Morphological characteristics of Zhang Ga

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Zhang Ga, a little boy from Baiyangdian in central Hebei, lived alone with his only relative and grandmother. In order to cover Zhong Liang, the reconnaissance company commander of the Eighth Route Army who was recovering at home, grandma died heroically under the bayonet of the Japanese army, and Zhong Liang was also captured by the enemy. In order to avenge his grandmother and rescue Uncle Zhong, Gazi went through all the hardships to find the Eighth Route Army and became a small scout. He was brave and resourceful when he cooperated with Luo Jinbao, the platoon leader of reconnaissance. In a battle, he seized an enemy pistol and secretly hid it in the old man's nest without turning it in. In order to attack the enemy's watchtower, he secretly left his hometown where he was recovering and was arrested on his way back to the team. When the enemy tortured him, he bravely resisted and was strong and unyielding. When the troops attacked the watchtower, he managed to set fire to it, which played a very good cooperative role. In the end, he fought among himself, wiped out the enemy, rescued Uncle Zhong and avenged his grandmother. After the battle, Gazi took out the pistol hidden in the old woman's nest and gave it to the public. The captain officially announced it for him to use. Gazi was satisfied and gave his precious wooden pistol to his good friend Pang Dun.

This is a film with a distinctive military theme for children. Through the arrangement of rich details and the description of children's unique psychological activities, a young hero image with distinctive personality is truly and naturally shaped. The hero is full of anger, stubborn but smart and brave. The director firmly grasped proper limit and prevented him from surpassing the characteristics of the times and children, making him convincing. The subtle and lyrical scenery of Baiyangdian sets off the environment and atmosphere in which the little hero grew up. The images of Zhang Ga and several other simple children in the film have influenced a whole generation of small audiences. The director's skillful technique, smooth picture and full of charm have exemplary significance in the film creation of similar themes.

[Edit this paragraph] (4) Movie appreciation

The beginning of the film was dark, starting with the gunshots. Zhong Lianchang was injured in the attack on the enemy turret and was recuperating at Gazi's house. I think when people who are used to watching color movies go to see this movie again, you will find that the lens at that time was really powerful. The camera always takes the thoughts and feelings of the characters as the starting point when dealing with the light of the film. All light and shadow arrangements are dominated by characters, and at the same time, the atmosphere of the environment is highlighted to contrast the feelings of the characters, so that the scenes blend and the environment echoes the characters. The composition of the film is exquisite and concise, trying to prevent and hide some complicated lines, and striving to highlight the characters and main lines. The basic line in the picture is a dignified and powerful diagonal line. Close-ups of characters try to shoot from the side or semi-side angle, which increases Gazi's courage to fight. The fulcrum of composition is also a dynamic fulcrum biased to one side, which gives people a sense of progress and arouses the power to go forward bravely.

Of course, the most attractive image of the film is Gazi, witty and brave, but also stubborn, which makes people feel that Gazi is very cute. Stubborn Ga boy tried to wrestle with Xiao Pang's firecrackers, and finally took a bite of Xiao Pang and blocked others' chimneys to vent their anger. I think anyone who has seen this movie will recall the happy scene when he turned in the enemy's pistol and hid it in the bird's nest, and finally blew up the enemy's turret. Of course, a movie has a good side, but it also has shortcomings, that is, the second part of the movie, from Zhang Ga's arrest and interrogation to imprisonment and burning of the watchtower, can't stand scrutiny. The puppet troops guarding him acted like a complete straw bag. Gazi added fuel to the fire, and the puppet troops were unaware of it. After the fire spread, many enemies on the watchtower could do nothing about it. Such an enemy is too stupid, which is not correct. But people pay more attention to Gazi, a cute and witty Gazi, which left a deep childhood impression on young people like me.

In chapter 18, Zhang Ga plays the fool in front of "red eye" and says that he wants to smoke. "Red Eye" didn't take him seriously and gave him a smoked cigarette butt. "Red Eye" did not expect that Zhang Ga dared to put cigarette butts in the pocket of "Taijun", which made him almost burned to death by Yitian Ichiro.

[Edit this paragraph] Second, the animated film Private Zhang Ga

[Edit this paragraph ]( 1) Basic overview

Movie animation poster

Director: Sun Lijun

Film type: animation

Country/Region: Chinese mainland

White language: Mandarin Chinese.

Production cost:120,000.

On June 9th, 2006, Sun Lijun, Dean of Animation College of Beijing Film Academy, led more than 600 people to produce Private Zhang Ga, an original naive animated film from China, for six years. After nearly a year's completion, it finally held a simple premiere on campus as the opening film of the fifth cartoon festival of the Animation Institute of Beijing Film Academy, giving the audience the first chance to formally face the audience.

Sun Lijun explained that last year, 260 films were produced in China, but only 20 or 30 films entered cinemas, and 90% of movie audiences could not see them. "Private Zhang Ga" won the highest honor award of China's animated film in August last year-the movie viewing award, but the film has been stuck in the issue of "distribution". The distribution department said to investors: "The film market in China is very bad now, and it is impossible to recover the cost of this animation."

Sun Lijun told reporters that his producers and investors had been talking for several months, but there was no progress, so he had to play the role of marketing again.

From the shooting of 1999 to its completion in 2005, Private Zhang Ga took six years and used many creative talents from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. At most, the creative team reached more than 600 people, and the script was revised 18 times, with a total investment of120,000 yuan. Sun Lijun is extremely cautious about reinterpreting Private Zhang Ga. "Gazi is the hero of three generations. The script changed greatly, and the audience didn't agree. On the basis of respecting the original work, we avoided bloody scenes and violent scenes, and at the same time added many fashionable creative ideas. "

Sun Lijun originally wanted to make an original animated film for teenagers in China, only for children, not for adults; I want to make a breakthrough in content.

