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[Abstract] "Father and Daughter" was created by the British-Dutch artist Michael Dudok de Wit in 2000 The experimental art short film created in 2001 won the 73rd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001. The film starts from ordinary life plots, reflects events from a unique perspective, and takes the most innocent human emotions as its theme, trying to explore the meaning of life, the value of life, and the true meaning of emotion. Whether it is the use of lenses or styling design, whether it is the choice of background music or the use of symbols, the film is closely centered on emotional clues and expresses human beings' demands for "truth, goodness and beauty", making the film's content and expression The form reaches a high degree of unity.
[Keywords] "Father and Daughter"; creative background; performance content; audio-visual language
"Father and Daughter" (Father and Daughter) is the work of the British-Dutch artist Michael Dudock _An experimental animated short film created by Michael DudokdeWit in 2000. The film was jointly produced by the British Cloudrunner Film Company and the Dutch CineTeFilmProductie Film Company. It stood out at the Academy Awards announced in March 2001 and won the 73rd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It also became an animated film that attracted much attention from the audience. . This film is not interfered by the mainstream commercial animation market environment, and fully utilizes the author's unique understanding and feelings of animation art. Through the sincere expression of human emotions and poignant artistic appeal, the content and form of the work are organically combined, becoming an experimental animation. A classic representative of short films.
1. Creative Background
Michael Dudok DeWitt was born in 1953. He had a strong interest in European comics and illustrations in his early years, especially Belgian comics. I have a special liking for the works of artist Hergé and American cartoonist Carl Backus. Michael Dudok DeWitt entered the Surrey College of Art and Design in the UK in 1975 to study animation. During his studies at school, he watched a large number of Eastern European animation art short films and learned from the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki and the Russian animation master Yuri _Drawing nutrients from animation works such as Norse King and laying a solid foundation for his animation career. After graduating in 1978, he joined a famous British animation company and produced animated advertising videos for Heineken, Volkswagen, AT&T and other world-famous companies. In the long-term commercial animation production, Michael Dudok DeWitt became more and more confused. Because commercial animation was restricted by the requirements of customers and agents, he was unable to exert his own creativity and personal expression. "After cooperating with the animation studio, I was deeply inspired by the animation creation concept of the "Crazy Shadow" animation studio and decided to create an artistic short film with a personal style. "Tom the Janitor: Trash Can" is the first animated film he collaborated with "Crazy Shadow" studio. With its fresh and concise tone, the film established the creative style of Michael Dudok DeWitt. In 1994, he created "The Monk and the Flying Fish", which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, making Michael Dudock DeWitt's animation style more mature.
2. Performance content
The plot of "Father and Daughter" is simple and it is an animated short film of only 8 minutes and 30 seconds. The film tells the story of a father and his daughter riding bicycles together on an autumn evening to a lake. After the father and daughter stopped the car, they hugged each other tightly. Then the father walked down the lake embankment, boarded a small boat, and rowed away until he disappeared from sight. The daughter lingered on the embankment for a long time before riding her little bicycle away from the embankment and began her lifelong watch.
As time passed, the daughter rode her bicycle to the lake again and again to wait for her father's return. My daughter grew up from a little girl to a young girl, from a young girl to a middle-aged woman, and then from a middle-aged woman to an old woman. She never stopped riding her bicycle to wait on the embankment, and left disappointed again and again. Time flies and the four seasons reincarnate. It was not until the winter of her twilight years that my daughter came to the lake again. Everything was white. The lake was dry and overgrown with weeds. When the daughter walked into the lake, she saw that her father's boat had been half buried. In the sand. The daughter came to the boat and lay down gently, as if she was sleeping in her father's arms. The daughter in the dream seemed to have returned to her childhood, hugging her father tightly.
