The short film I want to recommend today is by a USC Chinese student, Cheng Teng.
The title of the short film is --
Higher Sky
The film won the 41st American Student Academy Award in the Animation Category this year.
First, let's talk about the author Cheng Teng.
He graduated from the School of Animation and Digital Arts of communication university of China in 2007.
Compared with this "There is a Sky Outside the Sky", his undergraduate works may be more well-known.
The Red Scarf Man
In 2010, he and several other classmates created "The Red Scarf Man" in his junior year, which caused a craze.
It tells the story of a teenager who is "caught" by the teacher after reading a comic in class, and fantasizes about staging a big duel with the devil teacher.
Some netizens called it a "must-see nostalgic animation after the 80s".
In the film, the horrific footsteps of the class teacher's high heels and the killing eyes all remind us of the days when we hid under the desk and read comics.
Naughty students who were children who had not been beaten by the teacher's triangle board
But this time, this "There is a Sky Outside the Sky", the painting style is completely different from "Red Scarf Man".
Five minutes of film, the plot is very simple.
There are two kung fu masters in the Chinese mountain forest, the golden snub-nosed monkey.
Spring swallow.
The two masters have experienced a series of confrontations in the forest.
In the end, it led to unexpected results...
Although the story is small, the whole action scene looks like a flowing stream, which is particularly smooth.
Cheng Teng said that the biggest challenge in making this short film is the design of the characters:
Traditional Chinese painting is a profound art that requires the viewer to spend more time to feel.
But the art of cinema is simpler and more direct, and I only have a few minutes to get the message out to the audience.
Therefore, in the work, he uses zhu, yellow, blue, black, white and other colors that appear in traditional Chinese painting.
The image of the monkey and the spring swallow was designed to be simple and stylish.
Foreign media CGW gave a high evaluation:
The perfect balance of storytelling and technicality is a masterpiece.
The Douban score of the short film also has 8.3.
Although only 43 netizens commented, half of them gave 4 stars.
Some netizens said that this film is reminiscent of the early years of "The Great Haunting of the Heavenly Palace".
Cheng Teng said that the biggest purpose of making this short film is to pass on the amazing Chinese elements to the world.
Sir had no doubt that if he had such a thought in mind, he would continue to do it.
Sooner or later, animated films like Kung Fu Panda will no longer be made by foreigners.
Well, no nonsense, send a short video.
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