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Chapter 778 Really ~ Guoman Wushuang
Du Xianghai, Li Yi's queen film critic, naturally wouldn't miss this movie.

However, after watching "Nezha Nao Hai", he immediately bought another ticket for the zero-point show and watched it again.

And the notebook recorded many notes about "Nezha Naohai".

But even after watching it twice, Du Xianghai still hasn't written a film review for a long time.

He can imagine that there will be many, many people who will interpret and comment on the "deviant" plot of this animated film, so he doesn't want to follow the crowd. For this reason, he hopes to interpret this film through other aspects.

Because there are really too many Huaguo elements used in this Chinese manga animation, many of which he himself doesn’t quite understand, so he still needs to check the information. Fortunately, he is only a film critic, so he only needs to go to the superficial level Just know to comment.

Otherwise, I'm afraid it will take more time.

Even so, Du Xianghai didn't officially start writing film reviews until the next morning.

"Ne Zha Nao Hai is based on the mythical story, and it contains a strong flavor of China!"

"Huaguo animation, referred to as Guoman, but what kind of animation film can be regarded as Guoman in the true sense? Is it as long as it is domestically produced? I personally think it is not the case.

The current domestically produced animated films that have been released, including "The Return of the Great Sage", actually have more or less imitated and integrated Japanese manga, American manga and other cultural things.

Of course, it cannot be said that "The Return of the Great Sage" is not a national comic, but there is still a clear gap compared with "Nezha Naohai".

I believe that many movie fans can feel that many elements in "Nezha Naohai" have a feeling of deja vu, and they all have an eye-opening feeling!
Earlier, Zhang Haiyang of Xingman said that he was trying to incorporate more Chinese elements into "Nezha Naohai", but after watching "Nezha Naohai", I felt extremely shocked. What is this attempt? , which has already made the movie "Nezha Naohai" a milestone in the history of animation in my country.This film contains rich elements of Huaguo, including folk paper-cutting, Dunhuang murals, New Year pictures, Huaguo paintings, and dramatic facial makeup.

It can be called a true collection of the strengths of hundreds of schools. Regardless of the background, the characters are all unique in style. With the help of folk art modeling, it forms a unique fantasy color.

From traditional mythology to visual animation, the film contains literary background and traditional culture, which is worth savoring carefully.

First of all, let’s talk about the image of the characters in this movie. In the traditional aesthetics of our country, red represents enthusiasm and celebration.In dramatic facial makeup, red represents loyalty, bravery and chivalry.

"Nezha Navigating the Sea" treats the facial makeup of the characters in it, knowing good and evil from the image, showing the vividness of opera facial makeup.

The facial makeup and costumes in opera are bright and gorgeous.The masks are divided into red, yellow, blue, white, black, purple, green, silver and other colors.Red represents loyalty, bravery and integrity, water and white represent sinister and cunning, and gold and silver are mostly used for gods and ghosts.

And let's take a look at the main character in the whole "Nezha Naohai", Li Jing, who is dressed in a red big red robe when he appears on the stage. In this way, the movie confirms Li Jing's identity, the general soldier of Chentangguan!He is an official and a powerful man!
And Li Jing is a military general. Perhaps many people will find that in the film, many of Li Jing's movements, such as pointing his sword, holding a saber in his left hand and clothes in his right, etc., all refer to the movements of generals in operas.

This is hardly seen in existing animated films.

It is not difficult for everyone to find that many of Li Jing's actions have the style of opera, but it is not difficult for everyone to understand his mentality and emotions at that time through his movements and expressions. This is the charm endowed by traditional drama culture.

Let's talk about the protagonist Nezha. He was born wearing a red bellyband, which is a typical Huaguo doll image.Red originates from nature, expressing the worship of the sun and fire. Obviously, it is implying that Nezha is the embodiment of justice.

From the following plot, we can see that Nezha has a childlike nature, is lively and cute, does not know the world, and also has a tenacity of not admitting defeat and a fearless spirit of sacrificing for the people. The shaping of this character is also inseparable from the intuitive expression of the image.

In addition to using opera factors in character creation, drama is also fully utilized in stage effects and fighting design.

In the design of stage effects, although modern computer special effects are used to show, you can still clearly feel the fighting scenes in "Nezha Naohai". There are many Peking Opera stages and the beautiful movements in the flying murals.

The fighting also incorporates the characteristics of opera and martial arts.