3. Audio-visual language
(1) Emotional expression
The target audience of animated short films are mostly teenagers and children. Therefore, most animated works must carry a certain " Preaching” meaning. In order to highlight the educational function of animated short films, certain philosophies or philosophical views are often used as themes in animation creation. For example, traditional classic animated short films in my country are adapted from scripts based on fables, idioms, folklore, etc. In contemporary animation creation, in order to reflect a certain social issue, highly abstract philosophy is often simplified into a life story or a certain life phenomenon is exaggerated, symbolized and other expression techniques are used to extract a certain philosophy of life and give the audience a sense of it. Warning or educational significance, causing the audience to scream.
Family affection is a unique nature of human beings and the most special emotion between people. Among various human emotions, the emotion between parents and children is the simplest human emotion and also contains the most selfless family affection. With the progress of the times and the development of social life, people's family relationships have also changed. The fast-paced life has gradually alienated people's feelings and their family ties have gradually become indifferent. In addition, contemporary young people's views on marriage and love are also changing. They pursue short-term passion and break up when life encounters setbacks or conflicts. , causing more and more single-parent families; with the deepening of reform and opening up, the economic gap between coastal areas and central and western regions continues to increase. Many rural surplus laborers go out to work and entrust their children to the care of the elderly, unknowingly alienating them. The most precious human love. Adolescence and childhood are the most critical period of life development, and they especially need the care of their parents. However, the lack of this kind of family affection in real life should arouse widespread concern from all walks of life.
The emotions expressed in "Father and Daughter" are not just the daughter's deep attachment and persistent waiting for her father, but the true love that human beings devote throughout their lives. "Father and Daughter" embodies the unforgettable family love that humans have. Although the film is simple in content, it has rich plots. The short film is like a lyrical prose, with its form and spirit lingering. It closely focuses on the main line of waiting for the father. The plot fluctuates and gives the audience a long aftertaste. By appreciating the short film, it deeply touches the hearts of every audience and arouses people's true feelings buried deep in their hearts.
(2) Lens use
The use of animation lenses is also very important to express the theme. Lens is one of the expression languages ??of animation. Proper use can mobilize the audience's emotions and achieve unexpected effects. The use of lenses in "Father and Daughter" is very particular, and every shot used has been carefully considered. Most of the entire short film is still shot, as if gently telling a sad story to the audience. In addition, most of the film uses long shots to push the subject and background into the distance, giving people a sense of openness and silence, effectively highlighting the environment in which the story takes place, exaggerating the atmosphere, and thus deepening the theme. In addition, the short film camera switching is also in place, and close-ups are used many times according to the needs of the plot. For example, the opening scene is a close-up of a cloud, bringing the audience into the story. In order to enrich the theme, the film inserts close-ups of wheels many times. In order to show the sincere emotion between father and daughter, the camera was advanced many times to focus on the movements of father and daughter, using movements instead of words to present an emotional effect that cannot be achieved with words.
(3) Modeling design
Animation character design is generally realized through action design or expression design. Expression design is used to express the character’s emotions at a specific time and portray the character’s heart. Changes in thoughts play an important role, but "Father and Daughter" ignores the expressions of the characters. There is no close-up of the characters' expressions in the whole film. Most of the time, the characters are just simple outlines. The characters' movements are completely used to depict the inner world of the characters. This is also a major feature of this film. The daughter's life-long waiting is all accomplished by movement. As a child, the daughter rode a small bicycle, running and jumping on the embankment, chasing her father's retreating back, full of innocence and romance; as a youth, she rode by with her friends. The embankment appears so light and cheerful. Riding a bicycle in the wind and rain, swaying from side to side, showing that the emotion for his father will not change due to changes in the environment; riding with his lover in middle age, the speed is slow and the movements are steady, showing the calmness and contentment of life; in old age I kept pushing the bicycle and stopped. After arriving at the ferry, the bicycle stopped again and again, fell down again and again, and finally gave up. These plots are expressed through actions. The film focuses on the relationship between the character and the bicycle, and expresses life experiences and changes through the actions between the daughter and the bicycle. Although the protagonist's age is changing, her feelings for her father have never changed.
(4) Symbols
Symbols are one of the important elements of modeling language. In animation creation, symbolic language is often used to express themes. The use of this symbolic language, in addition to In addition to the descriptive function, there are also many that have surpassed the descriptive function and have unique symbolic meanings.
