Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter learned from Shanghai Meiyi Film Studio that Jiao Yesong, director of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio and second-level animation designer, died at 10:52 a.m. on January 27, 2020, at the age of 91.
Born in August 1929 in Jixian County, Heilongjiang Province, Jiao Yesong, as the creative backbone of the east film southward migration to the film art group, has made important contributions to the creation of American film animation and the cultivation of young animation talents, and is the animation design of films such as "Little Carp Jumping Dragon Gate", "Little Tadpole Finds Mother", "Mudi", "Grassland Hero Little Sister", "Trumpeter" and other films, the director of "Little White Pigeon", "The Adventure of Petite", "Tiger Learning Art" and other films, and one of the screenwriters of "The Adventure of Petite".
"Little Carp Jumping Dragon Gate"
From "Correctional Elderly" to "Correctional Teacher"
Matsu Isao is an important participant and witness to the development of Meiyi Film Studio. Chang Guangxi, director and director of the former Mei Film Studio, still remembers the scene of seeing Yano Matsu for the first time. In the 1960s, The Shanghai Meiyi Film Studio made a nationwide public exhibition, which was a sensation. In 1961, the exhibition toured to Shanghai, and Chang Guangxi, who had not yet graduated from the Shanghai Film College, followed his teacher to Hongkou Park to visit the exhibition, where he met Jiao Yesong. "He was one of the organizers of the exhibition, and he had been busy listening to the teacher's introduction that this was a 'correctional elder', in fact, he was only in his 30s at that time, speaking a northern dialect, very kind, and there was no shelf of 'old predecessors'. It was hot that summer, and he was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt. It was this time that there didn't seem to be anything special about the first sight, and more than fifty years had passed, and Chang Guangxi was still deeply imprinted in his mind.
The reason why it is called "the elderly predecessor" is because of the position of Theo Pine in the history of fine art films. In 1951, Te Wei led the young team of the art film group of the Northeast Film Studio to move south, and in the next six or seven years, he laid the rudiments of the Shanghai Mei film studio, and Jiao Yesong was in the team. In 1957, the backbone of the original Dongying Art Film Group combined with East China Art College, Suzhou Art College animation talents and Local Art Workers in Shanghai to form the current Shanghai Film Studio. In the early days of entrepreneurship, they made well-known animation works at home and abroad, such as "The Proud General" and "Little Tadpole Finds Mother".
Among the backbone of northeast American films that came to Shanghai, there are directors, screenwriters, animation design, etc., Ando Song is the leader in animation design, and he is the main animation designer in films such as "Little Tadpole Finds Mother" and "Mudi".
"Little Tadpole Finds Mother"
In the career of Yu Nomatsu, he not only devoted a lot of energy to the artistic creation of the beauty studio, but also selflessly passed on his rich creative experience to his descendants. Hua Yi, former deputy secretary of the Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, was one of the students recruited by Matsu no Matsu to enter the American Film. He introduced that after the special historical period, the Film Studio once faced the situation of lack of talents and recruited a group of students to the society. At that time, as a class teacher, Yu Nomatsu went to each school to select students with a certain art foundation, and continued the talent echelon of the film studio by opening animation training classes. Jiao Yesong later joked with the students, "In order to recruit you, I ran a pair of leather shoes." This can also be seen in the attitude of the US film studio at that time.
Little Sisters of The Heroes of the Prairie
"We all call him Teacher Jiao, he is an artist with high moral standing and both virtue and art." Hua Yi recalled that At that time, Jiao Yesong was not only responsible for the basic teaching of animation for the class of 75 students, but also helped take care of everyone's daily life. He began by teaching how to draw the simplest red flag fluttering and people walking, so that students gradually understood the characteristics of art films and entered the industry little by little.
"Little White Pigeon"
"Correct eight sheets" to draw horses
In terms of animation design, Matsu Nobu has a unique job that is passed on as a beautiful talk in the us film studio. "In animation design, riding a horse is a difficult point." Chang Guangxi introduced that according to the format of 24 frames per second, at least hundreds of pictures or even thousands of pictures should be drawn in 15 seconds of running horses, which is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. But in the cartoon "Trumpeter", Jiao Nomatsu invented a set of eight original paintings to express the action of riding a horse, and can be recycled, "with these eight pictures, you can 'run' for an hour." At that time, everyone thought that his invention was too powerful, and gave him a title called 'Correction Eight Zhang'. ”
"When I was a child, I watched "Trumpeter", and when I entered the American Film Studio, I learned that the original eight-sheet horse action was invented by Teacher Jiao after summing up his experience." Hua Yi introduced that Jiao Yesong used this set of horse running specifications as a shared sample for students and film crews, and then everyone followed his design and then personalized it.
Matsu is passionate about the cause of animation, and the cartoons he directs are full of childlike fun and edutainment; he often uses the forms that children like to hear and hear, guiding them to form the right values. Hua Yi recalled that when Jiao Yesong filmed "The Adventure of Petite", he always led the film crew to experience life, such as going to the kindergarten to observe children. "He taught us that art films and live-action films do not express things differently, and film shots can be passed by, but animation should remember the characteristics and characteristics and show them in a childlike way." Every time he draws a shot, he asks us to first make a vision according to his storyboard, and then enrich our ideas and inspire us to use our imagination as much as possible. ”
"The Adventures of Petite"
The harmonious couple of the studio
SuDa, director of Shanghai Mei film studio, recalled that in 2019, he visited Mr. and Mrs. Jiao Yesong twice. "When I first went, Teacher Jiao happily sat in the living room early to greet us, and the table was specially placed with fruits and mineral water to entertain us. Although the eyes are almost invisible, they still keep repeating 'thank you so much' to us. The second time was to send a commemorative medal celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China to Jiao Yesong, and the old man sincerely expressed his gratitude as always, and he was also particularly excited and proud, repeatedly touching his own honorary medal.
In 2019, Suda, Chang Guangxi and others visited Mr. and Mrs. Jiaonomatsu
In his later years, Jiao Yesong still had a heart for animation, not only donating the animation manuscripts that had been preserved for decades to the Meiyi Film Studio for the study of the Chinese animation school, but also said that "if the body is better, it would be better to work for a few more years."
Yang Suying, the wife of Jiao Yesong, is also a master of the original painting of the American Film Studio, and graduated from the Suzhou Meichuan. Jiao Yesong is from the northeast, Yang Suying is from the south, one north and one south, the living habits are different, but they are well-known harmonious couples in the studio.
Chang Guangxi remembers that when he visited Jiao Yesong last year, although his thinking was still very clear, his life was already difficult to take care of himself. Yang Suying was a few years younger than him and did her best to take care of him. "We were all touched to see her looking for the old age. The couple has made so many contributions to the studio and are very worthy of our respect. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu