After reading [LesTriplettesDeBelleville Three Sisters] and [LaProphetie New Space Warrior] (also translated as [God and Ghost Empire]), there are two reasons why I want to discuss them together. One is that they are both French animations. The second is that computer graphics and 3D modeling techniques are also used in animation. However, the art styles presented by the two are quite different, which is a place that can be pondered and discussed.
As far as the plot is concerned, the plot of "The Three Sisters of Jiali Village" is relatively simple and easy to understand. For the time being, let's ignore the satire of American culture, the kidnapping of gangsters, and the death and injury in the process of killing. Basically, the main point of the story is. There are not many characters, the shape is unique, the recognition is high, and the timing is deduced in a straight line. At the beginning of the story, Granny Susha accompanies her young and lonely grandson, Champion, to watch a TV variety show. The three sisters in Jiali Village are young and beautiful, with excellent singing and composition, and the karaoke hall is full of audiences. It didn't take long for the dog Binno, and the bicycle the champion thought about day and night appeared one after another, and the characters were equal to more than half of them.
With the construction and development of the city, the house, which was full of warm and nostalgic atmosphere, was squeezed to one side by the crossing viaduct, and the two grandfather and grandson stepped up their training for the upcoming Tour de France Open regardless of weather. Fat dog Binno He barked regularly at the train outside the window. Just during the game, the bad guys appeared. They disguised as support cars, tricked the tired players into the car midway, and then drove them to the big city to carry out a cruel plan, while Granny Susha and Binno, in order to save the champion, did everything they could to save the champion. An unexpected way to travel across the ocean.
The three elderly Jiali Village sisters brought home the desperate mother-in-law Susha, and more ideas that made people's jaws fall one after another. Four elderly people and a big fat dog are about to start a rescue plan.
When the ship was about to enter the port of a certain metropolis, and a statue of a fat goddess holding a torch appeared in front of her eyes, those who understood could not help smiling. The different styles of buildings and landscapes in the world's major cities make the audience feel deja vu, and they can't tell which big city it is. In line with the US in the eyes of Europeans, in the behind-the-scenes footage, the gentle director couldn't hide a smile, explaining that the metropolis in the animation is a place that protects consumers' rights. In contrast, the answer should be ready to come out. . Sunglasses, black coats with shoulders, mustaches, these typical characteristics of gangster followers are designed by the director into almost square black graphics, the big red wine lees nose on the face of the gangster boss, it is very clear to the audience that this person He is related to the winery and likes to drink on weekdays. The manager of a high-end restaurant, when he sees the gang boss (VIP) coming to the door, he walks and bends his waist to 90 degrees, showing his snobbish image. It is because of the director (original artist) Sila Maintenanceman's unique and creative modeling and meticulous character expressions that even though there is very little dialogue in the entire animation, the audience can still understand the ins and outs of the plot. There is no inner monologue of the protagonist, no endless harlequin characters, no anthropomorphic animals and plants to remind you of the big truth of life. Although Binno is a dog with special abilities and dreams, he can only bark and needs food as his motivation to move forward. The heroes in the animation are not young and strong men, but a group of elderly old women, a fat dog. Men are either bad guys or waiting to be rescued. They are more silent and unable to escape the predicament in front of them. Poor bastard that could all die. In the process of the Great Escape, the rhythm is exciting, the moves are amazing, the laughing fruit is constant, and the cruel picture of people being caught in the window and letting the overturned car run over and over, but there is no blood, gangster movie Don't they all act like this? Cars collide, explode... But Sylavi's creativity makes these inherent nodes one of the sources of fun.
The plot of [New Space Warrior] produced by the Paris Xilam animation company is relatively complicated, perhaps because of the fictional time and space background, it would have taken a little effort to get used to the unique history in the story and the unique operation of the world. Logic, coupled with the variety of characters (or creatures), if the scene is always dim, it is indeed a work that is not easy to digest.
The story tells that there is a place called Axis, which is located between two planets. It is a huge branch full of intertwined roots, a straight area, and the clansmen living in it. The main job is to collect The sap of the tree, dedicated to the "gods" (that is, the Selenites mixed with golden liquid, mainly dominated by a ruthless and powerful queen, who need the sap to rebuild the city and reproduce A generation. Currently living in the depths of the roots of Assis), but the liquid of the branches gradually dried up, but the needs of the gods did not decrease because of this, and even through the priests, the villagers were threatened to hand over a sufficient amount of the liquid from the branches. Kaena is a girl who likes to explore. She often goes to places where her clan has never been before, and imagines whether the legends and stories she has heard are true. Where is the blue sun? Does the "God" of her really exist, and will she really protect her clan?
Due to an accident, she met another human being (Vecarian, who came from a distant planet and wanted to find a better place to live), his name was Opaz. Hundreds of years ago, due to a serious spacecraft explosion accident, not only destroyed the city of the Selenite people of the Astria planet above Assis, but also almost all of their own people were killed. He was the only surviving one. Formed, glowing blue cold light. Originally, he planned to build a new flying ship to see if he could return to his hometown, but as time passed, his physical condition became worse and worse, but the day for the repair of the flying ship was still far away. Because of that explosion accident, the Selenite tribe was on the verge of extinction, but it also created the Assis villagers. Therefore, Apaz was very happy when he saw Gaina. When the Assis village was in danger, he was willing to accompany him. Gaina went to the rescue and searched for the "storage body" where the memories of the entire planet resided.
Through the mouths of the priests of Assis, we can understand the belief attitude held by most people in this village: the most important thing in life is to serve God. Such belief is a battle for survival. In this process , there can be no doubts, otherwise it will anger God, everyone should put their fate in the hands of God, if there is a disaster, it is God to test the confidence of the people. In times of crisis (such as the temple beginning to collapse, huge boulders falling), whoever moves away has no faith in God. As a result, after the priest finished speaking, he moved his footsteps and hid by the boulder. When Gaina asked him why his words and deeds were inconsistent, the priest defended: "God made me move away, he directed me to move away. , He saved me.", Gaina asked again: "Why did my parents move away, and you said their faith was not pure enough?" The priest retorted again: "Your parents will die because they are not religious. God will not protect such people." An angry Gaina said: "God will not protect us at all, there is no God at all!" The priest's words, except to find excuses for his own actions , but also revealed an important message: people's interpretation of misfortune and fortune is nothing more than "if you have God's blessing, you will be prosperous"; "if everything is not going well for you, or even disaster is imminent, you must do it. What is wrong, so God is punishing you"; "If you believe in God (religion), such tragic things will still happen, God must not take care of me, there is no God in this world!"
In this animation Finally, "freedom" is used to solve this big question of life. After Gaina became the leader, she said to the tribe, "My knowledge and ability belong to the whole, and I am the same as you. From now on, we have freedom. , you can explore new worlds." Then everyone stepped into the depths of the unknown clouds. After the cloud, is the realization of the ideal country? Or is it the Peach Blossom Land where "seek what you want, but you can't find your way again"?
The same as [The Three Sisters of Jiali Village], the heroes in the two animations are all women, not heavy weapons, muscles, high-tech satellite navigation systems, or cool sports cars, they have courage, Human willpower, and wisdom.
As far as the art part is concerned, the art picture of [New Space Warrior] can be said to be extremely dazzling. Different ethnic groups have their own colors and shapes, whether it is the texture of the skin of alien creatures, the flow of liquid, light, Gas, virtual reality images, etc., it can be seen that they want to achieve extreme reality, but they are not limited to only realistic creativity and ambition.
And [The Three Sisters of Jiali Village] Although many parts use 3D modeling technology, when some lenses need to move quickly and at large angles, they can smoothly capture the details and changes of each angle, reducing the need to draw each cut by hand. It takes a lot of manpower and time, but due to the different painting styles of the textures, what is presented is not the realistic texture and luster, but the consistent retro hand-painted flavor (only the coloring part is also directly operated on the computer) .
A while ago, I heard that Disney announced that 2D animation is no longer a selling point, and they decided to switch to the 3D animation market in the future. It is indeed a bit absurd that animation big brother would have such a conclusion. Pixar's 3D animation will be sold, and the plot creativity and characters escape from traditional modeling. This is the important reason, no matter how many D, if it is just a publicity stunt Dressing up, it will still be an animation work that "doesn't make money", like the best example of Square's miserable animated TV [FinalFantasy], and Disney's own [Lion King] and [Silver Island] also use 3D technology, and then The sales volume and word-of-mouth evaluation of the former are far better than those of the latter. It is also 3D technology, and the style of the work can be so changeable, so the point is not what technology is used to make the animation, but what is finally presented to the audience is the basis for evaluation.
