The film "Art Academy 1994" held its "Homecoming Day" premiere and produced a special feature to express youth, passion, artistic dreams
Jiuzhiwang Film Beijing News On June 19, the new animated film "Art Academy 1994", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival and directed by "Big World" director Liu Jian, held a "Homecoming" themed premiere in Beijing. Director Liu Jian, producer and voice star Shen Lihui, producer Yang Cheng, voice star Renke who starred in the Five Men Band, voice director Li Danfeng, composition Shanghai Renaissance Plan Band, film animation director Li Jiajia and other main creators attended the event. Continue the atmosphere of "artists 'youth gathering" in the movie beyond the story. The production special released today further explains the film's pursuit of youth and art. The wind of 1994 blows the youthful years of each generation through images, and the dream and exploration of art are always enthusiastic. The film "Art Academy 1994" will be released nationwide on June 21.
Artists return to school during graduation season People-soft gave its first heartfelt voice and received the "highlight moment"
"Art Academy 1994" tells the story of a group of art students and music students at the Southern Academy of Arts. Although the film is set in the 1990s, the protagonists with ignorant artistic ideals, on the tail of youth, are confused and confused when facing major issues in life choices, but they are highly spiritual resonance with the young audience who are currently experiencing the graduation season. Therefore, the film sets the theme of the premiere as "Homecoming Day", which echoes the enthusiasm of youth and stubbornness of dreams in the film. "Art Academy 1944" expresses the courage and vitality of young people who grow up freely."At the event, director Liu Jian expressed the hope that the film will not only be a kind of nostalgic coordinate, but also allow every audience with a strong sense of sensibility., an opportunity to rethink youth issues and artistic issues that travel through time.
As Modern Sky's first animated film work,"Art Academy 1994" expresses unique thinking on tradition and modernity, youth and growth, art and life with a distinctive animation style and loose narrative of life. The producer and voice starred Shen Lihui said that it is the beauty of hope in the film that attracts him to "pay for money and make a noise." At the same time, Modern Sky's first music album was also born in 1994, which seems to somehow coincide with the golden years in the film's story. Another voice, Renke of the Five People Band, starred in the film, was also recalled by the film of selling pop records near the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Renke emotionally revealed that he was bracing his teeth during the official dubbing. In order to be able to explain his lines clearly, he practiced hard repeatedly before entering the studio to record. He even felt the "highlight moment" during the sound performance: "It's like the feeling this movie gives people the same-wonderful!" At the premiere, contemporary art curator and artistic director of the Beijing Contemporary Art Expo Bao Dong, director Qiu Jiong, director Xu Lei, director of the films "Sherlock on the Plain" and "A Bright Future", actor Wang Hongwei, chief planner of the film Gao Shiming and other guests also attended the ceremony, pushing the atmosphere of "returning to school during graduation season" for the artists to a climax.
Five years of "immersive" polishing Two-dimensional hand-painted aesthetic sublimation and luxurious sound performance jointly build a group portrait of youthful dreams
"Art Academy 1994" is an animated film that Liu Jian has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival twice after "The Big World". It has created the history of Chinese animated films. It also continues the director's two-dimensional hand-painted style and meets aesthetic requirements. Further upgrade. The newly released film production special reveals more creative stories behind the film's delicate and romantic presentation. Liu Jian, a director who studied painting, adheres to the creative concept of "making films part of contemporary art" and spends five years "immersive" polishing, and finally appears as if the line in the film "painted more like himself than himself"."It is a texture that both restores reality and transcends reality.
In terms of characterization, the film focuses on the group portraits of a group of graduates of the Southern Academy of Art in the 1990s represented by art students Zhang Xiaojun and Dai Zhifei and music students Gao Hong and Hao Lili, hoping to show each character's unique personality and spiritual world. To this end, the film boldly breaks through the traditional dubbing mode and innovatively gathers Dong Zijian, Baike, Huang Bo, Renke, Papi (Jiang Yilei), Zhou Dongyu, Xu Zhiyuan, Peng Lei, Shen Lihui, Dapeng, Jia Zhangke and other ultra-luxurious "sound performance" lineups from different fields such as the film industry, music industry, and culture, corresponding to the different souls of the characters in the work. The secondary creation of the "sound performance" celebrities also stimulated the creative passion of the main creative team, allowing the film to achieve the same frequency resonance of sound and picture through continuous fine carving, and jointly paint a young soul related to youth, art, and dreams. A spiritual stamp that can transcend the times.
The film "Art Academy 1994" was led by Modern Sky, written and directed by animation artist Liu Jian, and the all-star lineup of Dong Zijian, Bai Ke, Huang Bo, Renke, Papi (Jiang Yilei), Zhou Dongyu, Bu Guanyuan, Peng Lei, Bi Gan, Wang Hongwei, Shen Lihui, Dapeng, Wang Hongwei, Zheng Dasheng, Huang Lu, Jia Zhangke, Cai Kangyong, Zhang Zixian, Chen Liaoyu, and Xu Lei (in order of appearance) gathered across the border to create a group portrait of the times with unique voices. The film was distributed by iQiyi Pictures (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Beijing Film Distribution Branch of China Film Corporation, and jointly distributed by Wuzhou Film Distribution Co., Ltd. See you in the theater on June 21. Pre-sales of the film are fully open, so stay tuned!