"Baby Bao" is a Chinese-style animated short film, and its character modeling, art design, and thinking construction are all settings with Chinese characteristics.
First of all, from the perspective of sound, the visual action presentation and editing points of the entire film are completely in line with the rhythm of the music, and the range of the characters' movements and the fluctuations of the music are exactly the same. For example, when the Disney logo appears at the beginning of the film, the shooting stars complement each other with the guzheng music, as if it is a guzheng played by a shooting star. In the film, when the mother tackles the ball to protect Bao Bao, the music changes from the cheerful flute sound to the sound of plucking the guzheng at the moment of the tackle. At the end of the film, when Bao Bao Bao was arguing with his mother when he was about to leave home, the music changed from the slow sound of the piano to the rapid sound of bagpipes, and the music became more and more intense as the two of them pulled, and it stopped abruptly when the mother ate Bao Bao. stop. The soundtrack in the film is mostly Chinese classical musical instruments, with erhu and flute as the underlying keynote, and guzheng and bagpipe as narrative turning points. When all Bao Baobao tries to break free from the bondage of their mother, the soundtrack will change, and it also conveys the traditional Chinese family's thinking when their children grow up that it is safest to stay with their family, and things outside are very dangerous. The best kind of love is actually over-protecting the bondage to growth.
Part of the film uses Western musical instruments in special places. When Bao Baobao was about to leave with his girlfriend, the music changed from Chinese classical music to piano music, showing the appearance of the "foreign" daughter-in-law and conveying a new meaning. The impact of the appearance of things on this traditional family.
Secondly, from the aspect of composition, the composition of the whole film is mostly square, which is in line with the traditional Chinese concept of "the sky is round and the place is round". But at the same time, the square also symbolizes the cage and bondage. A Chinese cannot escape the fetters of the family from birth to death. In a traditional family, the mother spends her whole life thinking about her husband and son, and working hard for the whole family. But the warmth given to her by her family is beyond her means. For example, when the title of the film begins, my mother is lying by the window. It can be seen that the house where my mother lives is a traditional triangular-top square house with square window frames. At this time, the composition mother seems to be locked in the square layer after layer. She is facing the outside, the house is very dark, there are some faint lights behind, and the middle part is the warm light of pink and yellow, you can see She yearns for the light outside, but the family behind her is holding her back. In light of the following, the weak light of the family cannot bring her enough warmth. Lying at the window and resting for a while after cooking is a kind of relaxation. .
At the end of the film, mother and son are reunited, again with the characters in the frame, but in warm colors with their backs to cool colors. At this time, the mother and son were snuggling together, and the mother was facing the light, indicating that the warmth of the family embraced her, and the cold was kept out of the window. The square box shows that a traditional family is still in the tradition, but the square has become a rectangle, and the larger space means that the traditional family accepts the entry of new things and new ideas, so it can be seen in the following article that the family including the foreign daughter-in-law pack together Dumpling scene.
The traditional performance is most prominent in the characters of the three people. For example, in the appearance of his father, Mediterranean wears glasses, a shirt and a vest, and the image of a typical Chinese veteran cadre is ready to appear. The father sat at the table watching TV and waited for the meal, and he was a typical Chinese big man "throwing away his hand and the shopkeeper", watching the time hurriedly finished the meal and then waved goodbye to his mother indifferently, which was also a typical "male host outside the house". The embodiment of the concept of "in the heroine". When the mother and son reconcile at the end of the film, the father plays a key role in "push", which also fits with the traditional image of Chinese fathers who are not good at speaking and cannot express their love in their hearts.
The mother's image is more typical. A series of skillful kneading and rolling of bread and dumplings is enough to reflect the exquisite craftsmanship of a traditional Chinese housewife. In traditional thinking, the better a woman does housework, the better the woman's ability. powerful. In the film, my mother changed three sets of clothes, all of them in floral styles. This is the traditional dressing style of a middle-aged woman, just like the old saying that the older a woman is, the more she wears it. Love to wear fancy clothes.
When Bao Baobao brought the foreign daughter-in-law home for the first time, the foreign daughter-in-law gave her mother a warm hug. At this time, the mother's reaction was the representative of traditional Chinese parents. He opened his eyes wide in surprise, and his body subconsciously retreated. The modesty and prudence in the traditional concept of meeting for the first time seemed at a loss when encountering the warm and cheerful Western concept. The first time I went home, I put on my ring, the first time I met, I was ready to move out of the family, and the first time I met, I took away my son who had been born for many years. The collision between traditional thinking and Western culture broke out and the mother and son finally broke up. type of quarrel.
The son appears at the end of the finale, and it can be seen that he and Bao Baobao look almost exactly the same. He has a round figure, a simple and honest face, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and has a moustache, which seems to be in line with the image of most Chinese male youths, because of overuse of eyes and decreased vision due to overuse of eyes and work. The busy life of two points and one line results in no free time to exercise and accompany the family, and conflicts with parents, especially mothers, on key life issues. This is also a typical family problem in China.
Many people think that the "squinting" characters in the film have the meaning of discriminating against Asians when watching the film. The author thinks that this may be an unintentional act of character design. Throughout the whole film, whether it is Chinese-style music or typical The characters fully convey the traditional Chinese characteristics. It is believed that director Shi Zhiyu, as a Chinese-American, devoted himself to the filming and simply wanted to show traditional China to the world.
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