—Cannibal fireworks, write red dust stories —
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"I am a Fujianese, I have been drinking tea since I was a child, and in the tea pet, there is both the beauty of Chinese tradition and the breath of life."
——Wang Wei
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The last time I wrote an animation film directed by Wang Wei, it was still outrageous
When a large group of people gave him a low score, I saw a door to a new world that was half hidden.
The quality of "The Adventure of Atang" has improved qualitatively compared to the little door god.
"The Adventures of Atang" is the only Chinese-language animation film to be shortlisted for the Best Animation At the Golden Jubilee Award at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival, with a Maoyan review of 8.9 points.
Believe me, this movie will surprise you.
PART 1.
It's a story about taking risks and finding yourself.
The story begins with a very relaxed self-narration, in a southern town with a strong tea style, as a country that can interpret the daily living and eating into exquisite life and sublimate it into culture, any time out of the land, you can boil out a strong folk nostalgia.
The protagonist is from an extraordinary background, named Ah Tang, from a master craftsman, is a very representative of the southern tea drinking culture - tea pet.
Originally a pair of exquisite objects, because the master's old partner suddenly fell ill, lost one, as a single product, Ah Tang came to a tea house, the tea house owner while showing the flowing tea art, while telling the guests about all the tea tao.
Tea pet this small toy when drinking tea, as its name says is a small pet that can be "raised", when drinking tea to the small tea pet pour some tea, the color will become better and better over the years, the luster is thick.
We can see that ordinary objects glow under the infiltration of fragrant tea, but Ah Tang is not spoiled by the tea.
Speaking of the design of the protagonist ATang, here I really can't help but give a big thumbs up, he wears a soft luo hat, wears a hugging shirt and pants, and the painting style of this Peking Opera Martial Arts is appropriate.
The boss sighed and said that no matter how many times he watered him, Atang would not change.
Even the work of a master, without function, is a useless thing, and sooner or later it will be discarded.
Seeing this, we can't help but feel a meal in our hearts, the Atang we see by the objectified mind is unqualified even as an ornament, we can't see his ingenuity, only care about his function.
What's even more interesting is that tea pets have a "practical" list.
When no one was there, the tea pets began to hold a symposium to talk about life, bibi value, and gossip.
They have competition for favors, there are comparisons, there are emotions, and this is not according to the routine of the card is empty and exciting.
In the midst of the gossip, Ah Tang's last back sitting on the window ledge was so firm.
Ordinary life is changed by a peculiar visitor.
The "Ball Ball" from the future formed a friendship with Atang after gaining the admiration and trust of a large number of tea pets.
Atang named it "Xiao Lai", which came from the future.
One is an unknown "creature" who wants to return to the future to find his origin, and the other is a tea pet who wants to go to the future to create a new self, so they travel together and begin their adventures.
It is worth saying that the action details in the film are particularly true.
Give everyone a few details of "water", let the basin feel the sincerity of this domestic animation:
The steam of the hot water is also really obvious:
For example, the droplets of water that splash when Atang descends from the sky and steps down:
For example, when Ah Tang flutters from the water, the details are very detailed:
Until they met the legendary thief, and then saw the imprisoned Xiaoxiang in the thief, Ah Tang lost the other half.
The thief has a quirk, only collecting fine products, as the masterpiece of the master Xiao Xiangru, as an intelligent robot Xiao Lai is also.
It turned out that the thief was originally going to steal Alai from the research institute as one of the collections, but as a result, the self-defeating Alai was started to be exiled outside the institute, and the system cognition was damaged to a certain extent and he got acquainted with Atang.
The change occurred, as a forgery to be destroyed, Ah Tang and Xiao Lai, who were in the body of Ah Tang, the former Green Plum Bamboo Horse Xiao Xiang, in the process of being rescued and rescued, Ah Tang and Xiao Lai were separated.
Upon learning of his origins, Xiao Lai unexpectedly receives instructions to return to the Institute, and Xiao Lai, who has been confirmed again at the Institute, denies that he can only accept the fate of being controlled by orders and escapes from the Institute, and he wants to go to the world where he can be regarded as a friend.
In the journey of separation, Xiao Lai and Ah Tang have grown up separately, and they will gain something in the future through giving and helping.
Xiao Lai and Ah Tang, who meet again, learn of Xiao Lai's system settings, and in order to rescue Xiao Xiang, they hope that the all-knowing and all-powerful Tree Cave People will be.
And after five levels of slashing six generals, Xiao Lai and Ah Tang both hope to use the only chance to get an answer for each other, just when Ah Tang happily asked xiao Lai a question to the "Tree Cave People", the thieves' men came to make trouble again, the underground world composed of waste collapsed, Ah Tang's unintentional control instructions made Xiao Lai seriously injured, but fortunately the savior appeared in time.
