The first time I saw the information about this movie was at the Shanghai Animation Brand International Licensing Exhibition in 2015. At that time, Oriental DreamWorks was building momentum for "Kung Fu Panda 3". For this movie, the huge poster can only see it. The protagonist's hair. I was full of taste. Later, I heard the guests briefly introduce the story at the scene, which made people feel full of expectations. The most impressive thing is the delicacy of the hair. The difficulty of a lot of hair in the movie can be imagined. CG animation has never been easy for any animation company to deal with hair. I often joke with my friends that doing Computer animation, long hair, and clothes are the effects of money piled up. Remember the TV version of Kung Fu Panda? A Bao "shaved" all the hair on his body just to control costs.
On October 28th, this film will be the first to meet audiences in China, the United States, and Denmark. It is because DreamWorks has given Chinese audiences enough attention and attention. Because of my work relationship, I can watch an advanced stage. As a domestic animation producer, I am very excited. .
In particular, the image of the prototype "Ugly Baby" of "Troll" first appeared in Norse mythology. The original author Thomas designed this image in 1959 - "Ugly Baby". He is a fisherman and a lumberjack. Due to financial constraints, he can't buy a birthday present for his daughter. Taking the mythical "ugly baby" as the prototype, he made an ugly baby as a birthday present for his daughter! In the 1990s, the "Ugly Baby" series of dolls was popular, and they were famous for their messy but colorful hairstyles on the top of their heads (see the picture below). In fact, except for the clothing and hair, the body parts are almost the same, which also saves mass production. cost method. In 2013, DreamWorks bought the filming copyright of Ugly Baby, but it must be said that the image in the animation is much better and richer than the original doll "Ugly Baby". Personally, I feel that if there is a whole series of elf dolls for sale, I will definitely accept them all and ask for the genuine link of Amway.
As usual, sort out the great gods of the production team.
co-director
Mike Mitchell is also the director of Shrek 4 and executive producer of Kung Fu Panda 3. To a certain extent, "Trolls" and "Shrek" have a lot in common. The character modeling is relatively unconventional. In popular terms, they are ugly or ugly. This also adheres to the previous design style of DreamWorks. Neither the "Shrek" series nor "Crazy Primitives" take the cute, sweet, and small clear route, but directly challenge this face-seeing world, just like these two talented gods. director.
Walt Dohrn, the director of "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999), participated in the dubbing of "The Spectacled Dog", "Shrek 3, 4", and the dialogue of "Shrek 2". The director is also a "voice actor". The two directors have worked together several times on the "Shrek" project.
co-writer
Jonathan Aibel, writer of Kung Fu Panda 3, SpongeBob SquarePants (2015) and more
Glenn Berger, screenwriter of "Kung Fu Panda 1, 2, 3" and other works.
The two brothers have cooperated many times in the "Kung Fu Panda" series of movies, and they should be very happy to cooperate. If they can become good partners, they will definitely have the suspicion of "CP", hehe!
There are many things we can learn from these creative teams behind the scenes. Domestic film companies, especially animation film companies, can effectively improve their creative ability if they can collaborate on multiple projects. In layman's terms, long-term cooperation will result in a tacit understanding, and stable cooperation teams are basically impossible to find in domestic animation production teams.
From the perspective of the fantasy world of the film, the whole film is full of a large number of fibrous materials, including felt, velvet, lace, flocking, etc., not only the bodies and hair of the elves, but also the clouds, trees, flowers and other scenes All use these types of materials, full of security, feel that lying on the face, plush, soft lawn will be full of happiness. As the same animator, I deeply admire DreamWorks' skills and intentions.
In addition, the smooth switching of scenes is also a technical problem. The shape of the ugly baby elves and the "Bognats" is quite different, just like taking a photo with a 300-meter tall building. This huge and tiny contrast will have a strong visual impact, and it is quite difficult to ensure visual continuity during shooting. The full-body shot of the ugly baby elf is actually equivalent to macro, which will produce a larger depth of field, and the background will be blurred almost only with color (the picture below is not typical), and the characters will be very prominent at this time, and The background is clean and not monotonous.
Let me talk about a few details that I am more impressed by. Like most of DreamWorks' animated films, the film opens with more than 1 minute of antecedents that are completely different from the style of the main film, explaining to the audience the following world that has never been experienced. So far, I clearly remember that the opening of the "Kung Fu Panda" series used a lot of art forms in traditional Chinese art, such as shadow puppets, paper-cuts, ink paintings, etc., which are exquisite and gorgeous. And the beginning of "Crazy Primitives," which is a very interesting opening, minimalist graphics, very good rhythm, and lively and interesting performance.
The prelude kicked off, and the natural enemies of the ugly elves, the "Bognats", were preparing for the Fairy Festival. These were a group of ugly-looking guys, their skin was similar to tree bark, and their behavior looked like the shadow of zombies. Compared with the ugly elves , they are dozens of times as tall as the ugly baby elves, the "Bo gnats" have always been in a depressed mood, and they will be happy only when they eat elves at the Fairy Festival. . . . . .
I'm really confused whether to continue the spoiler or not. . . . .
endure
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Let's get through. . .
The elf BIGGET was caught. When everyone was at a loss, Princess Poppy stepped forward, and the others followed the old village chief and hid in a safe place. Princess Poppy found Bran, who had been living a cautious life, and Bran tried his best to protect himself instead of saving the elves. Poppy hoped that he could help him, but Poppy failed to convince Bran. . . . She set off alone.
Ok! Still don't see through. The adventure behind, the rescue is very loving and wonderful.
And the actual story also hides another beautiful emotional line, a super beautiful story that pays tribute to "Cinderella", but this is a nympho "Cinderella" hiding in the cellar, and finally turns the impossible into a possibility . The love between Cinderella and the prince represents a direct emotional confession between adult men and women, while Poppy and Bran's are more like the simple and shy love between two teenagers. Poppy and Liangjingjing two female characters actually had the emotion of "I love you!" after helping each other. After solving the big devil together, they finally achieved the love between Liangjingjing and the prince, and the love between Poppy and Bran. .
The story closely revolves around the theme of "happiness", and the happiness of the ugly elves comes from their optimist personality and the role setting that can sing and dance. Every day is a PARTY day, completely forgetting troubles and threats. And the "Boyans" eventually learn that true happiness comes from the heart, not revealed by this simple philosophy that comes at the expense of others.
A simple story, the relaxation and fun to experience from it is very satisfying. "Troll" has fantastic scenes, clean pictures, gorgeous colors, and even more pleasing pictures, as well as the super nice music. There are 13 music in the whole film. I have been looping for one night. Door→Search for "Trolls" on NetEase Cloud Music!
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