"Art Academy 1994""I Want to See" trailer, unique painting style reproduces the confusion and enthusiasm of literary and artistic youth

Today, the animated film "Art Academy 1994" directed by Liu Jian released a preview of the "Special Want to See" version, which will be released nationwide on June 21. As Modern Sky's first animated film work, the film focuses on the spiritual world of graduates of the Southern Academy of Arts in the 1990s with a distinctive two-dimensional hand-painted aesthetics and a lifestyle narrative style. In the cultural collision between tradition and modernity, it launches a unique dialogue about art, youth and growth.

Focus on the spiritual resonance of literary and artistic youth, diverse music collide with youth confusion

The trailer for the "I Want to See" version is guided by a male narration full of story, and slowly cuts the camera into the daily life of the campus in 1994: art students Zhang Xiaojun and Dai Zhifei focused on color matching and painting in the studio, and Hao Lili played the melody floated in the piano room of the Music Department. In the picture, young students ride 28 bicycles through the campus tree-lined avenue, discuss carefully around paintings in the art exhibition hall, and perceive art and ideals at the school lecture site. These literary and artistic youth who grew up in the collision of Eastern and Western cultures have both a sincere love for art, an ignorant longing for love, and also face confusion similar to contemporary youth. As the narrator said: "This movie is not for many people, but it may be for you in particular."

As Modern Sky's first attempt in the film field, the trailer simultaneously exposed the voices of heavyweights in the music industry. Musicians such as Shen Lihui, founder of Modern Sky, Renke, lead singer of Wutiao, and Peng Lei, lead singer of New Pants, gave cross-border voices. Their recognizable voices are deeply consistent with the character's character: Shen Lihui's calm voice contains individuality and uninhibited, Renke's interpretation with dialect characteristics injects a unique temperament into the character, while Peng Lei's hoarse voice accurately echoes the character's stubborn background. In addition, the music works of the Shanghai Renaissance Plan, Cui Jian, and Chen Li also appeared in the film, forming a "sound and picture resonance" with the two-dimensional hand-painted pictures, jointly building an audio-visual aesthetic universe intertwined with retro and avant-garde.

Two-dimensional hand-painted reshaping domestic animation to highly share a youthful appointment about ideals

As a domestically produced two-dimensional hand-drawn animated film shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival,"Art Academy 1994" has become the focus of attention in the international film industry with its breakthrough achievement of "only four in Asia and only two in Chinese". This realistic animation masterpiece breaks through the cute style and fantasy narrative framework of traditional domestic animation, and uses neat lines to create "angular" character groups. With its highly authorial hand-painted aesthetics and heart-to-soul life experience, the film depicts a youthful spirit that spans the times.

On June 21, this animated film full of modern temperament will be released nationwide. Every "special you" is invited to enter the theater and touch the hot heartbeat of youth and ideals through hand-painted brushstrokes. When the cicadas chirping of graduation season rings again, those questions about ideals and the pains of growth will eventually condense into a spiritual badge belonging to a generation in the tempering of time.

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. The film will be released nationwide on June 21, so stay tuned!