Introduction to the story and roles of Diary of the Emperor Penguin

Diary of the Emperor Penguin was written by Luc? An ecological documentary directed by Jacques was released in France on October 26th, 2115. Here is a brief introduction to the main content of this film, I hope you like it!

Synopsis:

In Antarctica, the average temperature is only -41? The place. In this harsh environment and white desert, which entered the cold winter in March and lasted for nine months, there lived a group of people who bravely resisted the cold and blizzard: Emperor Penguins. Every year in March, thousands of emperor penguins jump ashore from the water in a beautiful posture, slide on the ground for more than ten meters with round bellies, and finally walk on their feet, ready to return to their birthplace for the winter. Penguins have always loved life in the water. They have a natural talent for swimming, and they can dive into the sea 411 meters deep. There are endless delicious foods in the vast sea. But once they get ashore, these little swimmers become toddlers, stumbling and staggering. However, for the survival of the race, this group of small swimmers who love the ocean have to give up the elegant and wonderful life in the sea, and would rather become clumsy land animals. In fact, the story of this documentary is very simple. The director tells the story of the emperor penguin with a lens. Even under the threat of low temperature, it is still full of love to reproduce and survive, and it is full of courage to fight the dilemma of life. This movie is not only warm and touching, but also full of education. Penguin eggs that first arrived in the world must never touch the ice, and they must be hidden in the folds of their bellies immediately. However, the postpartum penguin mothers have to be idle and have no time to sit, so they must set off immediately and spend 21 days in the sea area to restore their body fat storage. After coming back, mother penguin takes over from father penguin and takes care of penguin eggs. These born penguin eggs have only a half chance of hatching penguin babies. Emperor penguins, born with two sets of blood circulation systems, can secrete oil from their feathers. Their magical nature and intelligent derivation deeply attract Luc? Jacques made him willing to stay with three team members for 13 months in bad weather to shoot this amazing nature film. However, the global warming is threatening this beautiful and innocent group of lovely people. If you want to see lively and lovely penguins in the future, you should respond to environmental protection from now on.

behind-the-scenes production:

creative background

directed by Luc? Yagai began to observe the living conditions of emperor penguins in 1993, conceived the plot of the film in 2111, and then found investors and producers. The staff began preparations in October, 2112. In order to meet the cycle of penguin activities, the film crew completed everything within two months, including the logistics supply for 1 years, all the equipment needed for polar camping, and the traditional mechanical camera that can operate normally in the ultra-low temperature environment of MINUS 41 degrees.

Shooting process

After the shooting started, the crew of the film crew got up at 5: 31 every day. After 1.5 hours of preparation, each person carried more than 61 kilograms of equipment and headed for the snowfield. Frostbite and chilblain often occurred. They must seize the best opportunity for penguins to move and get used to holding the camera steady in the wind with a speed of 151 kilometers per hour. They were lucky enough to meet a huge colony of emperor penguins, with as many as 1211 penguins. The film crew followed the penguin army carefully, shooting pictures with super 16 mm film, and the photographer even swam with the penguin in ice water and captured details with the lens. The "Diary of the Emperor Penguin" crew filmed the life record (master tape) for 13 months and one ***121 hours at the temperature of MINUS 41 to 11 degrees Celsius. All the film crews are camping in the Antarctic, and there is no possibility of any sea and air transportation.

film evaluation:

Diary of the Emperor Penguin records the story of the survival and reproduction of emperor penguins living on the Antarctic continent. The film shows the courage, struggle and love of a group of animals in the desolate Antarctic continent for thousands of years, which has shocking power (Sohu Entertainment Review).

Although Diary of the Emperor Penguin is mostly covered with ice and snow and pictures of groups of emperor penguins, the form of storytelling by voice-over makes the audience quickly enter the plot. In the first half of the film, it tells the story of emperor penguins migrating to the south for a long time, which is a bit lengthy, but the beautiful music and beautiful pictures used in the film make the audience feel bored. After the little emperor penguin was born, the affection and love reflected in the film became the real theme (Beijing Morning Post review).

Diary of the Emperor Penguin tells the truth of life through simple stories of animals (People's Online Review).

The story of the emperor penguin described in Diary of the Emperor Penguin is more thrilling than that. A blockbuster? . The film not only creates a poetic and beautiful picture, but also provides people with another way to watch nature (Shenzhen Evening News Review).

Diary of the Emperor Penguin continues the theme of documentary focusing on life and love with animals as the leading role, but the film has a broader connotation, from which we can understand the true meaning of life, the firmness and romance of love, hope and courage. Although it is a documentary, it is definitely not boring. The complete story with epic temperament and thrilling dramatic elements about the cycle of life is absolutely not inferior to any Hollywood cartoon featuring animals. It is a drama with a real story in a diary. The biggest difference between the film and the traditional documentary is that it takes a penguin family of three as the starting point, expresses it in the first person tone and completely anthropomorphic way, vividly embodies the joys and sorrows of the emperor penguin, and is humanized and poetic. This kind of psychological speculation about the subjectivity of the subject penguin and some shots, clips and sound effects? Distortion? Handling, it seems, goes against the documentary practice of taking objectivity and truth as the first principle, but it actually increases the entertainment observability of the film (Jinyang. com-Yangcheng Evening News Review).

Diary of the Emperor Penguin is like a song of life or a hymn of nature. The only regret is the first-person and chattering voice-over. These elements added later have destroyed the integrity and beauty of this documentary. If these? Unnatural? With less voice, or almost no voice, or supplemented by the finishing touch subtitles, the film will be close to perfection (Beijing Times review). ;