In "Father and Daughter", the lake is a symbol. It begins with the father rowing a boat into the distance, symbolizing death. At the end, the lake dries up and the old woman walks into the lake, which also symbolizes the destination of life. There are many close-ups of bicycles in the film, which are also a symbol. The rotating wheels symbolize the passage of time, the cycle of the four seasons, and the growth of the daughter. The short film uses the daughter's bicycle as a clue to show the daughter's development process from a girl, a young girl, a young woman, and an old woman. It also symbolizes the beginning and reincarnation of life.
In addition, there are steep slopes in many places in the film, and the daughter is repeatedly shown struggling to move forward in the cold wind, which also symbolizes the hardships of life like a rugged road, warning the audience to learn to overcome all difficulties and make arduous efforts in order to achieve their goals.
(5) Background music
Music is an indispensable and important element of animated art short films. Many art short films do not require dialogue. By selecting reasonable music, it can set off the characters and enhance the atmosphere. effect. Animation art short films arrange music according to the needs of the plot and organically combine it with visual elements to give people unlimited space for association. The role of music in animation can introduce narrative and play the role of narrative. The unique association function of human beings can produce emotional fluctuations in response to certain music. Music is very helpful in describing human emotional fluctuations and atmosphere. In animation creation, appropriately configuring music can enhance the understanding of the film and create mood and atmosphere.
The background music of "Father and Daughter" is Russian Ivanovich's "Wave on the Danube". There is not a single line of dialogue or commentary in the entire film. Instead, it is played on the organ and interspersed with piano accompaniment. According to The needs of the plot are sometimes light and graceful, sometimes melancholic and profound, and the music configuration is closely related to the plot, allowing the audience to generate rich associations and understand the true meaning of the film's expression.
(6) Artistic effect
Michael Dudok DeWitt once said: "Animated short films are like poetry, with strong, eternal, and heightened personal emotions. Color. "While working at the "Crazy Shadow" studio, Michael Dudoc was influenced by French animation art, emphasizing the experimental nature and individuality of his works, and created unique animation works through unique expression techniques. . In addition, in the animation creation of Michael Dudok DeWitt, influenced by European comics and illustrations, he often uses the form of backlit silhouettes to make the picture clear in black and white, and the colors are elegant and pure. "Father and Daughter" adopts the form of illustration and uses black, white, gray, brown and other tones to render an ethereal and sad emotional atmosphere, which is highly consistent with the theme of the story and gives people a poignant artistic conception. In terms of expression techniques, the expression technique of ink and light colors is used. The painting style is simple and fresh, similar to Chinese freehand ink, giving Chinese audiences a sense of intimacy. "Father and Daughter" abandons the contemporary popular high-tech CG expression methods and uses exquisite hand-painted expression methods, reflecting Michael's unique understanding of animation art.
With the development of the times and the advancement of science and technology, people's aesthetic tendencies are also changing. Animation works produced using "high-tech" means are becoming more and more popular due to their smooth shapes, bright colors and realistic effects. However, these mainstream animations pursue commercial interests too much, with repetitive content and similar effects. The emergence of the animated short film "Father and Daughter" has become a seasoning for people's aesthetic fatigue and brought a fresh taste to the audience. Michael Dudok DeWitt starts from ordinary life plots, uses a unique perspective to reflect events, and takes the most innocent human emotions as the theme, trying to explore the meaning of life, the value of life, and the true meaning of emotion. Although the film only lasts for just over 8 minutes, it leaves people with a lasting aftertaste. Whether it is the use of lenses or the design of animation shapes, whether it is the choice of background music or the use of symbols, the film is closely centered on emotional clues and expresses human beings' demands for "truth, goodness and beauty", making the film's performance content and form of expression to achieve a high degree of unity.
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[About the author] Sui Chunyan (1973D), female , a native of Changchun, Jilin, master's degree from Northeast Normal University, lecturer at the School of Fine Arts, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, main research direction: art creation and art theory. How can I get the 5 cards mentioned by Golden Eagle Cartoon Microcard?
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