New Century Anime Warrior

Despite being called the sprint period, Si Hua actually had a relatively relaxed time during this period.

Of the later stages of the project, the ones that truly required my personal attention were editing and dubbing.

Strictly speaking, it doesn't even count as editing. I've seen many AMVs made by netizens in my previous life, so I'm not lacking in editing inspiration.

On the third day of the National Day holiday, Si Hua took out the final edited version, and the subtitles were also completed.

All that's left is the voice-over and sound effects.

As for the sound effects, Si Hua was initially quite serious and wanted to synthesize the sound effects himself, fully embracing the idea of ​​doing it all by himself, but the result was a complete mess.

The artificial synthesized sound effects clashed completely with the exquisite visuals. This was the first time Si Hua had discovered that audio tracks and visuals could also have an effect of being "not on the same layer".

In the end, we contacted Teacher Gao and obtained the license for Nanlin Media's sound effects library.

Of course, nominally this is a benefit for the participants. All they need to do is submit information about their entries and sign a non-commercial liability waiver for use only in this original audiovisual competition.

You can use Universal's sound library, but that would be more complicated.

The required documents are more extensive, and access to the database is strictly limited in terms of frequency and duration. Moreover, the only version available is a heavily censored version, far inferior to Nanlin Media's own sound effects library.

However, according to Teacher Gao, most of the teachers and parents who are currently requesting authorization on behalf of their students and children are eyeing Universal's sound effects library.

They're a major international company, backed by Universal Pictures. How can your local small media company compare in terms of resources?

Don't let this affect my child's grades.

That's classic.

Even though he was looked down upon, Teacher Gao said he wasn't angry at all. He even said that no one came to ask for authorization from Nanlin Media's sound effects library, which made him feel more at ease.

In a moment of joy, he even arranged for his young apprentice to provide sound effects guidance to Si Hua.

Hmm, I almost believed that the old man wasn't angry.

He claims to be a junior apprentice providing guidance, but in reality, he's just a human-shaped cheat code.

As long as Si Hua expresses what effect she needs, her apprentice can immediately find the corresponding category and even provide verbal usage suggestions.

He watched Si Hua operate the equipment the whole time, and coughed a few times whenever something went wrong.

It's like when your own professor is secretly letting you pass during a university final exam.

It seems the apprentice is also harboring a lot of resentment.

The real trouble is the voice acting.

To highlight the label of personal production, Si Hua is preparing to follow Cheng Ge's approach from back then, and asks his friend, and the only one he chose, Lin Lin, to dub the male and female leads together with him.

Of course, Makoto Shinkai personally voiced the initial 5-minute version. When the 25-minute commercial version was officially released, he hired professional voice actors to voice the male and female leads.

Before that, Si Hua still needed to prepare the dubbing script.

However, as a PV with a highly compressed plot, the dialogue is often very concise, and a lot of the monologues and narration do not require corresponding lip movements.

In short, the voice acting is very easy, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it can be submitted to the competition organizers more than half a month in advance...

I think... right?

As expected, Si Hua overestimated himself.

Having received absolutely no vocal or dialogue training, Si Hua's ability to control her voice is at the level of an average person.

"Your breath is weak, your emphasis is off, your lip movements are wrong, your performance is empty, and you don't look professional at all."

"You think you can do voice acting for an animated film?"

"Keep dreaming!"

Teacher Gao's comments were so sharp that Si Hua felt he had heard similar lines somewhere before...

"Teacher Gao... I want to learn voice acting." Si Hua almost knelt down before Teacher Gao.

However, Coach Gao is not Coach Anzai.

"It's too late, just wait to die."

"No!!!"

Then Si Hua pleaded and begged, but Teacher Gao ignored her and didn't respond at all.

If this kid were to use his terrible skills to dub "Voices of a Distant Star," it would be a disgrace to such a great work.

If industry insiders found out that the dubbing for this animation was done in Studio 2 of the Forest Deer Studio, their century-old reputation would be ruined!

Don't worry about whether I'll live to be a hundred.

In the end, it was only after Lin Lin personally pleaded with Teacher Gao that the old man finally relented.

For Lin Lin, she definitely wouldn't give up. How could she miss such a meaningful opportunity as personally dubbing the male and female leads with Si Hua?

Moreover, this is Si Hua's first work, her debut work that will bring her early fame and glory. From any perspective, it has special symbolic significance.

I really don't want to miss my good friend's important moment.

Yes! We're just good friends!

I, Linda, have so few friends, so I must cherish Si Hua!

That's it.

Finally, in Gao Laoshi's half-dead mood, three rules were agreed upon: Si Hua must first spend a week learning basic voice skills from Lin Lin before he would be allowed to enter the dubbing studio.

Then they spent time in Studio Two recording the male lead's lines word by word.

Even so, the results recorded by Si Hua were still hard to describe.

Left with no other choice, Teacher Gao had his young apprentice personally perform audio editing for Si Hua before finally allowing Si Hua to end his grueling closed-door voice acting work.

In fact, everyone knows that if the deadline hadn't been so close, Professor Gao would have preferred to let Si Hua reach 30% of his ideal level before allowing him to leave seclusion.

So when delivering the dubbing track, Teacher Gao held Si Hua's hand tightly.

"After you leave, no matter how successful your work becomes, you are not allowed to mention my name or my involvement."

"If you utter even half a word, once I find out, I'll skin you alive and grind your bones to dust, you wretched brat..."

Si Hua quickly interrupted.

"Alright, alright, Teacher Gao, I've read Journey to the West, stop reading it, I definitely won't embarrass you."

By the way, what's Teacher Gao's name again?

Hilarious! I don't even know your name, how could you slander me by saying I would reveal your identity?

You cannot select the target at all.

In short, after a period of commotion and an unexpected tense sprint, Si Hua travels to this parallel universe for the first time in his work.

Voices of a Distant Star is finished!

This will be the foundation for Si Hua to establish himself, the starting point for his fame and success, and the core of the first stage of his cultural strategy.

Most importantly, we are about to embark on the Long March of fighting our way out.

Are you ready to welcome your strictest father?

After watching the final version of the video used for the competition submission again, Si Hua had many feelings.

As mentioned before, this will be a spiritual practice.

A transformation from civil engineer and planner to cultural worker.

My current level of achievement is entirely due to my exceptional talent and diligent cultivation... Deep Blue...

Nonsence!

This short five-and-a-half-minute PV not only consumed nearly four months of my self-study time and spare time, but also required me to borrow a computer from the multimedia classroom of the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and I also received help from various parties.

Especially Lin Lin, the most beautiful girl in her class.

Looking back, her influence can be seen in all sorts of extraordinary external support.

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

what?

Lin Lin said we are still completely innocent friends?

Tsk, the last one who claimed to be innocent ended up having to have five kids...

Do you even understand the value of something being completely honest and upright?

In a frenzy of unrealistic thoughts, Si Hua pressed the button to send the entry email.

At this moment, Makoto Shinkai's spirit possesses me.

Si Hua, a warrior from the world of anime, inherited the great will of his predecessors...

I forgot the rest.

In short, go for Voices of a Distant Star!