Pixar's animation can always bring us a feeling of healing, just like this one, although it is only seven minutes, but the feeling it brings to us is unforgettable. Not only because of the soothing music, beautiful pictures, and fairytale-like colors, but also because it teaches us not to simply kill children's nature, but to let children work hard to find the most suitable way for them.
At the beginning of the film, a long sound of water and slow music sounded slowly, followed by the bow of the boat, with the words LaLuna on it, and the three protagonists entered one by one, but only the one who could see the face that little boy. He was looking at the water with curiosity at the time, maybe everything around was new to him.
The sea was calm at this time. In terms of composition, the small boat occupies a small area on the left, making the boat appear very small on the sea; in terms of tone, it is a cool blue and black tone, which makes it even more lonely. This reminds me of the scene in Ang Lee's "The Fantastic Drifting of Pi". I don't know why, although the tone of the two films and the position of the boat are similar, I always feel that the pictures in "Lunar God" are much warmer than those in "The Fantasy Drifting of the Boys". Wait a minute, seems to have figured out why. In the picture of "Luna", the sea is calm, and the two more important points are: the music at this time is very soothing, and there is a dim yellow light hanging on its bow! The surroundings are all black, only There are warm colors in the single boat, no wonder it feels warm. On the other hand, in "Fantasy Drifting of the Young Pi", the sea looks choppy and the tones are as cold as ever, which makes it unavoidable to feel desolate.
Then came the first point of divergence in the film, and at the same time a very important prop in the film: the hat. When the boat stopped, the grandfather took out a hat for the little boy, and after the boy put the hat on, the grandfather helped him lift the brim a little. When the father saw this, he pulled the little boy and moved the brim of his hat down a little again. When the grandfather saw it, he pulled the little boy and raised the brim a little. Compared with the previous shot, the shot at this time has drawn the characters closer, and the scene difference has also changed from the mid-ground to the close-up, so that the subtle expressions on the faces of the characters are more detailed in front of us. When the camera focused on the father again, it was shot from the back and the close-up shot. At this time, the father looked more majestic and dignified, and for the first time, there was a human voice in this segment, which was the constant quarrel between the grandfather and the father. . Here, for the first time, the differences between the two generations are pointed out, and this time the debate ends with the victory of the father. Here, my grandfather is from the older generation, and my father is from a new generation. The argument between my grandfather and my father was stopped by the victory of my father, which illustrates a truth, that is: the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and one generation is stronger than the next.
The second disagreement that emerges in the film is what props to use to clean up the stars. When the little boy saw his grandfather and his father start to clean the stars, he also turned around to find suitable props where the items were placed, but was suddenly pulled over by his father. At this time, the father wanted the little boy to use a brush-shaped prop in his hand, but the grandfather also wanted the little boy to use a broom. At this time, the second disagreement appeared, again between the grandfather and the father. In the early stage of the quarrel between the two, it was a panoramic shot with a fixed lens, which allowed us to intuitively see the position of the three people. At this time, the little boy caught in the middle seemed even more dazed. Then I used a close-up to shoot the face of the little boy. At this time, the little boy smiled when he looked at the father and grandfather on the left and right, but this kind of smile was very simple, without ridicule or questioning, it was a kind of smile. The innocent smile that comes from the heart of a child. Immediately afterwards, the expression on the little boy's face changed, and he became very nervous. Moving up the camera, we see a large star that is rapidly falling. With a "bang", the screen suddenly became quiet.
Grandfather and father became overwhelmed by the falling big star. They tried a lot of props but failed to push the big star down. But now the camera turns to the little boy again, and close-up of the little boy's hands. The little boy touched the big star lightly. At this moment, in his eyes, it was not a big star, but a thing composed of many small stars. So he turned around and took a small hammer, and when the little boy climbed on top of the big star, he used an upside down shot, which made the little boy look taller. At this time, the voice suddenly stopped, and the surroundings seemed to be quiet. When the little boy tapped the big star lightly, a very beautiful picture came out: the big star was scattered into many small stars, and the figure of the little boy was also included in it. The camera turned to the grandfather and father again, their eyes lit up, and the vocals were no longer chattering quarrels, but happy laughter. At the end of the film, accompanied by the same music as the beginning, the grandparents and grandchildren clean up happily with different props.
Hats are a very important prop in the film. The appearance of wearing the hat in the front was what his father asked, but when he was about to climb the big star, he turned the brim back a bit. This change was very significant, and it meant that the little boy was no longer just obeying his father. Arrangement, began to have their own ideas, but also can be said to mean that the little boy grew up.
A great feature of the film is the use of contrast. For example, the comparison of the attitudes between grandfather and father before and after, and the comparison of hat-wearing methods are all remarkable points in the film. In short, after watching this short film, I feel that the times are developing, and the thinking is also progressing. When a child wants to explore this new world, don't hold back, because sometimes, children are more creative than us!
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