Recently, the ink and wash Chinese-style animation film "Heavy Rain" released a director's special, revealing for the first time the creation story of the "ghost director". It is reported that the movie "Heavy Rain" is the second animated feature film directed by Bu Sifan after "Big **": Bu Sifan said that ""Big **" is a description of human nature, and "Heavy Rain" is his own understanding of the world. In addition, director Bu Sifan responded for the first time to the audience's expectation of when "Big **2" will be released, saying that "the time has not yet come". And some of the ideas for "Big **2" have been expressed in "Heavy Rain". The film tells the story of a boy (steamed bun) and his father (Da Guzi) who strayed into the ancient ship of the dead and started a "rebirth drama" for survival, and will be released nationwide on January 12 next year.
The "god-man" with an extremely bold brain hole is also delicate and empathetic to all things in the "mortal world".
Bu Sifan's works are known as the "demon knife" of the animation industry because of their novel and bold world view, grotesque and treacherous character designs and philosophical lines. Bu Sifan is good at finding inspiration from life, and the character design of "can't be forgotten at a glance" leaves a deep impression on the audience: such as the classic "Red Fat Man", Peanut Man, and Killer Rodin in "Big **";A child's steamed bun wearing a puppet mask in "Heavy Rain". It is worth mentioning that the shape of the ranger Liu Dale in the movie was inspired by a wine bottle - the bottle body is elongated, the bottle cap is enlarged, and a lonely knight wearing a cloak and a large-brimmed hat is on the paper. Like a "perpetual motion machine", Bu Sifan constantly creates novel and memorable animation elements.
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Every character in Bu Sifan's works is a part of him. When figuring out the character performance, "he is always a person who follows the camera into the environment", so "he can capture the details that are not noticed", and he integrates himself into the soul of each character, just to restore the most realistic emotional state that the audience is immersed in. For Bu Sifan, this is not a simple performance, but his deep understanding and emotional resonance of the character, every scene is a deep dialogue between him and the character, and he shows his inner side in front of the audience.
frankly said that "Big **2" "The time has not come" has integrated expression into "Heavy Rain".
This time, Bu Sifan talked about the connection between "Heavy Rain" and "Big **". First of all, at the beginning of the design of the protagonist of "Heavy Rain", the steamed bun has the image of a reference to the big **;Secondly, the steamed bun was "infected" by a monster in "Heavy Rain", and this detail suggests that it may be related to the superpower of the big **;In addition, the ultimate torture of "I came from" has emotional similarities with the trouble of "where am I going" that steamed buns are about to face. These associations have made netizens who are looking forward to the sequel to "Big **" look forward to the movie "Heavy Rain" even more.
was asked the question of "why it's not "Big **2" but "Heavy Rain", Bu Sifan said: "The environment makes me feel that the time has not yet come." And something that I want to express in "Big **2" has been integrated into the movie "Heavy Rain". The movie "Heavy Rain" is Bu Sifan's insight and thinking about the world. As Bu Sifan said, "heavy rain" symbolizes both a disaster and timingDifferent people shuffled the cards and hit the road under the heavy rain. As netizens commented, Bu Sifan is "one of the very few domestic animation directors who dare to add deep thinking to their works", and this kind of work is rare in domestic animation works. Bu Sifan's work is like a mirror, reflecting the complex and multifaceted aspects of human nature, society and the world. Every scene and every line contains a profound meaning, which makes the audience fall into repeated thoughts about themselves, life, and survival.
The ink and wash Chinese style animation film "Heavy Rain" is directed by Bu Sifan, produced by Shanghai Jintu Pictures and Shanghai Chinese Pictures, and will be released nationwide on January 12, 2024.
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