This year, cartoons are not out of the blue, and it is really a little difficult to say that children do not watch them at all. Since it can't be avoided, let's take advantage of the situation and show your children some excellent animations.
Animated short films are more artistic than animation films, and they are rich in expression and inspire people with rich connotations. This type of animation can often satisfy children's whimsical imaginations of the world.
Although some of the connotations are quite deep, the contrast between light and shade of the colors is not clear, if the baby is too small to be interested, or collect it for later viewing.
Today, Yue Mama selected 10 Oscar Best Animated Short Films, and enjoy them with the baby!
Father and Daughter 73rd Academy Awards
Douban score: 9.2 points
Duration: 8 minutes
Director: Michael Dudewitt
It is a work of mourning but not hurt. It tells the story of the father and his daughter riding a bicycle together to the calm lake, and the father waved away with a small boat. And the daughter who misses her father, year after year, rain or shine, rides her bicycle to the river and begins to wait for her life.
When the lake drys up, when the old daughter walks to the small boat sleeping at the bottom of the lake, lies in the boat, like lying on the warm arm of her father.
This scene deeply touched me, and I felt the intimacy of the father lifting his daughter high and kissing her red fluttering little face.
There is no dialogue, no fancy special effects, only a gentle piano soundtrack, but the deep father-daughter relationship given by the director makes people move and want to cry.
Perhaps as Long Yingtai said: The so-called father-daughter mother-son relationship only means that your fate with him is that you are constantly watching his back drift away in this life and this life.
Memories of the Brick Cottage 81st Academy Awards
Douban score: 9.3 points
Duration: 12 minutes
Director: Hisato Kato
This work from Japan, however, has a French romance: the impressionist style, van Gogh colors, and the general soundtrack, complementary stories, it is not an exaggeration to win the Oscar trophy.
The story tells of an old man who lives alone in this world, and the city he lives in is submerged by rising seawater, and can only keep building houses.
The old man's beloved pipe fell into the water, so the elderly man put on his diving suit and dived into the old things under the water. In this way, the memory floodgates open, and the memories are like layers of onions peeling off, and in the end there is only full of emotion and love.
Home, if there is love, it is really always a happy castle.
The Amazing Flying Book 84th Academy Awards
Douban score: 8.4 points
Duration: 15 minutes
Director: William. Josey
The protagonist Morris is reading a book, a sudden hurricane, blowing him, the book and the house into the sky, after the hurricane, Morris and the words in the book fell on a messy land, when a magical thing happened, he met a girl with a flying book in her hand, floating in nature, and the girl gave Morris her most cherished gift - a flying book.
Of course, the excitement is still to come, this book takes Morris to bring a wonderful house, which is the home of the flying books - the library, and from then on, Morris plunges into the ocean of books, happy and unforgettable...
Many people think that this short film is general, but I believe that bookworms will smile when they see it. What a vast and beautiful world in the book, which will never fade away, only people who love books will know it.
Borges said, "If there is heaven, it must be what the library looks like."
This film, people who love books encourage each other.
Peter and the Wolf 80th Academy Awards
Douban score: 8.0 points
Duration: 32 minutes
Directed by: Susie Templeton
At first, I paid attention to the film because I heard that the soundtrack was quite praised (a symphonic fairy tale written by the Russian composer Prokofiev for children in 2000s), and the story did not have any lines, so the characters were played on a variety of different instruments.
But when watching, I feel that the picture production is also invincible, the character production is simply too realistic, the expressions and looks, the actions are vivid, and delicate and vivid. In particular, Peter's eyes were so evocative that every time he looked down at him and squinted his eyes to express his inner emotions, he was shocked to the point of not being able to do it.
The story is about Peter, a young boy who lives in the countryside with his grandfather, fights with a vicious wolf and captures the wolf alive. But when he and grandpa brought the wolf to town, they found that people were very cruel to the wolf, and finally decided to release the wolf.
The meaning of the film is very deep, some people say that the weak eat the strong, some people say that the ultimate way out of hatred is tolerance... In short, this film I think has achieved the ultimate in terms of connotation, visual effects, or auditory enjoyment. I can feel such a film in my childhood, and I guess I will never forget it in my lifetime.
