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Little Tadpole Looking for Mom

Little Tadpole Looking for Mom (the first Chinese cartoon film)

Produced by: Shanghai Art Film Studio

Era: Filmed in 1961

Director: Tang Cheng et al

Art director: Te Wei

Background design: Zheng Shaoru, Fang Pengnian

< p>Animation Design: Tang Cheng, Wu Qiang, Dai Tielang, Ada, Lu Jin, Yan Dingxian, Jiao Yesong, etc.

Art Director: Te Wei

Technical Director: Qian Jiajun< /p>

Photography: Duan Xiaoxuan, You Yong, Wang Shirong,

Type: Ink cartoon

Length: 15 minutes

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Silver Sail Award for short films at the 14th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland

Children's Film Award at the 4th Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France

The 10th in France Honorary Award at the 7th Cannes International Film Festival

First Prize at the 3rd Zagreb International Animation Film Festival in Yugoslavia

4th International Children and Children's Competition at the Pompidou Cultural Center in Paris, France Second Prize at the Youth Festival

Best Art Film Award at the First Chinese Film "Hundred Flowers Awards"

[Edit this paragraph] Content and Evaluation

Content: A Group The cute little tadpoles were born, but "who is our mother?" So, an interesting and touching journey to find relatives began. After mistaking big-eyed goldfish, white-bellied crabs, four-legged turtles and even giant catfish for their mothers, the tadpoles finally found their biological mother, the frog. The story tells the truth of "where there is a will, there is a way", and also educates children to look at problems comprehensively and not be one-sided. It is also a film with a popular science meaning.

Commentary: Zhang Sanfeng of Chinese cartoons, Bodhidharma of the Chinese cartoon industry, the originator. Chinese ink animation in the 1950s and 1960s is a treasure in the world of animation. "Tadpole Looking for Mom" ??is one of the masterpieces. It is based on Qi Baishi's fish and shrimp images, which established the film's artistic standards. The design at the beginning is very "Chinese". After opening a simple and elegant Chinese painting album, a quiet scene of a lotus pond is faintly pushed in, with the melodious music of guqin and pipa, and together they outline a beautiful and lyrical ink world. This film breaks the "single-line flat painting" model of cartoons. It has no edge lines, beautiful artistic conception and vivid charm. It has won many international awards. What is equally impressive is its narration. The typical female broadcasting voice of that era sounds like a teacher, but when I revisit it today, it is particularly kind and warm. Especially the sentence at the beginning, "Mother Frog loves them as much as mother loves us," makes people feel warm, as if they have returned to the simpler times of childhood.

In 1962, Mao Dun watched this film and wrote a poem: "The treasures of Baishi are handsome and fresh, and Rongbao is good at copying them, and they can often be mistaken for the real ones. How can a great film star create such a masterpiece?" The ghosts and gods are shocked. The famous paintings are so vivid that they are floating in the rain. The tadpoles are looking for their mothers. Incomplete understanding, good intentions lead to bad things. The story of "Moxiao" is full of philosophy and poetry. "In 1962, the film won the "Hundred Flowers Award" for the Best Art Film. In 1961, he won the Silver Sail Award for short films at the 14th Los Angeles International Film Festival in Switzerland. 1962 Special Short Film Award at the 4th Annecy International Animation Festival in France. Honorary Award at the 4th Cannes International Film Festival in 1964. In 1978, he won the first prize at the 3rd Zagreb International Animation Film Festival in Yugoslavia. In 1981, he won the second prize of the 4th International Youth Award of the Pompidou Cultural Center in France.

"Tadpole Looking for Mom" ??is collectively written and directed, background designers: Zheng Shaoru, Fang Pengnian, animation designers: Tang Cheng, Wu Qiang, Dai Tielang, Ada, Lu Jin, Yan Dingxian, Jiao Yesong, etc. Art director: Te Wei, technical director: Qian Jiajun, photography: Duan Xiaoxuan, You Yong, Wang Shirong. The filming was completed in July 1961. The film is adapted from the fairy tale of the same name created by Fang Huizhen and Sheng Lude, and is based on images of fish and shrimp created by the painter Qi Baishi. The film begins with a simple and elegant Chinese painting album appearing on the screen. When the cover is opened, it shows a quiet scene of a lotus pond. The camera gradually moves away from the picture, and the melodious music of guqin and pipa plays, bringing the audience into a beautiful and lyrical ink painting. The world, the tadpoles in the pond slowly squirmed. They didn't know what their mother looked like, so they began to look for her... After mistaking goldfish, crabs, turtles, and catfish for their mothers, they finally found their mothers. It tells people a truth: "Where there is a will, there is a way." In the film, the tadpoles are lively and cute, like a group of innocent children. Cartoonist Fang Cheng said: "This film has a unique artistic style. It can be said that both shots are a moving picture, making the audience feel as if they have entered the palace of art." French "Le Monde". When commenting on this film, he praised: "Chinese ink painting, with its soft scenery, detailed brushwork, and movements expressing worry, hesitation, and joy, gives this film a charm and poetry."

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