Since June, I have hardly seen a few 2D movies, and even "Big Fish and Begonia", which is the least necessary to make it into 3D, has been made into 3D with the flow. If there is no stereo effect, the movie seems to be ashamed to put it on the stage.
So, when the first hand-drawn animation of "Song of the Sea" appeared on the screen, I was still a little unaccustomed to it. I thought I was reading an ebook full of illustrations, and the illustrations were all gorgeous.
I think it may be because to make the characters in the animation move, a lot of gestures need to be drawn, so I have no time to take care of the details of the characters, so the description of the characters, brushwork and colors are relatively simple, the color block is large, the color Single, almost no gradient.
But the background of the picture is really conscientious, with complicated lines and patterns, and bright and varied watercolor colors, I have to admire the sensitivity of Europeans to color. On a picture dominated by blue, you can There are various shades of blue with different saturations.
From the meticulous treatment of color matching, we can see the producer's intentions, a film that took seven years (or even longer) to produce, with every frame of the picture clearly and clearly Let me tell you how every day of these seven years has flowed.
In addition to being different from the industrialized production line animation production process, the story also reflects the characteristics that run counter to urban civilization.
Connor, who was guarding the lighthouse by the sea, married the seal elf Brona and gave birth to a son, Ben, who did not inherit the blood of the seal elf. He was no different from a normal human being. A few years later, Brona became pregnant again, this time she was carrying a little seal elf. When she was about to give birth, Brona returned to the sea, only the little seal elf in the elf coat - Saoirse was hugged by Connor return. They all thought Brona was dead.
Sao Erza has gradually grown to six years old, but she can't speak yet. This younger sister, who was born with a physical disability, is also the main culprit in causing her mother to leave, and she is not liked by her brother Ben at all. Connor has been in an unhappy mood in recent years. On Brona's death anniversary, he followed the old captain to drink on land.
Ben's grandmother traveled to the island to persuade Connor that he would take the children and move into the city. The children would not be happy on this remote island. This proposal was collectively rejected by Connor, Ben and Saoirse.
In this era when everyone wants to go to the big city to experience the prosperity, returning to the countryside and returning to peace may also be the original intention of the director.
As for why the heroine was set as a seal elf, it was because when the director traveled with his son in his early years, he felt very heartbroken when he saw someone hunting and killing seals. This scene touched the director's desire to adapt Irish folk tales into a movie idea.
Every character in the film is drawn from Irish mythology or folklore. The folk tale of the seal elf, also known as "Selki's elf", tells the story of a elf Selki who lives in the sea in the shape of a seal and turns into a human when he comes ashore. The motif of this story seems to be similar to the "daughter of the sea", that is, the mermaid.
I especially like Seanachi, who in Irish lore is a genie who stores knowledge in his hair. I don't really remember if he was also called that name in the movie. The elf's hair is so long that it hangs like a waterfall in the cave, and it builds up thick layers upon the ground. Every person's story, or every elf's story can grow into a strand of hair, and as long as the story goes on, his hair will keep growing.
However, the elf loaded with so much knowledge actually suffers from severe amnesia! Maybe because he is too smart, he has reached the realm of "empty". Just like in martial arts novels, the most powerful trick is - no trick! Seanachi knew too many stories, he was overwhelmed, so he chose to empty his brain and find it in his hair when he needed it.
The owl witch Macha is the biggest villain in the whole film, with a pair of big yellow eyes, staring straight at your heart. She sucks people's emotions into jars and turns them to stone, thinking she's saving others by doing so. Her son, Mac Lir, is the sea god in Irish mythology. Legend has it that his wife abandoned him because he eloped with someone else, leaving him in tears all day long, and the tears pooled into the sea. Macha couldn't bear to see her son suffer so much every day, so she took his grief away and turned him into a giant stone.
After her son turned into a stone, Macha was also very distressed. Later, she put her emotions in a jar. Macha herself is a half-stone statue, and she can only move if the little owls hold her in her mouth.
Perceiving love is an ability, as is perceiving grief, a form of existence in life. When you can't feel anything, it's not far from the "living dead".
At the end of the film, Saoirsa puts on the elf coat and uses her singing to save all the elves and herself.
This song is chant de la mer sung by French singer Nolwenn LeroyLe. The main four bars of this song run through the whole film, beautiful and long, like a eloquent poem , is like the lullaby that a mother sings when she coaxes her child to sleep, which is unforgettable.
This film is a co-production of the five countries of Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France and Luxembourg. The theme song is sung in French (there is also an English version), but also added Irish bagpipes, folk guitars and other instruments, making people feel that this is a folk song with Irish style.
Between the here, between the now
At this moment, at this moment,
Between the north, between the south and the
ends of the earth
, Between the west, between the east, the vastness
of the universe , Between the time
, between the place nor calm , ethereal, melodious Searching for love again , calling for love Mo grá my love Between the winds, between the waves hiding in the wind, playing with the waves A song of the sea Neither quiet nor calm , melodious Searching for love again , calling for love Between the stones, between the storm
Between the stubborn stones, in the storm
Between the lea, between the sea On the
grassland, the blue sea shore
Tá mé i dtiúin
I will live forever in the song
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