Wen | Cheng Xiaoyi (original is not easy, plagiarism must be investigated)
It only takes some confidence and the first step, even if I'm not there for you, I'll guide you through it. ”
"Remember, the road ahead may seem bumpy, but you can complete this journey with a little effort and a lot of love." - "Hair Love"
The 92nd Academy Award-winning film was announced, and the micro-film "Hair Love" defeated the four animations of "Daughter", "Sister", "Don't Forget Me" and "Little WildCat and Bulldog", and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In his thank-you speech, the creator paid special tribute to basketball player Kobe Bryant.
Produced by Sony Pictures Animaiton and directed by Matthew A. Cherry, The film revolves around an African-American dad, daughter, and the relationship between her hair, and the seemingly simple task of helping her daughter Zuri do her hair instead of mom, because the hair has its own ideas!
Inspired by a video the director saw online, the animated short film was created in 2017 and set a Kickstarter crowdfunding record, raising nearly $300,000 from 5,000 supporters. When it comes to African-American fathers helping their daughters comb their troubled hair, the director's starting point for making short films is also to hope that people will take care of their naturally growing hair.
In the film, from the daughter and father worried about tying their hair, to the father and daughter overcoming the dilemma of tying their hair because of their mother's video, the last family of three went hand in hand because of the power of "hair", and the touching scene of embracing each other alluded to a lot of "philosophy of life" in life: difficulties are like mountains in the heart, but love and hope are the inspirational labels that moisturize and silent. Through the resistance and encouragement of a family of three in adversity, this article explains love and hope, self-confidence and bravery are the dawn of adversity.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 "hair binding" once, triggering an emotional crisis between father and daughter</h1>
At the beginning of the film, what is printed in front of the eyes is the portrait of different hairstyles on the wall, there are paintings of a family of three, there are also hairstyles of the mother in different periods, one of which is a "double expression" drawing paper with a crown placed in the C position, and the two sides of the face are sad and happy expressions, which also sets the tone for the entire cartoon.
A kitten wakes up the sleeping little girl Zuri, foreshadowing the absence of the little girl's mother, setting the stage for the film.
Zuri saw the "love" travel notes on the wall calendar, she got up and got dressed and shoes, sat at the dressing table to select her mother's hairstyle in the vlog, she looked at her mother's smiling and confident hairstyle, and remembered the scene where her mother once helped her tie her hair.
Mom said that it only took a little effort, and it was full of love.
The little girl also tried to learn the hair tying technique in the vlog, but failed. At this time, the father came in and carried the daughter to the mother's dresser, the father felt troublesome and took a hat for the daughter to wear, but the daughter refused, the father tried very hard to tie the daughter's hair, and finally it was not tied, the father picked up a red hat again and put it on the daughter's head, but the daughter shed sad tears.
Psychologist Piaget once said: Children can only see the world from their own point of view.
The daughter felt that her father did not work hard enough to help her tie her hair, so she sadly returned to the room and closed the door.
In the variety show "Where Does Daddy Go", Wang Yuelun is a man who was embarrassed by his hair, he wanted to help his daughter who had just woken up in the show to tie his hair, but no matter what, he couldn't get it right, Wang Yuelun seemed to have no experience in this area, and he was sweating profusely, and finally had to ask for help from the assistant next to him.
In real life, the hair tied for the daughter is basically the mother, which also shows the important position of the little girl's mother in this family, because the mother is not around, and the father can only do the work, but there are a few men who will tie the girl's long hair, which is also the source of the estrangement between the father and daughter in the film.
The famous psychologist Rogers said: "Love is deep understanding and acceptance. ”
The father looked at his daughter's sad back and let out a miserable "Ouch."
Perhaps, this is also the helplessness of the father, the father has tried very hard, but also ignored by the daughter, in fact, every father hopes that his love for the child can be seen and understood by the child, so the father shows a low expression, which tastes cold and warm self-knowledge.
Father and daughter live together, without the participation of the mother, there will be a lot of gaps in life, from the small hair tied to the life of the little girl, but life is a mirror, not only reflecting the side we lack the most, but also reflecting the need to try our best to play their respective roles.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 Love in difficult situations is the motivation to encourage family members to move forward, and self-confidence is a weapon to face difficulties</h1>
The father tried to tie his daughter's hair, but saw the "devil" in the black hair, and the dad tried to fight the "devil" and finally was shrouded by the devil, in fact, this is the image in the father's heart.
Demons symbolize the difficulties in front of them, lovers are sick and hospitalized, they can't tie their daughter's hair, they can't take care of their daughter's life, and they make their daughter sad and cry, I think as any man will feel exhausted, like the decadence when defeated in the struggle with demons.
The daughter sadly returned to the room, the father chased after it but could not open the daughter's door, the father had no choice but to sit in front of the door, when he heard the daughter in the room was putting the mother's vlog.
Mom said in the video, "See? Isn't it simple? It only takes some confidence and the first step, even if I'm not around, I'll guide you through it.
Keep in mind that the road ahead may seem bumpy, but you can complete this journey with just a little effort and full of love.
The daughter opened the door and looked at the video of her mother and herself performing in her hand and the innocent look in her daughter's eyes, at this time, the father's eyes flashed with tears, he bent down and pinched his daughter's small face, smiled and picked up his daughter, and began to learn vlog to help his daughter tie her favorite hairstyle.
