The world is so big that there is always more or less "unbeautiful".
But it is precisely because of the appearance of these dark sides that it indicates that there will always be a bright place.
And no one is perfect, and do not deny everything because of the filth of others, or your own filth.
We must always firmly believe that everyone, even in the dark, must always be born to the sun and enjoy the mottled and colorful ......
Features of the play "Unexpected Lucky Lot".
(1) First-person narrative perspective
The anime "Unexpected Lucky Lot" is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Naoki Award author Eto Mori, and the author adopts the first-person narrative method, which has become more popular in recent years, and tells the story from the perspective of the protagonist, which is immersive.
(2) Dramatic hourglass structure
The entire dramatic structure of "Unexpected Lucky Lot" is similar to that of an hourglass, beginning with death and ending with rebirth, just like the largest capacity in an hourglass. The narrative process is relatively balanced, without too many ups and downs, but each small story is like a grain of sand, slowly pushing the progress of the story.
It is worth mentioning that in the 120-minute film, the protagonist Kobayashi's change of attitude towards life is also the biggest turning point in the whole movie, although there are not too many dramatic conflicts, but it is the most important turning point in the whole movie.
It is like the slender rail in the center of the hourglass, firmly controlling the entire hourglass and determining the direction of the sand grains. Moreover, the script of this movie, which can be watched from front to back, can also be flashback, like an hourglass, whether it is positive or negative.
The male protagonist's mother cheats and intends to commit suicide, and the communication of the crush girl Kuwabara Xunka can all occur after the death of the male protagonist.
Overall, it's not as stylized as Hollywood animation, nor as gripping as Japanese animation, but with a rigorous narrative that shows both the psychology and real life of the characters, and drives the story forward. The animation combines reality and fantasy to bring out the heartwarming story to the fullest.
Analysis of the production skills of the cartoon "Unexpected Lucky Lot".
(1) Cleverly blurred line outlines
In the movie, the little angel in the spirit world has a black border, and the outline of the soul is weakened to almost nothing. The film uses this exquisite animation art form, with the overall color tone and silent subtitle rendering, to bring out the atmosphere of paradise and wonderland to the fullest.
(2) Enthusiastic and bright color expression
The tone of the whole film is warm and bright, with the color tone of Japanese family animation and youth animation. In particular, the profound depiction of the colors of the food three times in the film plays a crucial role in the development of the story.
At 19 minutes and 20 seconds of the film, the golden soybean flour on the toast becomes a turning point in the family's emotions, and it is also an introduction to Kobayashi's personality change from strangeness to suicide after his rebirth.
After about 42 minutes and 10 seconds, Kobayashi really remembered the scene of his mother's cheating, which made Kobayashi's emotions reach a new level, and he began to express his dissatisfaction with his mother with his voice.
At 104 minutes and 35 seconds, the picture is frozen on the steaming hot pot, and the family gradually gets out of the knot in their hearts in the matter of choosing a school, and the atmosphere of the whole family becomes warm. The color of the food in the three plots and the emotional expression of the characters make the whole movie more soft and natural.
(3) The realistic style of action depiction
Considering that the style of the film is biased towards realism, it is difficult to portray the characters with more exaggerated big movements, and the characters' personalities are more reflected through expressions and body movements.
The film's control of the characters' facial expressions is also carefully arranged, such as that of Masako Sano, who uses a lot of freeze-frame shots in her life.
In the scene where Kobayashi Shin and Kuwabara Shika are on the bridge, she strokes her hair with her hands and rubs her toes against the ground, vividly interpreting the shyness of the little girl when she is recognized. Only cartoons can express such a delicate audio-visual experience so vividly.
(4) Spatial arrangements for multiple transformations
There are two kinds of space in the film, one is the real space, and the other is the imagination space, such as Kobayashi Zhen accidentally entering the water while watching an oil painting.
Animations can switch between real and illusory spaces without the slightest stiffness. In terms of spatial arrangement, the characters shuttle between the city streets many times, and it is difficult to complete the scheduling of the internal space of the lens in live-action shooting.
Kobayashi follows Kuwabara and drags her to the shot of running around in the rain, the picture changes a lot, into the painting, panning, rushing the mirror, shaking, all in one go, running in the rain, giving people a hearty feeling.
(5) Apply 3D animation to 2D animation
The 3D elements used in "Unexpected Lucky Lot" restore real life to the greatest extent, not only making life more realistic, but also increasing the dynamics of the shot. Many of the scenes in the film are in 3D: corridors, white cars, brick roads on bridges, trams and bicycles.
