Daddy's cartoon life

Chapter 334 "Cat and Mouse"

Looking at this new work, Hao Ren showed a surprised expression on his face.

"So it's this one... "Tom and Jerry"!"

I have to say that this work really didn't appear in Hao Ren's imagination.

This is an anime that accompanied many children in their childhood in the previous life. Even when Hao Ren was in college, when he was tired of playing League in the dormitory, he would open the browser to find this work, and it was quite enjoyable to watch. Interesting, even sometimes, my roommates would run to his hanging chair to watch.

It can be said to be an enduring comedy animation, carrying the childhood memories of many people. "Tom and Jerry" mainly features farce, exaggeration, violence, and funny. The collision between cat and mouse, war, chasing each other, Tom's cunning tricks and Jerry's astute response, have the core of the story
Although it is an American work, those very funny plots can have a universal effect, and there is no barrier between different races like some delicacies.

Just like Mr. Bean in the previous life, it must be difficult for people from any country not to laugh when watching this type of work.

This is a film that combines two very different styles of humor: pantomime humor and morbid humor.

What is pantomime humor?

Similar to Chaplin's movies, it is a kind of humor that creates a funny atmosphere through rich body language and exaggerated expressions.

It's just that this kind of pantomime humor has extremely high requirements on the quality of actors, just like in the previous life, there may not be many comedy masters who can be called Chaplin.

But it doesn’t matter if you put it in anime. The good thing about anime is that he can produce richer body language and exaggerated expressions through the painter’s hand-painting, but he needs to be picky about the details of his movements.

But there is no difficulty in this point. After all, Hao Ren's painting ability is recognized, and the strength of other painters under Bika's banner has also been rising steadily under Hao Ren's guidance.

As for the so-called morbid humor, it is easier to understand.

When many people watched "Tom and Jerry" in the previous life, they just liked to see how Tom was teased. The worse Tom was teased, the louder the laughter.

This is a kind of morbid humor, which is in line with the mentality of most people who like to watch others suffer misfortune, and watch the excitement without taking too much trouble.

If distance is necessary, it is similar to the people who eat melons in the previous life, they just like to join in the fun.

"Tom and Jerry" can also be said to be the imitation object of many morbid and humorous animations in the past in China. Many well-known domestic animations have certain references to this work.

For example, in the famous "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", the sheep in this work are somewhat similar to Jerry the mouse in "Tom and Jerry", while Big Big Wolf is similar to Tom Cat. In addition, "Bear Infested" is also A very typical morbid humor type of work.

Even the form of expression is expressed by anthropomorphizing animals.

Of course, it’s just a pity that domestic animation or movies have a commercial nature, so whether it’s Haunted Bear or Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf can be regarded as a fast-food and commercialized work, it’s just a one-sided pursuit of sick humor. Moreover, the character's movements and other aspects are far from cat and mouse.

Although the cat and mouse episode is only 7 minutes long, but it is a huge team, 150 animators spend all their time creating and processing those mixtures of joy, music, and chaos. The original ingenuity can be seen from the many world famous songs interspersed in the film. There are very few lines in the film, and most of the emotions are rendered by expressions and movements. It should not be so exaggerated that it distorts the whole.

From this point, we can see the gap between the two sides, and it is no wonder that this work has won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film twelve times and an Emmy Award.

Of course, with the development of science and technology, many manual things in the past can be replaced by modern technology.
For example, exaggerated body movements resulted in a huge amount of drawing. When "Tom and Jerry" was produced in the previous life, technology was not as advanced as it is in modern times. There was no such thing as 3D modeling and rotoscoping technology.

But now these technologies have been developed, and even many parts of the company have been reused, so it doesn't matter in terms of manpower and time consumption.

Even if so many people are still needed, Bica company doesn't have money to recruit employees!
"only……"

Hao Ren frowned involuntarily.

Although it is said that funny plots have no borders, this work is an American work after all.

Therefore, in many details, it reflects ancient Western culture.

Not to mention anything else, just like Christmas, like the witch on Christmas Eve, like ancient medieval stories...

These all need Hao Ren to modify.

"Looks like I'm going to be tired for a while!"

Hao Ren stretched his waist, but he didn't say anything. After all, if Hao Ren really couldn't change it, he planned to get rid of it directly.

After all, "Tom and Jerry" is not a feature film but a unit film, and there is basically no connection between episodes.

Of course, apart from some details of the plot, the most important point also made Hao Ren feel a little headache.

That's the soundtrack to Tom and Jerry.

I have to say that the soundtrack of cat and mouse is quite in line with the development of the story. Apart from the funny plot, part of the reason for the success of this work is the soundtrack of cat and mouse.

Many people say that the success of the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry is due to the reference of a lot of classical music and symphony, such as the Blue Danube, Chopin's C-sharp minor fantasy improvisation, C major waltz and other music.

But to be honest, the "Tom and Jerry" series actually sees more obvious changes as it goes on.

That is, the number of cited works in this work is less and less, and the original soundtrack passages are more and more rich, and the proportion of jazz, modernist music, and atonal music in subsequent works is increasing .

The world of classical music, symphony, and symphony in "Tom and Mouse" in the previous life does exist.

But the main thing is the original music.

This world doesn't have the original music that appeared in Tom and Jerry.

This moment made Hao Ren feel a little headache.

"But, forget it..." After a few minutes of distress, Hao Ren put this matter behind him.

Anyway, it's not that the company doesn't have musicians, he really doesn't believe it, the cultural background of this world will be worse than that of the previous life?

(End of this chapter)