Why did Nezha become a cool motorcycle teenager? Why does the film adopt the visual style of "oriental punk"?
The national roadshow activities of the animated film "New God List: Nezha Rebirth", which will be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year, have begun, and on January 6, director Zhao Ji and art director Gui Ye appeared at Chengdu Bona International Cinema (Binjiang Tianjie Store) to meet with Chengdu film fans, and when interviewed by Red Star News reporters, the two creators responded to the hot topics that netizens paid attention to.
At the event, director Zhao Ji (right) and art director Gui Ye (left)
spectator:
Innovative and in line with the tastes of young audiences
"New God List: Nezha Reborn" was created by the original team of "White Snake: Origins" over a period of 4 years, and began to be created as early as 2016.
The Chengdu roadshow scene disclosed nearly 20 minutes of the film's clips, the audience found that the film adopts the visual style of "Oriental Punk", and unlike the previous Nezha-themed films, "New God List: Nezha Rebirth" has made bold innovations in the story: 3,000 years after the Battle of the Gods, Nezha was reborn as a young Li Yunxiang, and the resurgent Dragon Clan and other enemies decided to live and die...
(Pictured according to the movie stills)
Chengdu well-known animation directors Li Shujie and Mao Qichao also appeared at the event site, Li Shujie said after watching the clip that the male protagonist Li Yunxiang is very handsome and the film is very burning. Mao Qichao said that "New God List: Nezha Reborn" is very stunning, from a technical point of view, it has reached the high level of animated films, the film is integrated into Chinese culture, and I hope that audiences around the world can see this film.
Director Zhao Ji revealed that in fact, he is half a Chengdu native, "My mother is a Chengdu native, and every time I come to Chengdu, I find that the audience here is particularly enthusiastic." ”
After watching the clip, the reaction of the Chengdu audience did not disappoint the director. The audience found that Nezha became a modern handsome man in the film, and the scene of riding a motorcycle to play cool was very interesting. Some viewers said that the shape of the third prince of the Dragon King is very similar to Wu Yifan, and director Zhao Ji said, "This is a good thing, the shape of the protagonists we spent a lot of time polishing, the image design of Li Yunxiang in the movie made more than 100 versions, we hope to present a handsome man with modern characteristics and atmosphere." ”
After watching the clip, the Chengdu audience said that the film is very much in line with the tastes of young audiences, mixing motorcycle elements, punk elements and traditional Chinese culture, which is very innovative. For whether the film is suitable for children to watch, the director explained, "Although the temperament of the film is more adult, our film is not so violent, not as explicit as "White Snake: Origins", I think it is suitable for audiences of all ages to watch. ”
director:
I don't want to rub this IP, I want to inherit the classic
Previously, after the trailer of "New God List: Nezha Reborn" was exposed, Nezha's modern character setting had caused heated discussion. "The reason why Nezha is placed in modern times is to explore what kind of thoughts the immortal gods and immortals in ancient Chinese mythology would have if they lived in modern times." The director said bluntly that the film is using Chinese mythological characters to tell the story of a modern superhero, "We don't want to rub the IP of Nezha, but we want to inherit the classics and make a film that meets the aesthetics of modern people." ”
"I think this film needs to be seen as a whole and understand its world view, because we have built a new mythological series of "New God List: Nezha Reborn", which is a new world view we have built, and I hope that everyone will not take the impression of the original Nezha, our Nezha is not the impression of the magic child." The director revealed.
The Chengdu test screening clip of the fight scene is wonderful, and many viewers have questions: Is there a literary drama in the film? The director revealed, "This film has a lot of literary drama, this is a story about ordinary people, not a story about gods, and the audience should not be affected by the shell." The film tells the story of how an ordinary person whose peaceful life is broken and he is involved in passive revenge reacts. This is not a romance film, Whitesnake: Origins is a love movie, and New Gods: Nezha Reborn is the direction of magical superheroes. For example, "Iron Man" is not the main line of love, and "Captain America" is not the main line of love, but we do have emotional elements, the male protagonist has emotional elements around him, and there are emotional scenes of father and son, but it is impossible to expect the emotions of this film to be like "Whitesnake: Origins". ”
"New God List: Nezha Reborn" is Zhao Ji's first work as an independent director after "White Snake: Origins", he said that the film production is very difficult, ""White Snake: Origins" everyone likes, we have made a lot of differences this time, I don't want the audience to be disappointed, so do as much as possible and more exquisite, I myself and the team have improved. ”
(According to the movie poster)
For the fiercely competitive Spring Festival slot, the director expressed great confidence in the film, "This is a style that I like very much, and it is also a new genre that you may not have seen, telling the story of a modern superhero in the form of an animated film, I think I will definitely find an audience that likes it." ”
In addition, art director Gui Ye shared the biggest artistic effect of the film: combining traditional femininity with punk roughness, integrating the introverted nature of the East with the bravado of the West to create a new modern image of Nezha.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao Intern photojournalist Li Huan Intern Li Qian Guo Yunchun
Edited by Li Jie
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