But the rest of the picture, the background and the decorations, is closer in style to Michel Ocelot, the creator of Azur et Asmar. It is very precise and complicated, and each frame is full of countless details, with many layers, and even more details are contained in the details.
For example, snowflakes are in pieces, each with flower-shaped petals; green leaves are veined, and illustrations in the book are layered with pictures, but the smoke is the air mass line in an old-fashioned comic book, the sea water is abstract, and the stone walls are is general.
While still lifes and landscapes are decorative styles, the use of color is complex, using everything from traditional pastel styles to decorative patterns, collages, frames, and realistic materials and textures. Clumsy, didn't notice if 3D construction was also used....
"We decided not to use perspective, because perspective didn't appear at that time (the Celtic period of ancient Ireland)". ---------- Fabrice Ziolkowski, one of the script writers, explained the style of the picture.
The director of the animation spent six years conceiving and preparing "The Story of the Book of Kells," and animation graduate Tomm Moore had no prior filmmaking experience. This is his first feature-length animation. During the preparation of "The Secret of the Book of Kells", his works were mostly related to commercial MVs.
Behind The Secret of Kells is a multinational force (of course common in Europe) with most of the funding and personnel coming from Ireland and France, Belgium, but also Brazil and Hungary.
"The Story of the Book of Kells" was originally conceived by Tomm Moore as a completely adult story, with the purpose of representing the period of Irish history in which the Book of Kells was born. The host announced that Langdon was initially a minor supporting character who appeared for a few minutes. With the help of Fabrice Ziolkowski, the story evolves into a fairy tale color. Brandon's naive childhood experiences stand out in contrast to the apparent growth and life course in the second half of the film, making the plot before and after the Viking invasion less coherent. I don't know if this change is a success.
According to the interview, Tomm Moore said that he wanted to use a story to represent the Book of Kells and that era. But from the perspective of the whole film, what is the Book of Kells? The content of the Book of Kells? Influence of the Book of Kells? As depicted at the beginning of the film, it is a legend. It remained a secret until the end of the film. Maybe the director is deliberately exaggerating the sacredness of the scriptures. Maybe the virtual "Book of Kells" can be used to symbolize all divine wisdom. Maybe, it's just that the "Book of Kells" is too familiar to the West and does not require special Refers to... In short, the latter part of the film only conveys an image: that the Book of Kells was written and circulated. There is no concrete answer.
Kells common sense part of the audience are interested can refer to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells
Kells (Book of Kells) According to legend, is the best preserved ancient manuscripts of the Bible in the world, now in Dublin Trinity A college collection. Its contents are partly derived from an earlier Latin Bible (Vulgate), which is said to have been drawn by Celtic monks in the 9th century AD. The illustrations are extravagant and complex, and the decorative colors are strong. Out of respect for the original coloring book, the film strives to reproduce this wonderful style, and it is more refined and imaginative.
Tomm Moore believes that the ancient Irish period was a period of multicultural integration, and the birth of a scripture was a combination of various cultural interweaving and collisions. The technology of making ink in the animation comes from Afghanistan at that time; the painting is influenced by Moroccans, plus Celtic legends, local pagan folk customs, plus the characteristics of ancient Ireland, and new ideas to be shown later. The introduction of Christianity, the invasion of the Vikings, etc... combined to form the appearance of a sacred book. This is exactly the variety of colors that the director wants to show in the animation.
The film can see the efforts of Tomm Moore and the creative team. But under such a huge background and expressive ambition, the plot is somewhat erratic and the narrative is general.
Aside from Brandon's return to the monastery at the end, the first half of the film has little unifying emotional connection to the aftermath of the Viking invasion. Brandon's determination, will, and personality are also not mentioned in the narrative after leaving the monastery. After Brandon got the spar in the cave, the connection with "Ashrin" returned to the simple "man and beast" without explanation.
If the first half of the film expresses innocence and innocence in the spirit of Disney's joy, then the second half is too serious and solemn when it encounters realistic setbacks.
When the Vikings invaded, according to the traditional narrative, we all expected Ashlin to bring the guard of the forest, representing a mysterious force to save people. However, the story went in a direction of reality that was completely inconsistent with the previous fairy tale style—the civilians were slaughtered, the dean was cut down, and Brandon and the painter fled in the firelight.
Not only did he escape, but Brandon also escaped to the ends of the earth and wrote great scriptures ever since. These symbols of wisdom did not save the suffering in the first place, nor did the ending bring Brandon the traditional happiness and reunion.
All idealistic expectations for a cartoon film that is half children's film will fall through. This is obviously a very offbeat story. Although the protagonist realizes his dream, what exactly is the dream? What can dreams bring to people? Everything refers to unknown. The suffering encountered in the process is specific, real, and does not get any reward at the end of the story. This is an overview from a traditional perspective, especially from the fairy tale vision in the first half of the film.
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Obviously, Tomm Moore's less slick thinking is more adult-oriented. He focuses on the thinking brought about by The Secret of the Book of Kells, as well as symbolism.
As he said about multiculturalism, in ancient Ireland, in an evolutionary and underdeveloped historical period, the contradictions and connections that may appear are all explained in this film.
Ashlin may be Brandon's imagination. In the world of children, it is imagination and adolescence. But it is also a mysterious force from the outside, a kind of worship of nature, and also the influence of Celtic cultural legends on people at that time. A beautiful and beautiful Celtic folk song sounds like a hypnotic force when Ashling later guides the cat to steal the key (interjection: the soundtrack is beautiful and unforgettable, Irish music has always been fascinating), Like the cave passages that follow, there is a seductive atmosphere independent of the whole film.
The mysterious forest and the mysterious cave in the forest is an unknown world, a symbol of power and a symbol of evil, either conquered or conquered.
The dean may have no practice or experience in building high walls, but it is out of a practical consideration. He is like a wise man and leader of that era, he has enough power but not wisdom, and uses limited means to face the unknown deterrence... When there is a conflict with the concept of the weak, there is only enforcement.
The same conflict continues in any age....
The legends of the scriptures are equivalent to a kind of "spiritual guidance", bringing light to the times and people with poor thinking. At the same time, "technology" (ink symbol), belief (completion of scriptures) and "theoretical guidance" (painter's admonition, missionary) were also introduced, but there was a lack of authoritative practice like the dean to implement. So Brandon filled the void as a creative offspring.
In an era of just "opening to the outside world", wisdom and practice have not yet been perfectly combined, and it seems inevitable to pay the price.
So the Vikings invaded...the cups spread...the
above, in any era, will continue....
Because wisdom and belief are in a state of ignorance and technology is backward, People still have primitive beliefs. Looting by the more technologically advanced Vikings who represented utility and expansion seemed destined to be irresistible.
Choosing to flee, saving the "seeds of wisdom" and continuing the cultural heritage, this is a relatively positive attitude in "The Secret of the Book of Kells". Although wisdom may be forced to be passed down by accident... But isn't that how many moving histories are often created? ?
This is the legend given to the Book of Kells by Tomm Moore.
It seems that the context is inconsistent, and the character efforts are not rewarded. The seemingly inexplicable "Secret of the Book of Kells" actually implies that history is inevitable and human evolution. It's just that the reference is too broad and cannot be accurately targeted to audiences who don't know the truth or audiences with ulterior motives...... The
above is still going on in any era...... ..............
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