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Belleville is the second Chinatown in Paris. It seems to be my first impressive area in Paris, not because of how good she is, but because of her notoriety. I remember not long after I arrived in Paris, I was about to go to a concert at a church in Belleville, but a local friend stopped me and she warned me that the law and order there is very bad, especially the concert is at night, and single girls come and go. It's too dangerous there, "Belleville is not Belle at all!" she spat with a slightly sullen expression. To me, who was unfamiliar with my life at the time, this sentence was quite scary. I took it for granted, and then I canceled the plan. But as if to verify what my friends said, not long after that, I saw in the newspaper that there was a bombing in the streets of Belleville; and in the whispers of my friends later, I knew that even in the daytime, there may be bombings there. rob (and often Chinese rob Chinese?!); also on the Internet news, I saw it ranked among the top few areas in Paris. I did go there once though, just for tea with a group of friends. The food is really delicious, but my mood is too tense, so I can't take a good look at this place called Beautiful Village. This is always a pity. So when I saw the title of "Les Triplettes de Belleville", I was excited for a long time, because I always believed that under the notoriety, there must be many beautiful lives being staged wonderfully. It's just... After watching the whole film, I know where the three sisters live, which has nothing to do with Belleville in Paris. what!
Belleville in the film has no such place in the world at all. The director is based on French elegant lines such as Paris, Montreal, Quebec, and American modern flavors such as Toronto and NewYork as a blueprint, trying to create a modern city with European personality. Just to have a strong inverse relationship with the French hometown where the protagonist Champion grew up. Hometown in France presents a flat dullness, while Belleville presents a colourful deceit. However, no matter in the gorgeous city of deep orange or the hometown of deep blue, Champion lives in the circle set up for him by others (grandma's yard and many training rules; or the Mafia's bicycle casino) , Bruno barks trains, Madame Souza protects her grandchildren, Les Triplettes de Belleville is just as popular.
What amazes me about this film is its completely unrestricted diversity in style. It really brings out the so-called "mix and match" and "multi-integration" to the extreme. In addition to the setting of the scene, Belleville itself is a mixed race. In terms of character design, the three sisters are the first. Their shapes are completely the standard of Madame, which can be seen everywhere in France. Fur, a body that bends with age. However, their dancing and singing styles are full of North African music. When he was young, his performance was fashionable with the banana dance of black women. When he was old, he used all kinds of household appliances as musical instruments for performances. For them, music is everywhere in life, and this percussion rhythm element from traditional African music coincides with the current mainstream of world music. It is also worth mentioning that their looks when they were young, not only the color, but also the line drawing style is very similar to the style of early Disney Mickey. They look like dead animals. But in old age, the style of painting turned to a more European-style water chestnut.
The second is the painting style of the characters in the play, which has no stylistic restrictions at all, imaginative and infinitely exaggerated. In the movie, you can almost find the shadows of various animation and comic genres, but they are well integrated, and you don't feel out of place at all. For example, Bruno, a dog with the body of a cow, a bicycle expert with a roe-headed face, a cruise ship with a towering goblet shape, a rectangular mafia, a restaurant waiter who always bends his body in the shape of a question mark, a fat man who is too fat The women (even the Statue of Liberty is fat) and the men beside them as thin as toothpicks... are very lively and rich, and every time I change the scene, I will exclaim in admiration.
In terms of music, it is more diverse in diversity. Classical, rock, jazz and blues, French chanson, African traditional music... Various genres overlap and integrate. Among them, the use of classical music surprises me. Bach's Prelude II in C minor (PreludeNo.2inCminorWTC2BWV871) is repeated in the film, and the Champion's constant whistle and the rotation of the pedal wheels with the regular whistle of MadameSouza, and constantly stepping on the pedals and staring forward and running forward The action, the tuning into a regular gorgeousness, and even the appearance of a jazz-style tune, made me see a whole new Bach. And Mozart has always been one of my all-time favorite musicians, so when his tunes appear on the soundtrack, that makes this film even more appealing to me. Mozart's Mass in C minor (Massin Cminor) appears twice in the film. The first time after Champion got a small bicycle, he rode in circles in the yard every day, implying the fate that this gift would bring; the second time The second time is when Champion is taken away by a large cruise ship, Madame Souza rowing a small boat and fighting the dark sea behind.
In addition, what moved me was the director's intentions in some small places. Like other characters, Madame Souza was always expressionless from beginning to end, but she had the richest emotional level of all the characters. The glasses and earrings collide with a crisp sound, and I will feel kind to this character, as if there is really a firm and kind Madame in front of me.
The last thing I have to mention is the bitch who has an old face since childhood: Bruno. It is really a key role in this film. It may always be MadameSouza who decides, and it may always be MadameSouza who perseveres in the end, but in the end, it is Bruno who really implements his dream. When the tire is punctured, it can act as a tire, the boat has no power, it can also act as a motor, and even because of its dog barking train, it is the only existence in this small home that has a connection with the outside world. Without it, perhaps, none of these adventures would exist, Champion could not participate in the game and was taken captive, Madame Souza's first trip could not be completed, and the three sisters could not meet their fourth best friend.
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