It turned out that the gatekeeper of the institute who accidentally "let go" of Ah Tang was a hidden master of technology, and after recognizing Xiao Lai, he brought him back for repair.
At this time, the computer sent out the information received by the network, and Atang used the only opportunity to ask the question: how to not (let Xiao Lai) be controlled.
The omniscient "Tree Cave Man" is just a network system set up by the gatekeeper.
He loves to study intelligent technology, he is not good at communicating with the outside world, and people are lazy to know and understand others, so he built such a system, collecting questions from the online world, and then answering by countless netizens on the Internet.
Through the statistics reported by the computer, through the voice of the gatekeeper, we see that we are increasingly indifferent to the convenience capture, and we see the huge crowd hidden behind the machine that is eager to communicate.
PART 2.
When making "The Adventures of Atang", Wang Wei spent a lot of effort, consulting many materials such as science and technology, Western philosophy, and parallel worlds, and finally simplified to one of the themes of the film:
There are countless futures, but there is only one present.
Xiao Lai and Ah Tang rescue a group of friends under the help of friends they once helped, and come to the final "decisive field" with the thief.
Xiao Lai, Ah Tang, and Xiao Xiang wanted to return to the master's house, and the thieves who followed them pushed them into the kiln and lit a charcoal fire.
Xiao Xiang helped Xiao Lai, Xiao Lai dragged Ah Tang tightly, Ah Tang was dragged by the big thieves, and no one refused to let go.
Watching the fire approach... Ah Tang and the thief fell into the flames together, Xiao Xiang fell on the dust, ah Lai was cracked out of the window...
The sound of the kiln awakened the master, who came to the kiln, found the small incense in the dust, and held out Atang in the kiln and put them together.
The old partner who had been lost, as if he had passed away, helped him find it again, so the kiln fire was rekindled.
Under the morning sun, Ah Tang, who was swept away the ash of the furnace, quenched out to the purest color.
Together they found Xiao Lai and gave him a new home.
The future opens the door to everyone.
As a bully in domestic animation, it opens the door to the new world of Chinese animation movies for melon friends to understand in minutes! Look at the dry goods it shakes out: rich visual and auditory perception, exquisite picture, shocking color, 3D visual effects.
Piggy Tea Pet sat on a small clip of the book sliding down the steps, and the soundtrack went from scratch, from slow to fast, and grasped the emotions of each moment very well.
And you know, in order to make Ah Tang really have a realistic and vivid way to open, designers go to professional Peking Opera actors to learn from the scriptures, and the seriousness of the sauce aunt is worthy of praise.
Another protagonist is the robot Xiao Lai, whose cute and round image will unconsciously make people think of the big white, but if you look closely, you have your own joy.
Don't underestimate it, his character image took 3 years from design to presentation, each design is in line with industrial principles, and you can directly make physical objects with design drawings.
What is even more "outrageous" is that the soundtrack details also properly show the strength of the team, and the soundtrack in different situations expresses different emotions.
The final Easter egg of Atang allows us to see not only the style of stepping on the high ground, but the end of a story with many sequences, events, scenes, deep preparation, and good details.
The story of Atang is very simple, telling like its title, a strange experience, and it is this strange experience that gives us a glimpse of different faces of the world, children see the adventures of a pair of good friends, and adults see all aspects of life.
The Virgo-style rigor of "The Adventures of Atang" asks you whether you are convinced?
To be fair, this is another domestic animation that helps viewers break stereotypes.
Those who are prejudiced against domestic animation films can be put away.
PART 3.
Wang Wei positioned it as a movie suitable for all-ages audiences to go to the cinema to watch, hoping that the family could discuss the content of the movie after watching the movie.
"XiaoLai is a bit like a child in a way, growing up not knowing what he wants to do, and it is also very destructive, but in the end it is necessary to make it independent."
He and Atang have gone through many difficulties along the way, and they have encountered interesting and interesting things, and I hope to share these interesting stories with the children. When talking about the artificial intelligence robot, Wang Wei said.
"It's a lot like the relationship between parents and children, and we want both children and parents to see themselves in the film." The relationship between Ah Tang and Xiao Lai is quite harmonious, in fact, the problems they face are still quite fierce. ”
Atang and the robot Little come in the process of finding themselves, they lose some, they also gain some.
Either way they end up reaping the good times and finding themselves to what they really want:
The future has dreams, and now we go.
This bowl of chicken soup must be dried!
Thanks: Huikuie (Animation Critics Club Member)
Main Writer: Guan Shuang