The Old Man and the Sea 72nd Academy Awards
Douban score: 8.9 points
Duration: 20 minutes
Director: Alexander Petrov
Hemingway's famous novel "The Old Man and the Sea", I believe most parents know the plot. I also resisted watching animation before, because I was afraid that animation would not show the essence of the original.
But animation is obviously also an unsurpassed masterpiece! The oil painting-like picture depicts the blue ocean, the free-flying seagulls, the magnificent and changing sky, and the mountains, water, huts, trees, boats... The perfect performance of all kinds of details, I really saw it.
The pure art of animation is fascinating, and what I appreciate more is the story of the old man and the sea. The spirit and fearlessness of the old man tell us that we must always maintain the reverence for life and the eternal adherence to faith, so that we can see hope in despair and travel farther in suffering!
"The Man Who Planted the Tree" 60th Academy Awards
Douban score: 9.1 points
Duration: 30 minutes
Director: Frederick Baker
A lone shepherd, on his own and for decades, planted vast groves of woods in the desert and turned the mounds into oases.
If "The Old Man and the Sea" interprets "I can be destroyed, but I can't be defeated", then this shepherd can also see this perseverance.
God has given you life and has also given you the right to grasp it. I think that for life, the most touching thing should be the never-ending effort and hope.
The film is 30 minutes long, all of which are French narrations, the beginning is quite stuffy, the overall is flat, and you must calm down to feel it. But the picture is really super beautiful and poetic.
Birds! bird! bird! 74th Academy Awards
Douban score 8.7 points
Duration: 3 minutes
Director: Ralph Eggleston
Compared to the previous ones, this short film is much more relaxed and pleasant, and it is only three minutes long, but it is called a funny story by Pixer, who has always been good at storytelling.
A flock of sharp-natured birds gathered on the wires, chirping and chattering. The arrival of the uninvited guest, the Big Stupid Bird, broke their quarrel, and the birds suddenly united and unanimously turned to the outside world, sneering at the Big Stupid Bird, and even planning to work together to squeeze it out. But just when success was imminent, an accident occurred.....
The story can be regarded as a metaphor for interpersonal relationships, which is very ironic. I won't spoil the final ending, anyway, it's so cute.
Danish Poet 79th Academy Awards
Douban score 8.4 points
Duration: 14 minutes
Directed by: Torill Kove
It is irresistible for this two-dimensional animation with simple lines, fresh colors, but oil painting style on the sky background, and a nordic melancholy atmosphere!
One comment really hit the story: "If it weren't for the Danish poet, the rainy summer in Norway, the slippery farm pedals, the careless postman... My parents probably just brushed past each other. I may still be a seed, flying around in the air, waiting for someone to come and take me. ”
In this world, two people can meet and love each other, what a clever thing!
"Chabchab" 75th Academy Awards
Douban score 7.4 points
Duration: 6 minutes
Directed by Eric Armstrong
Compared with the previous films, this short film can win an Oscar is somewhat controversial. I think it's probably because the average level of animated short films that year was average.
But the story is interesting: the cleaner Little Green Dragon is in the bar and is thrown out of the door for influencing the big star to sing, when the guards inform him that Chabu Chab is coming. Who is Chabchab? What a frightening guy in the universe!
So the dragon gate immersed in song and dance fled, leaving only the little green dragon and a group of chickens it wanted to protect. Before the ferocious giant came, the unthinkable happened... Who is Chabchab?
The ending is so cute, it seems that people are really unmaskable!
In addition, this short film also has a special part, that is, in just 6 minutes, you can see the creator's homage to various classic science fiction characters: Xenomorph, ET, Yoda Master, Black Samurai...
Bull Ferdinand 11th Academy Awards
The 1938 animation is a very old film, but the story is unique and worth watching.
Ferdinand is a very unique cow, he is not as active as other partners, he likes to participate in bullfighting competitions, he only likes to immerse himself in nature.
Inadvertently, during a bullfighting show selection, Ferdinand was mistakenly discovered by the bullfighting detective for his outstanding qualifications. So Ferdinand had to say goodbye to his beloved farm, what would be the fate of the future?
I was impressed by the phrase "he was happy" in the short film, which I think was because Ferdinand had an empathetic, understanding and tolerant mother. She just wants her baby to be happy to be herself.
On the other hand, how many mothers now have slowly deviated from their original intentions on the road to parenting! So little Ferdinand is so lucky!
In addition, the picture book "Cow Who Loves Flowers" is adapted from this short film.