: https://thefairystales.tumblr.com/post/160151032862/
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario