Fairy comedy animated blockbuster "Eight Immortals!" Exposed set special features inherit classics and trace their origins to the source, and received praise

Fairy comedy animated blockbuster "Eight Immortals!" Recently, a special set of "Ba Xian" was released. Ying Xujun, president of Oriental DreamWorks, president of Chinese Pictures, film producer, director and screenwriter Mou Zhengyang, and producer Cao Linlin joined forces behind the scenes to reveal the origin of the film's story and the eight major characters. The design and structure of the Penglai worldview show the crew's rigorous textual research, creative attitude of inheriting classics, and creative principles of tracing the origin. The film focuses on the mortal era when the "Eight Immortals" had not yet become immortals. The temporarily assembled "Caotai team" was involved in shocking plots and situations. How would they skillfully fight against immortals? The film has been scheduled to be released nationwide on July 24. This animated masterpiece with dense laughter and sincerity will soon be available to the audience!

Tracing back to the heritage of folk classics Ordinary people "Eight Immortals" gather to fight against immortals

As an IP of national folk customs that has been passed down for thousands of years, the legend of the Eight Immortals has been passed down for thousands of years and has been continuously endowed with new contemporary connotations. It has long taken root in public memory. "Eight Immortals!" Producer Ying Xujun mentioned in the special set that the story of the "Eight Immortals" is familiar to people, but the story itself is not particularly systematic. On the other hand, this also means that this story has a lot of room for exploration. "Eight Immortals!" The main creative team always adheres to its cultural essence and makes in-depth reference to classics and historical materials, folklore and character archetypes. Director and screenwriter Mou Zhengyang shared that the film retains the classic character framework of the Eight Immortals,"men, women, young and old, rich, poor and humble", and inherits the cultural core and is repeatedly polished based on the traditional foundation. Film producer Cao Linlin said that the "Eight Immortals" themselves represent every mortal of us. The story focuses on the mortal years before the eight immortals became immortal. This temporarily assembled "grass stage team" joined hands to take risks and have many situations. The film uses a youthful narrative method to bring the millennium classics into the contemporary audience with a more vivid and vivid attitude. Vision.

The eight characters are all based on their historical names, original images and classic allusions. They have both form and spirit, inherit tradition, and incorporate comedy elements. They are full of "laughter": Lu Dongbin is an ancient and cold smiley craftsman, continuing the traditional image of the fairy style and bone, and also comes with the attribute of "fear of dogs"; Zhong Liquan interprets the mortal appearance of "handsome eyes, beautiful beard, eight-foot long" before becoming immortal; He Xiangu is a brave female warrior, and her costumes incorporate traditional lotus symbols, which is both agile and silly; Tie Guai Li incarnated as a venomous Lao Li and understood the way to survive in the market; Han Xiangzi retained the traditional positioning of being proficient in music and created the image of a "Middle School Technical House" for him; although Cao Guobao was a relative of the imperial family, he performed the real daily life of migrant workers, with a hint of innocence and a sense of contrast; Lan Caihe continued the original temperament of innocence and freedom and voluntariness, and became the cute group pet of all employees; Zhang Guolao retained classic elements such as pretending to die and riding a donkey, and transformed into a funny old man. The eight classic images have some highlights and highlights, which makes the audience curious and can't stop!

Deeply dig deep into the oriental aesthetic conception and ingenuity to build the immortal world

The worldview design of Penglai Wonderland is also a highlight of the special set of "Baoba Eight Immortals". The team dug deep into the cultural background of Penglai Wonderland, designed the scene with reference to the green landscape artistic conception in ancient China paintings, and used glass gradient color to give the Wonderland a magnificent texture, creating a beautiful immortal scenery. The traffic in the city refers to classical images such as fish-drawn carriages and ancient cloud roads in the Han Dynasty murals to restore the ancients 'romantic imagination of immortals traveling. The worldview settings that keep pace with the times such as gods checking in to work, incense determines popularity, and ranking on the immortal list make the audience smile. The core concept of "responding to requests" is to inherit the thousand-year folk vision. As director and screenwriter Mou Zhengyang expected: "Penglai must be a super-first-tier city." This Penglai Wonderland, which combines classical charm and modern consciousness, integrates traditional architecture with trendy creativity, and also gives the oriental mythological scenes a stronger vitality!

As an ingenious work that deeply cultivates animation in China, Oriental DreamWorks has assembled a professional team to carefully craft the entire process, from storytelling and character creation to scene construction and world view construction, every detail has been repeatedly deliberated. With reverence for traditional culture, the team endowed the language of the times on the basis of completely inheriting the folk customs, oriental aesthetics and spiritual core of the Eight Immortals, and activated classic myths with animation visuals. While maintaining the roots of oriental culture, and adapting to the aesthetics of contemporary audiences, we strive to create a China animation masterpiece with jokes, warmth, and profound cultural heritage, so that the Millennium Eight Immortals IP will bloom with unique charm in the new era!

Fairy comedy animated blockbuster "Eight Immortals!" Supported by the Sichuan Province Film Bureau, it is produced by Chengdu Huameng Framing Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huaren Film Co., Ltd., Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media Co., Ltd., Ruyi Film Entertainment Co., Ltd., Shanghai Ruyi Film and Television Production Co., Ltd., China Film Industry Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Menggu Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Damai Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd., and Beijing Light Film Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Xingfu Blue Ocean Film Co., Ltd., Xi'an Qiasong Cultural Media Co., Ltd., Shanghai Maoyan Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Weimeng Chuangke Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Jincheng Cultural Media Co., Ltd. jointly produced it, which will be released nationwide on July 24. See you in the theater!