The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 291 A Very Strange Animation

For the general public, the China entertainment circle, which has just entered 94, is full of excitement, with constant incidents——

The first is about the ups and downs of Dunhuang and the Big Five last year, which aroused widespread attention;
However, the public's attention has not been concentrated for a long time, and they began to look forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival, looking forward to what wonderful works will be seen in this popular time that is getting more and more attention;

In addition, as always, the climax of the awards season will be ushered in after the Spring Festival. The announcement of a Sentinel Award, and of course the most eye-catching Tianma Award and Oscar...

And just behind the public's dizzying attention, there is a raging undercurrent: the giants make phone calls one after another, threats, promises, and analysis one after another... It's like a pair of hands, opening the curtain, moving the scene, and preparing for a new round of development. Jian Zhenzhang paved the stage.

And the "actors" who appear on the stage must be movies, and they will only be movies.

At this time, Wang Wei had temporarily put aside the matter of "Jurassic Park" and focused on Dunhuang's first film released this year.

What Dunhuang aims at this year's Spring Festival is not a live-action movie, but an animated movie - the animation "My Neighbor Totoro" created by director Xu Zhonghe!
After more than a year of investment, the first 2D animation film of Dunhuang Animation Studio has officially announced that it has completed the production, and it is only waiting for Wang Wei to watch it again before the internal preview to make final adjustments.

Not just Wang Wei, but most of the executives from Dunhuang, as well as several directors from the animation studio, all came to watch the sample.

Although, this is not the first work of Dunhuang Animation Studio, but judging from the attention paid by everyone in Dunhuang, it is obviously not weaker than the original "Toy Story".

This is because the success or failure of "My Neighbor Totoro" is related to the "route battle" of the animation studio.

The one side of the debate is naturally the 3D animation school represented by Gu Xiji.

In their view, what Dunhuang Animation Studio is most proud of is that it has opened the era of 3D animation, and it is of course that they must continue to firmly follow this path.

Especially when the traditional animation overlord Lianya Entertainment is catching up, the resources invested should not be dispersed.

——Although Dunhuang invests resources in animation films, 3D animation films have already occupied a large part; but if there is a chance, who would not want to monopolize all the resources?
On the other side, most of them come from the traditional animation film school of Lianya Entertainment.

For this faction, they firmly believe that 2D animation still has a future, but they were all kicked out by Lianya Entertainment, which led to their lack of confidence.

In this case, they naturally pin their hopes on "My Neighbor Totoro" also written by Wang Wei.

It's done, proving that 2D hand-drawn animation still has a lot to do, and it can also relieve the anger of being mercilessly cut off by Lianya Entertainment;
If they are defeated, they may really be able to consider how to resign...

With all kinds of thoughts in mind, everyone quickly finished watching "My Neighbor Totoro" which was less than 10 minutes long.

This is a movie with a very simple story - in the season when the corn is about to mature, the father takes his two daughters, Xiaoyue and Xiaomei, and moves to an old house near the forest in the countryside, waiting for the mother who is about to be discharged from the hospital; all the stories are It revolves around the two sisters, cleaning the house, going to school, planting trees, visiting mother, getting lost, meeting Totoro and Bobcat bus...

Unknowingly, after watching the movie, no one spoke in the screening room, and everyone was immersed in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

Until Wang Wei smiled and broke the silence,

"How did the filming go, can you tell me?"

"An animation full of childlike fun!"

Gu Xiji gave an analysis from his own point of view, then glanced at director Xu Zhonghe with a smile on his lips,

"Although the animation effects made by traditional hand-painting do not look as exquisite as those made by computers, we have to admit that these simple hand-drawn works have more touching power, which is worth learning from our group."

——Although he hoped that all the company's resources would be invested in 3D animation, Gu Xiji did not intentionally belittle the other party's works.

Wang Wei nodded slightly.

Ma Qingshi, who also insisted on the traditional hand-painted production method, frowned, and then relaxed, "Zhonghe is really a person with a pure and childlike heart."

Wang Wei nodded again.

Ma Qingshi hit the point.

Nature, childlike innocence and hope all come together in this film - something you can't do without someone with an innocent child at heart.

In fact, Xu Zhonghe's personal experience is a bit sad - because of his style, he has not been appreciated by Lianya Entertainment; he is middle-aged and unemployed because of the changes of the times; if he is not taken in by Dunhuang, he may even be forced to Leaving a beloved animation career...

In a sense, he is somewhat similar to the situation of the little girl in "My Neighbor Totoro" - her mother is sick and has to move to a strange place, and her mother has never come back...

However, he did not render the tragedy in his life into a tragedy, and he did not even deliberately take the "healing" route, just like the two sisters in the film, in a strange environment, everything only made them feel unprecedented novelty—— —

There are black balls rolling around in the old house, and there are endless surprising adventures in the small garden connected to the forest.In this pure and natural land, they only need to laugh and shout, and run barefoot through puddles to catch up...

It is no wonder that Xu Zhonghe said that this is the most relaxed and enjoyable film he has made as a director-when the creator's voice is fully coupled with the work, the appeal of the created work is unparalleled.

From this point of view, Xu Zhonghe made Wang Wei's planning purpose of "My Neighbor Totoro": to make a happy and heart-warming movie, a movie that makes the audience feel light and happy after watching it... It's done perfectly.

Art creators, whether it is Wang Wei himself, Gu Xiji, Ma Qingshi, or even Lao Zhou and Lao Xu, are more or less emotional, and relatively easy to feel the appeal of them—in the not-so-strong Behind the plot story, some people think of the childhood resonance in memory, and some people think of a certain period of time in the past with a broad mood...

So lighthearted!

however--

The king who kept silent after watching the movie · Are we watching the same movie? Yazi · Chuanqi, who seems to be the only one who has no feelings for me, can't help but press his temple,

"There is no doubt that this is a very strange animation."

"It's very special!" He emphasized, and then poured cold water on it, "It's so special that I can't even comment on it!"

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(End of this chapter)