The full bloom of cherry blossoms must be closely linked with the following cherry blossom rain. If there is only full bloom of cherry blossoms without its rapid fading, then full bloom does not have the meaning of life's splendid bloom. Therefore, the embrace of firefly and silver must be closely followed by the scattering of silver like a rain of cherry blossoms, otherwise it will not show the greatness of the love when they embraced at that moment.
Another aspect of the film is the love between a growing girl and a boy who is forever young. It starts from the girl's desire to grow up, to the girl's enjoyment of the process of growing up, and then to the psychological suggestion of the girl's fear of growing up, which is very delicate. Just like she could endure a year of waiting, and only met the boy in the summer for a Tanabata-style gathering; later, she decided that she couldn't wait any longer. Fear of growing up.
The silver mask is an important prop, not to say that it has any magical function, it only has a basic function, that is, to hide the expression of silver, so that the feelings of silver are in a state of deliberate control. However, having such a function is already powerful enough. When the camera was aimed at the silver mask again and again, I was thinking about what kind of expression he was in at this moment, and what kind of mood would he be in? Some masks are to hide identity, but silver masks completely hide emotions, which gives the audience a lot of room for imagination. When he finally took off his mask, it was also when he was unwilling to deliberately control his feelings, and the audience was finally able to communicate with the boy through their eyes.
Yin's dilemma is that he loves Yingying, but he does not dare to take the initiative to contact Yingying, because then he will lose the opportunity to exist and continue to protect Yingying; and Yingying's dilemma is that she loves Yingying, but cannot take the initiative to contact Yingying. , because in this way, she will also lose the exciting boy in front of her. So they had to maintain the status quo, and maintaining the status quo also had a dilemma, that is, Yingying will always grow, while Yin will not grow up and grow old. Fortunately, an unexpected opportunity broke all the balance, and this was the gorgeous moment we mentioned at the beginning.
By the way, the most moving part of the film is the few seconds when Ying finally pounces on Yin and hugs him until he has only a stack of clothes left. From a technical point of view, just these simple movements have very high requirements on the original painting. They must accurately represent the movements of the characters, and they must be delicate enough to show emotion every time they vibrate. Chinese animation now lacks such original painting ability. Even if we can come up with a story like this, it's really hard to paint it accurately, so let's just keep waiting.
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