With the mother's sentence in the video, I know you can do it, the father successfully learned to tie his hair, the daughter jumped into the arms of the father happily, the father also sorted out the clothes in the mirror, showing a long-lost smile, and then the father and daughter happily went out of the house to visit the sick mother.
Smyers once said that difficulties arise from efforts to overcome difficulties.
The sick wife, although not around the father and daughter, encouraged the father and daughter in distress with a video, which is a loving encouragement, and the father and daughter not only overcome the dilemma of tying their hair, but also ease the gap between the father and daughter.
Roman Rolland once said: "Love is the flame of life, without which everything becomes night." ”
Deeply. The wife's vlog encourages the father and daughter to move forward, teaches them how to bravely face the difficulties in front of them, no matter how bumpy the road ahead is, as long as there is more confidence, no obstacle can resist the "hill" you want to cross.
In life, we are often like the father in the film, facing the task of never being exposed to it, but in fact, any difficulty has its own reason, or teach us how to face ourselves, or teach us how to live strongly, the difficulties in front of us are only temporary, as long as you take a brave and confident step forward, it is the beginning of success.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 "Crown" represents hope: the courage to face up to the imperfect self, hope is the dawn of adversity</h1>
The father and daughter were about to go out, but the daughter turned and ran to the room to tear a picture from the wall.
In the hospital, my mother shaved her hair, wore a hat and sat in a wheelchair looking at her "hairstyle" in the mirror in front of the window. With the sound of her daughter pushing the door, the mother immediately showed a bright smile, and the expression of the previous and backward forms a sharp contrast, which also indirectly implies the change of the "double expression" drawing paper.
The mother patted her daughter's beautiful hairstyle, the daughter pointed to her father, the mother smiled and made an excellent gesture to the father, and the warm picture of a family of three deeply touched the audience in front of the screen.
The daughter took out the crown "double expression" drawing paper she had drawn, and one of the sad expressions was painted deeply by the daughter with a paintbrush, and she could no longer see the sadness, only a happy expression.
This "single expression" drawing paper contrasts sharply with the "double expression" drawing paper at the beginning of the film, indicating that the family will no longer have sad faces, but will always be happy and happy, and the crown in the drawing paper has always been there, representing the little girl's love for her mother is eternal, even if the mother has no hair, but the mother is still the "queen" in the daughter's heart.
The mother looked at her daughter's drawing paper and calmly took off her hat, and the mother who shaved her hair showed a happy smile.
The daughter reached out and caressed the bald mother, implying that the daughter was full of expectations for the future of the mother, the mother warmly hugged the daughter, the husband also came to hug the mother and daughter, the daughter looked at her parents happily, and the family of three embraced each other happily.
Finally, Dad took the luggage and pushed Mom's family of three out of the room, and at the door of the room, the father and daughter high-fived.
Mr. Hu Shi once said: "Life has no meaning, if you can give him any meaning, he has any meaning."
Behind this applause, because of the encouragement of the mother, the father and daughter can confidently get out of the predicament and successfully reconcile; also because of the daughter's "crown" drawing paper, the mother began to face herself, bravely took off her hat, and smiled at life.
As this line in the American drama "This is us" says: "You have to learn how to give life to your most sour lemon, to make a cup of sweet lemon juice."
Mom's hair is no longer there, but she still looks up at the light of life, because the love between relatives can make up for any shortcomings in the body, and the family of three has deeper expectations for the future life, and only hope is the dawn of adversity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >04 is written at the end</h1>
The reason why the micro-film "Hair Love" can beat many excellent works and win this year's Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film must have its unique artistic value.
"Hair Love" is not only a novel story angle, prominent intentions, bland story contains a lot of human philosophy, about love and hope, self-confidence and bravery, is the dawn of growth in adversity, perhaps this is the eternal topic of the human world.
The American historian Cavit Robert once proposed such a law: "Life can be without many things, but it cannot be without hope and faith." No one fails by falling, unless they keep falling or being negative. ”
At the end of the film, with the ending song, the family stays together happily, grooming each other's hair, and the mother's hair gradually grows, indicating that the mother's condition is getting better, and the family has not been defeated by difficulties and diseases, and has lived the life that everyone wants.
"Hair Love" can be said to be an inspirational micro-film, using a common thing in life - hair as a guide, and showing the power and connotation of human nature with a small plot design, perhaps this is why it beat four of the excellent works.
Yuval Harari said in A Brief History of the Future that "there is only one mountain to conquer in life, to try to experience all the feelings of being human".
May you and I in the rest of our lives, no matter how much difficulties and encounters we encounter, please remember to look up at the stars, take the first step bravely, experience the bittersweet taste of life, and understand the essence of life.
As the ending song "Happy Days" of "Hair Love" sings, "It will be fine, because everything is ready,
Happy hour, happy life, this is life, live with heart, ten miles high, a foot away, you can still reach the end and taste the fruits of victory. ”
Encourage with the King!
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Reference Film: "Hair Love"
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Author: Cheng Xiaoyi, a post-85 Rongcheng woman, a psychological counselor, looks at life in the book, looks at the products in the film, and lyrics the emotions at the end of the pen.