Nezha's movements such as dancing the Huntian Ribbon, swinging the dragon's tendons, brushing the fire point gun, and playing with the night pearl all come from opera dance and fighting.When Nezha fights the Dragon King, in addition to the fusion of Peking Opera martial arts movements, it is also accompanied by vigorous and powerful Peking Opera percussion music, which makes people thrilled to watch, showing a strong Huaguo style and a distinctive Peking Opera style.

This can be said to be an extremely bold attempt, but the effect has been seen by everyone, and it has a completely different style from the special effects, actions, and fighting scenes of those animated movies we have seen in the past.

Going back to character design, in the traditional colors of our country, colors are very decorative. Art works are usually bright and lively, colorful but not vulgar, simple in luxury, thorough in thick, thick but not colorful.

There are many places in "Where is the sea" that borrows from the exaggerated shapes and rich colors of folk paper-cuts. The images of the dragon king and the deer all come from folk paper-cut shapes.Even if 3D technology is used to present, it can still be seen.

In terms of color processing, the five-element color is used as the basis, and the color is balanced and transitioned, giving people a new look.Among them, in the background processing, in most cases, the background is dark and the foreground is bright, which sets off the main body, forms a visual impact, and grabs the audience's attention.

When portraying the Dragon King of the East China Sea, he actually synthesized the auspicious pattern of the "dragon" in traditional New Year pictures, as well as the treacherous characters in operas and New Year pictures.In the film, the Dragon King of the Sea in the Middle East is turquoise in body, skinny, and his eyes show a turquoise fierce light when he is angry. At this point, a vicious dragon leaps onto the screen.

In addition, Nezha's master Taiyi Zhenren has white hair, kind face, and fluttering clothes, giving people the image of a loyal elder.

The villain Xiaobailong is white all over, with cinnabar eyebrows and a white cloak. Against the background of turquoise sea water, his eyes are shining, and his blue-white white teeth are aggressive.On the one hand, this color scheme shows that he is of noble birth, and on the other hand, it implies that he is an invincible bully.

Nezha had three costume changes in the film, which I believe left a deep impression on people.

The color of Nezha's clothing comes from the colors of New Year paintings and murals. The first time Nezha was dressed was when Li Jing's wife was pregnant for three years and six months and gave birth to a meat ball, which was finally born in a lotus flower. A lotus petal is transformed into a red bellyband around the body. The lotus has a high status in the folk, symbolizing nobility. In Buddhism, children are born in the lotus, which is a symbol of beauty.The "admiration of red" of the Chinese nation is reflected in all aspects: red wedding clothes and decorations are chosen for weddings, red lanterns, paper-cuts, red envelopes are worn during the Chinese New Year, and red underwear and jewelry are required to be worn in the year of birth. It has meanings such as seeking good luck and avoiding evil, happiness and happiness.

The second time Nezha changed his clothes was after he killed the third prince of the Dragon King. Nezha began to wear a white long coat, blue trousers, black cloth shoes, and a red belt around his waist.This set of costumes paved the way for the development of the plot later.White is considered an unlucky color in traditional folk clothing, so white is often avoided in clothing to create a tragic atmosphere for the later development of the plot.

When Nezha was reborn, he changed his costume for the third time. He was dressed in a lotus costume, with a top made of pink lotus petals and a green lotus leaf skirt on his lower half.Green and yellow were the main colors used in Nezha’s modeling design at this stage, which fully borrowed from Buddhist colors. Green is often used in Dunhuang murals, and yellow is the most noble color in Buddhism. In the film, Nezha’s circle of heaven and earth and wind and fire The wheels are all golden yellow, which means that Nezha's identity after rebirth is the Holy God.

There is also a soundtrack that has to be mentioned in the film. I won’t go into details here, but I believe that those who have watched the film will not be difficult to find that the soundtrack of this film borrows a lot from the soundtrack of Chinese opera styles. , but the soundtrack is just right, from the chime bell at the beginning, to the pathos when Nezha killed himself, the soundtrack is indispensable.

Therefore, I think the greatest success of "Nezha Naohai" lies in the integration of traditional aesthetic ideas and the penetration of ethnic elements.Our country's traditional culture is an inexhaustible resource for animation creators.

The development of animation cannot only rely on technology, nor can it completely copy foreign countries.

Perhaps we should look back at the essence of our Chinese culture and discover the vitality of our national culture with a modern perspective.Carry forward the excellent tradition and reshape the domestic cartoons with Huaguo's unique artistic style.

Hope "Nezha Naohai" is just the beginning! "

(End of this chapter)