The film is also good at using 2D animation technology to express the idea of 3D animation. The trajectory of the spiritual paradise Riparapara and the soul, the intersection where Kobayashi and his classmates staggered when he first arrived at school, and the direction of running in the rain. The characters in these shots are arranged in XYZ three axes, subtly establishing the three-dimensional and realistic sense of the animated scene.
The specific use of audiovisual language in the film
Between 68 minutes and 33 seconds to 74 minutes 48 seconds in the film, the protagonist Kobayashi Shin meets his good friend Saotome, thus starting a journey of understanding the history and culture of "Jade Electricity".
The film is 6 minutes and 15 seconds long, with 48 shots, making full use of the methods and methods of animation audio-visual language, so that the sound, picture and story have reached a high degree of integration. Therefore, this article selects this clip to analyze the audiovisual language of the film.
(1) Editing
In this segment, the scene and the location of the shooting change a lot, and in the black and white photographs, the transition between space and reality is more nuanced. The transition of the train from black and white to color reflects the animation's special pursuit of visual editing in a limited space.
The two have experienced one period after another in the historical scenes of "Jade Electricity", and many non-technical transitions are used in the film, using the lens to make natural transitions between the content of the front and rear scenes, and paying more attention to visual coherence than visual montage and other technical transition methods.
(2) Color
The audio-visual form of "comic animation" determines that it needs to be produced with the help of complex and delicate scenes on the screen to make up for the lack of relatively simple expressions and actions of the characters. Some empty shots have only one scene, and the emotions of the characters are accentuated by rich and realistic color changes.
For example, the green jacket and red backpack worn by Saotome when playing in the street scene are all bright colors and high purity, and the brightness and saturation of the street scene color are also slightly reduced, and the spatial hierarchy of the characters and scenes is relatively large.
(3) Music
The treatment of this piece of music gives a pleasant feeling from suppression to exaltation, and the alternation of piano, violin, and guitar, as well as cross-playing, creates a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, and the background music is combined with the ambient sound of the train to give it a taste of Japanese pastoral.
Although it is not a traditional Japanese instrument, it achieves the purpose of localization and localization with a rich variety of musical variations that match the high degree of the picture.
(4) Lens scheduling
There are a lot of street scenes in this scene, and a lot of them are Miyazaki style, or Japanese 2D animation.
It shows the sense of space and hierarchy of a street. The combination of moving camera and character movement shoots from left to right, from bottom to top, and the movement of the character from the outside of the picture to the inside of the picture, showing the city street scene and the "Jade Electricity" ruins from the three-dimensional angle of the XYZ axis horizontally, vertically, and deeply, and successfully expressing the lens sense of three-dimensional space in a two-dimensional way.
(5) Information
The animation technology and audiovisual language used in the film are centered on the protagonist Makobayashi. The pictures, color pictures, and cheerful music made Kobayashi really come out of the trough and become positive and optimistic.
At the same time, the film uses a large number of shots to tell the history of "Jade Electricity", reflecting the good memories of director Keiichi Hara and the main creative team for "Jade Electricity".
The idea and theme of the film
The film features Shin Kobayashi as the protagonist, and after experiencing a series of tribulations such as suicide attempts, emotional setbacks, friendship emptiness, and family entanglements, he finally opens his heart, regains his emotions, and expresses his yearning for simple peace.
I hope that the audience can calmly face the proposition of death and face the reality with a positive attitude.
At the same time, the director also questioned the speed of material development and warned the younger generation that they must not lose their independent will and dignity.
In addition to warning teenagers, the film also explores family ethics, where various family relationships such as husband and wife, father and son, mother and son, and brother and sister are intertwined, and no matter who does something wrong, family affection cannot be severed, and the focus is on family affection to make up and heal.
No matter how small a life is, you must feel the warmth of the world, support each other, and live peacefully.
The cartoon "Unexpected Lucky Lot" is like a neat prose, whether it is the story, or the picture, the shaping of the characters, and the expression of the theme, it is so perfect and delicate, whether it is in the audio-visual language, it is very detailed.
This film vividly expresses the creative style of contemporary Japanese animation directors, it tells the story with an audio-visual language that leaves no traces, interprets society with rigorous video, reflects the deep sense of collective distress and family ethics in the hearts of the Japanese, and depicts, reflects and explores the social crisis caused by the development of contemporary consumer civilization.