Is there a more inspirational Spring Festival film than "Bear Infested"? If the "bear infested" in previous years is still the "wall of masterpieces" and "schedule goalkeeper", this year's bear can be said to be the "best goalkeeper" and "the Spring Festival file".
As of the afternoon of February 15, the cumulative box office of the movie "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" has exceeded 1 billion yuan, ranking third in the box office list of new films in the Spring Festival, second only to "Hot and Hot" and "Flying Life 2". Such a good result, maybe even the main creator of the film didn't expect it, right?
The film's current Douban score is 70 points, most of the audience gave a high evaluation.
The animation effect of the film is excellent and delicate, there are both big scenes and small details, and the intuitive feeling is that the technological progress of domestic animation in recent years is too amazing. The story of the bald head and the transformation into a migrant worker makes adult audiences feel relevant, and the topic of "how should people spend this life" is thought-provoking.
The most burning scene in the whole film is the moment when all the "Bear Ridge Heroes" of "Bear Infested Universe" are assembled, and the friends who have been watching "Bear Infested" all these years must be enthusiastic. As the tenth part of the series of big movies, this ten-year appointment with the audience has been done carefully and effectively.
Shang Linlin, the chief producer of the film, said that this is the 10th part of the "Bear Infested" series of big movies, and without the support and companionship of the audience over the years, there would be no "Bear Infested" today. "We have always expressed love, joy, family affection, friendship ...... 'Bear Infested' worksI hope to accompany you all over every reunion year. ”
The return of classic characters is the biggest surprise.
Regarding the sentence "The Spring Festival stalls of flowing water, the bears infested with iron", Shang Linlin said with a smile that from the beginning of the fourth part of the "Bear Infested" series to the present, each part has arrived as scheduled in the Spring Festival stalls, "It's like having an annual Spring Festival appointment with the audience." Some viewers once left a message, saying that watching "bear infested" has become a necessary ritual for the New Year, and it feels like something is missing if you don't watch it.
But the audience's tastes are improving every year, and if they don't improve, they are actually regressing. Shang Linlin said frankly that the main creative team of the "Bear Infested" series of movies has requirements for themselves every year, hoping that each one will be better than the previous one. Therefore, the team has to conduct a review and summary every year to find out what other innovations and growth points of the role can be done.
The main creative team started the planning of "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" very early. In Shang Linlin's view, "10" is a successful number and an important node, and she hopes that the 10th part can bring the audience a different feeling, summarize and review the past, and look forward to the future. The main creative team tried a variety of directions, such as the combination of live-action and animation, but finally decided to give a gift to "Bear Infested" fans in the form of classic characters returning and classic scenes reappearing, which was also regarded as a farewell to childhood for many audiences.
The return of classic characters cannot be as simple as performing on stage, there must be a story that makes sense enough to connect these characters. The idea of "reversing time and space" is not only full of science fiction, but also makes the return of the characters convincing, forming a gathering of the "bear infested" universe, which brings great surprise and shock to the audience.
The prototype of "Deep City" is Shenzhen.
The bald head turned into a worker, which is a new highlight in the character creation of "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space". Shang Linlin revealed that the main creative team has been thinking about how to tap the growth arc of bald characters. "A logger in his 30s, living in the deep mountains and old forests, has little money, and his companions are some animal ......From a secular point of view, Bald Qiang must be a very successful person, so it is natural for him to have an idea: what would his life be like if there was another choice? ”
Compared with the previous works, the themes of "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" are much more serious and deep. Shang Linlin bluntly said that such a story is closer to **, but for children, the creator hopes that this work can become a life fable that inspires children. "Nowadays, everyone talks about emotional intelligence and IQ, but in fact, 'reverse quotient' is also very important. When you encounter difficulties and feel unsatisfactory, how to move forward and how to choose your life? ”
Bald Qiang is also a grassroots identity in the previous works, but in order to open up a gap with his "resident" Dog Bear Ridge, in this one he came to the "Deep City" and became a 9-to-5 worker. Shang Linlin said with a smile that "Bear Infested" has a history of more than ten years, and many of the children who watched this animation have grown up and entered the workplace, and the identity of bald and strong workers will resonate more with everyone.
The film uses procedural modeling technology to create a "deep city" with a bald head and strong work and life. Shang Linlin said with a smile, everyone should be able to see that its prototype is Shenzhen, right? "There are many landmark buildings in the film that can see the shadow of Shenzhen, and there is also a slogan of 'if you come, you are a person from Shenzhen', including a rental house where you live in a bald head, and almost everyone who comes to Shenzhen has lived in ......She admitted frankly that many members of the main creative team have left their hometowns to work hard like bald heads, and they all have similar life troubles, so they are very touched when creating.
Think tank" mechanism to incubate ideas.
Because it involves different time and space transformations, the special effects difficulty of "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" has reached the greatest in the series of movies. There are more than 1,300 special effects shots in the whole film, covering more than 1,800 special effects, including complex scenes such as particle shuttle and final battle. There are more than 200 scenes in the whole film, including the big city "Deep City", as well as the Dog Bear Ridge Forest and the streets of the town, each scene is very different in terms of props, materials and lighting atmosphere, and needs to be carefully crafted. There are more than 500 characters in the whole film, in order to improve the quality of the picture, those classic characters who return to the scene have to be remade, and the hair is more delicate and realistic.
In the film, Xiong Da and Xiong Er started the "self-explosion mode" and turned into countless round mini "little bears", which "exploded" from the screen, and this scene "cute" many audiences. Shang Linlin revealed that the expression of each "little bear" in this scene is different, and the amount of special effect particles reaches more than 200 million, and it is necessary to make a three-dimensional 3D sense of "pounce on the audience".
Even if the special effects are so difficult, Shang Linlin admits that the story is still the biggest difficulty in the creation of the film. To this end, the "Bear Infested" movie has always adopted a team-based creation model, with its own planning center, screenwriting center and a separate director team for each project. "Every year, we will put forward dozens or even hundreds of creative directions, from which we will screen out three or four ideas with more excavation points to continue to refine, produce a first draft, and then pick one or two to further refine to the detailed draft, and finally pick out one to develop into a script. ”
Shang Linlin introduced that the company has a "think tank" mechanism, which includes the directors, screenwriters and heads of each link of each project, and everyone participates in discussions and judges the story. "On the one hand, the think tank helps the main creative team to identify problems earlier, and on the other hand, evaluates the idea as an audience. Everyone has limitations in their thinking, and doing so can pool everyone's wisdom and solve problems together. ”
The gorgeous animation effects, the soft and cute character design, and the happiness and educational significance conveyed by the story are the best treasures of the "Bear Infested" series of movies that have stood tall during the Spring Festival for so many years. I wish this domestic animation brand can always keep its original intention, continue to make progress, and bring more laughter and emotion to the audience.
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