x In the summer of 2017, "The Shape of Sound" will be released in China, which is a bit unexpected but unexpected.
Believe it is "Your Name." The success of "The Shape of the Voice" gave the opportunity to come to China, and this film is indeed a masterpiece that has lived up to expectations. It tells an emotional story that "does not waste a detail", and the fireworks rise in it. That scene is bound to be the most beautiful shot this summer of 2017.
The production of "Sound Shape" is Japan's top.
"The Shape of Sound" is a very representative work among multiple Japanese animated films. It is not a regular theatrical version of Dragon Ball, Naruto, and Conan; it is also different from Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai, and Mamoru Hosoda. The appearance of "Shape" is more like an experiment, using all the skills of the producer, Kyoto Animation.
Kyoto Animation, nicknamed "Kyoani" in the second dimension, is a Japanese company focusing on animation planning, production and related technical guidance. Its status in the Japanese animation industry is not inferior to Ghibli.
Unlike most animation companies that are concentrated in Tokyo, Kyoto Animation is headquartered in Kyoto, Kansai. The overall style is quite Kyoto style. Since its establishment in 1981, it has been a time-honored brand for more than 30 years.
Yoko Hatta, the founder of Kyoto Animation, once worked as an animation coloring job at Tezuka Osamu Studio, which also gave this job a "technical" gene from the beginning. After the establishment of the company in 1981, Kyoto Animation contracted many animation painting, background, photography and other technical work. Because of the excellent production, Kyoto has an excellent reputation in the industry.
Since 2003, Kyoto Animation has officially started to independently produce animation works. As of July 2017, it has produced 25 TV animations and 10 animation films, including famous works such as "All Metal Frenzy", "Clannad", and "Binguo". Said that every work is a sensation in the second dimension.
Unlike most animation companies, Kyoto has always insisted on "workshop" production, performing, painting, finishing, background, photography and other technical work does not use outsourcing, all independently produced, and this also ensures that its animation works as always The superior quality guarantees that "this is Jingani" work at a glance.
"Shape of Sound" inherits all the excellent productions in Kyoto, and because it is an independent film work, the production is even more refined. The characteristics of Kyoto animation can only be described as beautiful. Whether it is lines, perspective, human proportions, facial expressions or the realism of light, the details are superb.
The "Shape of Sound" itself deserves to be chosen by Kyoto Animation.
"The Shape of the Voice" was created by Okin Ryoshi and consists of seven volumes. Although it was selected for the 80th "Weekly Shonen Magazine Newcomer Comic Award" in 2008, the work involved two controversial topics: "Hearing Impairment" and "School Bullying" , Has been suspended for publication after being selected, and finally came back to life after internal discussions and negotiations with the All Japan Federation of the Deaf and Mute, and finally began serialization in 2013.
From the perspective of the protagonist Masaya Ishida, "The Shape of the Voice" tells the story of Nishinomiya Glass, who suffered from hearing impairment in elementary school and transferred to another school. With the contradiction of various living habits between "normal people" and "hearing impaired" Upgraded, Ishida, with an "unreasonable sense of justice", also began to bully Nishinomiya. The transformation of the children's emotional changes can be described as very realistic, and the grasp of human nature is also very accurate.
The most exciting change in the story is that Ishida himself also began to be rejected by his classmates. This continued until he was in high school, and he turned from a lively "Kid King" to a lonely "social fearful youth". Until his reunion with Nishinomiya Glass, the guilt of the past and the sincerity of wanting to communicate prompted them to open a new story...
The stumbling of the serialization destined that "The Shape of Sound" is not a story of wind and snow, and the heavy human nature depicted in this work behind the exquisite pictures almost made it cut in half because it might not be suitable for teenagers to read. But as the work wants to express, even if the ears cannot hear, what you want to say will eventually be conveyed to the depths of your heart.
The combination of "Shape of Voice" and Kyoto Animation is a perfect match.
Jingani's exquisite technique is most suitable for depicting the sadness in daily life. "Clannad", "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and "Hyouka" are all successful cases. Because of the lack of "sound", the story of "Shape of Sound" needs to be expressed through animation.
The director of "Sound in the Shape" is Naoko Yamada, Kyani’s only female director. Her previous works "Light Sound Girl" and "Tamako Market" are both excellent works in recent years, and in "Sound in Shape" The previous box office record of the Kyoto animation film version was also created by her "Light Sound Girl Movie Version", until "The Shape of Voice" successfully achieved a self-breakthrough with a box office record of 2 billion yen in 2016.
In previous interviews with Naoko Yamada, she has stated many times that she hopes to make "The Shape of Sound" a work depicting people's hearts, emotions and kindness.
Because of the limited time of the movie version, Yamada Naoko made many deletions and changes to "Sound No Shape". Unlike Oima Ryoto, Yamada Naoko made the characters and the story softer. Even if the characters have shortcomings, they will have their own cuteness. Place. Rather than depicting the cruel side of human nature, "portraying the souls that desire to communicate between people" is what this movie pursues.
This kind of scenes that express "people want to communicate mood" through color, vibration and pictures are often seen in "The Shape of Sound".
Yamada Naoko added many shots of flowers in the movie, and these flowers have their own flower language to express the feelings of the protagonist at this time. The director hopes that by inserting the beautiful and impermanent things like flowers, the world in which the characters live can convey a variety of information; and for those who do not understand the language of flowers, they can also perceive certain information through the color of the flowers in the lens.
The box office proved that the adaptation of "Shape of Voice" was successful in production, even if there was "Your Name" in 2016. "Fame comes first, and "The Shape of Voice" continues to be well received. Even Xin Haicheng praised the high degree of completion of this work on Twitter.
And does "The Shape of the Voice" talk about love or friendship?
In the original work, "The Shape of the Voice" is more of a story about youth. The main line is the change of the male and female protagonist and the friends around him, so it is generally believed that this is a comic about friendship. However, in the movie version of the adaptation, Yamada Naoko appears to be "vague." If Nishinomiya and Ishida's return is not in the middle of the past, they are actually more like the trend of girl manga, and they are often sweetened.
And the many behavioral patterns of Heilong Naoko and No Naoka, which are in sharp contrast with the heroine, may actually have some "ignorant" jealousy in them after careful consideration. After all, she and the hero are more like childhood sweethearts than the heroine.
However, just as love is actually just an experience in the growth period, "The Shape of Voice" may be more appropriate to describe growth than to talk about love and friendship. When I was young, there would always be a group of friends who had conflicts, but they also went to the playground together. Thinking of it, the air would smell sour.
After the release of "Shape of Voice", there were some comments that Kyoto animation was too much to beautify the love and friendship behind, making the original "heavy" like a "play house". But think about it this is Jing Ani, in the world of animation, I hope people will see more good things in the end.
The most beautiful scene in "The Shape of Sound" must be the fireworks blooming.
In order to avoid spoilers, the fireworks section only talks about the use of the scene, where the fireworks bloom as a unique background sound effect, accompanied by dizzy picture special effects, and a local shooting unique to Kyoto. It does not shoot the whole body of the heroine or the heroine. The front face has strengthened the atmosphere of dramatic conflict. And the most exciting thing is the silence of the heroine. Because of the "hearing impaired" and the sound of fireworks, the picture creates an absolutely quiet atmosphere around the heroine.
This has to be said, Jing Ani is too powerful!
And the fireworks is also the most "heavy" part of the whole movie. Specifically, what kind of emotions are expressed in the scenes made with such a wonderful animation film technique, and to what extent this emotion can infect you , Wait for you to savor it after watching the whole film.
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