Special feature of 1905 film network Which is stronger in the 10-year Spring Festival? It must be a series of animated films.
Since 2014, when Bears Appear, a big movie, it hit the Spring Festival for eight consecutive years, and even this series of films occupied the box office list of animated films in China film market. Today, the "Bears Come and Go" team has brought brand-new works.
Science fiction has always been an element frequently involved in the series of bears in recent years. In the fourth part, the team quoted the concept of "parallel space" in the works; In the fifth part, the team implanted the concept of reducer … … In a word, in the world of Bears, sci-fi elements are always closely related to the whimsy of animation.
This time, "Bears Come Back to Earth" finally "laid hands on" the sci-fi theme in all directions, and the simple and honest Xiong Er became the first bear to set foot on the moon, which is a small step and a big fantasy.
The creative passion of continuous output is aimed at the Spring Festival file every time, even one of the many films that dare to show activities in advance. As of press time, the box office of the movie "Bears Coming Back to Earth" has accumulated over 20 million. So, what special creative story will there be in "Bears Come Back to Earth"? The 1905 film network exclusively talked to the director of this film and revealed the story behind it together.
Talking about Creation: Paying Attention to Real-time Hotspots
"Bears Coming Back to Earth" was conceived from 2019 to 2020, just at that time, more and more people around us talked about the topic of space. "We can feel the space development of our motherland, and we hope to combine this space and space elements in a movie, so that children can see it and make this animated film a window, hoping to inspire them to explore these sciences and space."
Sci-fi elements have always been frequently touched in the big movie "Bears Come and Go". "It may really be related to the creators. We all like scientific and technological things inside, and we are in an era of advanced technology. When doing these things, people inside are very embarrassed."
The animation creation of "Bears" series is always passionate. Looking back on the past seven works, the achievements are remarkable, not only the box office continues to rise, but also it has been shortlisted for Shanghai International Film Festival for many times and won many Golden Rooster trophies. This is an achievement, and it is also the pressure of creators.
Huida Lin told us that this kind of pressure will really plague the team content, but everyone will always have a common understanding. "First of all, we are rooted in environmental protection and humanities, from the relationship between people and animals, and the environment, as well as the way and feelings of getting along with each other."
The film "Bears Coming Back to Earth" takes global warming as the starting point, and the natural environment is constantly being destroyed. It is also the breakthrough point of this creation, and boldly expands the imagination. "Suppose the earth once had an excellent civilization, even more developed than our current technology, but it disappeared due to the destruction of the environment and the over-exploitation of resources, leaving endless regrets and thoughts."
This kind of thinking has converged on the new character "Abu" in "Bears Come Back to Earth". He will have a lot of entanglements with Xiong Er, and behind the story, those problems will become the thoughts of every child after leaving the scene.
In addition, family fun has always been the direction of the series "Bears Come and Go". "Family reunion is the element that the film has always wanted to convey. Home is the harbor in society, and looking at the universe, the earth is our harbor."
This family relationship is not only the entanglement between Xiong Er and Xiong Da, as well as the partners of Xiong Xiong Ling, but also the wandering feeling and homesickness of Abu. "He was actually born on the earth, but he was forced to leave the earth, lost the news of his family and drifted in space. He really wants to return to the earth and return to his family. " This kind of "going home" is exactly what Huida Lin and the team want to convey to the audience. It will be a place for the audience to find empathy during the Spring Festival.
The four key words "integrity", "fun", "imagination" and "sincere emotion" have become the key words of Huida Lin’s recommendation of The Bear Comes Back to Earth.
Talking about Expectation: Make a good work first.
Compared with the previous Spring Festival files, the competition in the animated film market of this year’s Spring Festival files is particularly fierce.
When asked about the market pressure this year, in his view, there will be many blockbusters every year, and the pressure will inevitably be there. "But our main duty is to be able to create an absolutely excellent film that can bring value to the audience."
For him and the creative team, perhaps the pressure of the box office is left to the marketing department, and I want to bring value and joy to the audience. Even so, "there will definitely be an expectation in my heart. After all, the box office results represent everyone’s love and recognition for Bears, which also gives us a steady stream of motivation to create and constantly improve our production level."
Since the creation of animated films, in Huida Lin’s mind, every work that has to face the audience will be very confident, "because first of all, we like our own works."
In fact, this confidence comes from the heart of the team. Since the advent of the series of cartoons, the team has never stopped growing. Every year, friends of all ages are invited to communicate and investigate, so that they can participate in the creation. "In communication, we found an interesting commonality. Regardless of age, in fact, many people have an ordinary and unusual child in their hearts. This child may look ordinary, but he still dreams of becoming a hero and changing the world. So in this role-shaping, the protagonist Xiong Er, to some extent, is the ordinary’ bear’ child in our hearts. He has small shortcomings, such as being greedy, lazy and weak. But he still wants to be a hero. "
Even today, there are still many people’s stereotypes about animation, especially domestic animation. Compared with other types of film and television, animation has a larger proportion of underage audiences, but this does not mean that "animation" and "young children" should be equated.
As a creator, "Bears haunt" has always adhered to the direction of family fun for all ages. In each creation, the creative team will try to take care of the viewing preferences of all ages. For example, at the same time or scene, children and big friends will find different jokes. In addition, we are also balancing the expression of various emotions, such as father-son affection, brotherhood, partnership and so on. There are also many touching emotional expressions in "Bears Coming Back to Earth", such as the trust between Xiong Er’s brothers, Abu’s difficulties in finding relatives, and Niu’s couple’s persistence. I believe that everyone can find their own shadows or those around them from the film, and I believe that audiences of different ages will find their own resonance.
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