I am very curious, why I suddenly want to re-watch this film after more than ten years, and then I have to write a special reflection after reading it.
When I watched it for the first time, I was deeply impressed that when the prince stared blankly at the fountain, the flowing water lit by the golden sun, he was dazed in the face of his own future and temporarily let go of everything. Because of this look, I have a preference for this work.
Now re-watching it for the second time, it is more rational to watch it again.
As the first work, especially in the field of animation production that has never been involved before, why did he take this hot potato? What does he want to find, express, and hope for in this work?
Later, I also watched some "The Bandit's Daughter Ronia". Indeed, whether it is the most powerful guidance behind it, or his own considerations, such a theme is considered the right choice. It suits him very well, and it is a steady and steady development path.
So back to this first work. For things like rough stones, the only thing that can be taken out is the id. So what moved me at the beginning was the naked, unadorned and concealed, the most core, the most stubborn, and the most valuable things that I insisted on revealing. This kind of sincerity is hardly seen in the various film and television works that have slightly entered the public eye. That's why this almost self-abusing paranoia touched me at the beginning, moved me a little, and left a deep memory.
That's why, I've always disliked his father's work. That kind of cunning and deception with adults, it's just a mirage-like castle in the air, and it is also interspersed with all kinds of high-level guidance, which is annoying.
The outline, rhythm, and theme of this story have been changed so many times that I can't change it anymore, and I've changed it to the point where I feel disgusting. To that extent, it still takes more than 2 hours to express it completely with such a large number of shots. . There are the industry's top team, the most powerful teachers. When I watched it, I kept thinking, it is impossible that no one has taught him how to shorten the time, refine the shots, and incite the audience's emotions. But the finished product still uses this kind of thing, very clumsy and a little childish, but it must not be missing a single shot, little by little, to tell a story, this way of expression, in such a way An era, especially inappropriate.
So this willfulness has failed. There is a flood of bad reviews, and no one agrees, whether it is the original author, father, team, industry, or audience. You are a good person, but you have no talent. What a vicious assessment. This is what everyone likes to see. In the plot of the novel, I dedicate my most precious thing to you, and then you criticize it as worthless, and I don't even look at it.
In middle age, architects who do a good job suddenly change careers and fail miserably. Everyone said that he had no talent, but he still insisted on continuing to do animation. This is why.
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If it is not done as a propositional composition, perhaps life and death will not be chosen as the theme of this work. Because the subject of life and death is too difficult. His dad couldn't hold it, so he didn't dare to take it, so he was the one who dared to follow. It is precisely because of the theme of life and death that there is a sense of weightlessness, because the story cannot bear it. But it can be seen that I have already done my best to undertake it, so I chose this gloomy tone, and the dubbing is also dark. The dubbing is still very good, except that the heroine is a good read. This kind of dullness accounts for 90% of the page, and the last bit of sublimation must be swept away by all the dark rays of light in front of it, otherwise it will be finished if you want to raise it first and suppress it. So the sublimation here is a little bit insufficient. I have to say that this kind of work is the first time, the difficulty is SSS level.
This is of course not a family-friendly fairy tale that is popular with children. It seems that some children were frightened after reading it. Looking at his positioning of this work, patriarchy, shadows, life and death, balance, these things are obviously not something that children can understand.
That's why he insisted on following this project. After reading the original work, what moved him the most, what he hoped to show and pursue from this work?
Now after reading it rationally, indeed, this story is a very ordinary story. It's more like one, when the words came to his mouth but he didn't know how to express them, he had to silently make up a story that could be seen everywhere, filling the blank time before going to bed. However, because the story that is being made up is relatively long, even if this kind of story is bad, the people who listen to it are very impatient, and the person who tells it still remembers the unknown things that they really want to say, so they bring some unknown things with them. The shadow of , finished with regret and hope.
As for what this unknown person really wanted to say, it may be forgotten in time, or it may be buried in the depths of memory. One day, I suddenly found out that what I really wanted to say at that time was the same.
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This is an essay I wrote to myself. Looking back at it now, it is true that the story is a bit simple, but it cannot be said that there is no talent. This kind of evaluation is very boring, what is the so-called talent, especially for this kind of art work. The sincerity that Wulang brings to me, I think, is already a great talent, and now there are not many people who are willing and dare to do so. As for the work, I can’t say it’s bad. There are still many remarkable places in it. I can understand many scenes. Why does Wu Lang have to use such a slow narrative? This is a practice that is not in line with the trend of the times, but it does not mean It doesn't stand out. In fact, this kind of narrative is very slow and meticulous. If used well, it will be very powerful, but Wu Lang is a novice after all, and there is probably no one in the industry who can really see clearly and tell him that his father is a He can't teach people at all, and he can't get in touch with people who can teach people, so even if there are top teams around, many things still have to be explored by himself. Looking at the poppies behind, the bandit's daughter can see that he is slowly getting started and slowly finding his own way.
Back to the story itself. In fact, I still feel that Wu Lang has been misled a lot. The theme of life and death is not unusable, and simple stories can be thought-provoking. The point is that what really strikes you is that his ideas must be very different from his father's. That's why the weak floating feeling of this theme will come out later. For the first time in my life, when I do something, I will show my truest self without anyone's guidance. This kind of thing is the most valuable. So what Wu Lang wanted to express at the beginning was completely different from what he changed and changed like in a compositional proposition, and changed to the point where he wanted to vomit. If you don't have a sense of identity and a strong sense of mission, how can you show it to others? As for skills, Japan has always been in this position, and they are complacent. Details and skills are not unimportant, but they are all for the theme. They always like to put the cart before the horse. When watching the documentary Poppy, the dialogue between father and son, his father disliked the lack of spirituality in his paintings, the facial expressions of girls, etc., it was ridiculous. It can be seen from this that they are entangled in such details, so they are top-heavy, and the most important things are ignored in the end. Therefore, the theme and narrative of this story are inexplicably separated.
It can be seen that, perhaps because of his background as an architect, Wu Lang has a very good foundation and patience, and he does not have the hypocritical and mysterious atmosphere of the Japanese animation industry. It was a very clean, very pure start.
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