Sun Lijun said that compared with the gorgeous Disney cartoons, the first animated version of Private Zhang Ga is a "red classic", which highlights the "simple" style of the Chinese nation. Gazi's image is simple, cute, witty and brave. Altman has high-tech weapons, but it can't replace Gazi's "millet plus rifle". The animated version of Private Zhang Ga is a necessary spiritual nutrition for children who grew up eating McDonald's and KFC.

"Private Zhang Ga ended the history that there was no homemade animated film in Beijing." Sun Lijun said that after spending six years making Private Zhang Ga, it was impossible to concentrate on making money because it touched many people, including himself. Sun Lijun described the production period of Private Zhang Ga as "tragic". At the same time, he also regarded 2004 as the spring of Private Zhang Ga. When the crew was in the most tight financial situation, the Propaganda Department of Beijing Municipal Committee, Film Bureau and other units extended a helping hand. In the process of sound synthesis of Private, Yu Lanqing, Zheng, and other celebrities in the entertainment industry volunteered to dub the film for free.

Private Zhang Ga has accumulated a lot of experience in the process of creation. From the adaptation, modeling, scene, creation, background, special effects, three-dimensional, legend, sound and even the upcoming release and promotion, Sun Lijun said that there are millions of words, and about seven textbooks can be published. The newly published book "Mission" records the creative process of the film in the past six years, selects the materials from 6,543,800+6,000 drawings, and analyzes the whole creative process of the animated film. Sun Lijun said that he just wanted to provide a belief for the animation industry. If such an unpopular theme is profitable, those commercial themes should not be unprofitable.

In Sun Lijun's view, private Zhang Ga can create an output value of 200 million yuan, but now investors are still in the hesitant stage of whether to continue investing. Therefore, all his dreams, from developing games and CD-ROMs to establishing exclusive stores and "private Zhang Ga theme parks" to downloading classic scenes by mobile phones, remain on paper.

Hit a wall all the way, but Sun Lijun doesn't seem to have any sense of loss. "China people should have their own cartoons. If Mickey Mouse is all over the street, it is the sorrow of Chinese cartoons. "

[Edit this paragraph] (2) The animation Private Zhang Ga strives for three firsts.

Sun Lijun, the director of the domestic animated film Private Zhang Ga, is confident about this. He said, "Private Zhang Ga" created two firsts-ending the history that there was no homemade animated film in Beijing; The first domestic animated film with realistic theme, but I want to create the third "first"-the domestic animated film is the first at the box office.

"China culture is often teased by foreigners, such as the American-made cartoon Mulan. American humor has a natural distance from China culture and has such a rich cultural background. Why is China's local animation creation depressed? For a long time, there was no market for domestic cartoons, and the audience didn't like to watch them, so they had to spend money to buy one. In 2000, when I started writing Private Zhang Ga, I thought Gazi's story deeply touched me, hoping to impress a new generation of audiences. In a place like the Beijing Film Academy that advocates individuality, I sing' Red Classics' because I firmly believe that' Red Classics' will always have vitality in China because it is closely integrated with reality. "

Directed by Sun Lijun, Private Zhang Ga, jointly invested by the Propaganda Department of Beijing Municipal Committee, the Forbidden City Film Company and private enterprises, has been completed for nearly a year and has not yet been released. Sun Lijun said that this is not only a matter of making money, but also involves how much market share domestic animation can occupy, and whether people are confident to invest in domestic original animation in the future. He said that Korean animation was once occupied by Japan, but with the support of the Korean government, it has been restored. He hoped that the China government would give more support to the animation industry. In fact, Private Zhang Ga has received an investment of 500,000 yuan from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and won the "China Observation Award" issued by the government last year. However, Sun Lijun's inner pressure is still great, because as far as private Zhang Ga is concerned, Sun Lijun hopes to achieve an industrial return of 200 million yuan. "Many people think that realistic themes, especially revolutionary historical themes, do not attract the market. Therefore, domestic animation is either a myth or a legend, and the creation of realistic themes has become blank. In my opinion, this is precisely the biggest problem ―― the theme of younger age lacks appeal, creativity, targeted value orientation and market research. If a story is shown in the cinema, the story itself must be influential, the subject matter should be familiar, cultural and ethical, and have positive significance. It is possible for grandpa and dad to take their children into the cinema. " Sun Lijun said that he hoped Private Zhang Ga could have such market influence.

In fact, at the Animation Festival of the Beijing Film Academy held in June, "Zhang Ga Private" was the opening film, and the small screening hall originally scheduled for 200 children turned out to be 1000 people. The audience survey shows that 85% of the children think it is "very good" and "willing to watch"; 3% thought it was "average" and 12% thought it was "good". This result greatly encouraged the originally uneasy Sun Lijun.

Private Zhang Ga was Sun Lijun's idea six years ago. In the past six years, he and his students have drawn 6.5438+0.5 million drawings and used more than 600 creative teams from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The script was revised 654.38+0.8 times, with a total investment of 6.5438+0.2 million yuan. When reinterpreting Private Zhang Ga, Sun Lijun said: "Ghazi is a hero in the hearts of three generations. The script has been changed too much, and the audience does not agree; Without innovation, movies are bound to lack aesthetic freshness. Therefore, I try to avoid violent scenes on the basis of respecting the original work, and at the same time join the concept of fashion creation. " Of course, one of the reasons why the "Hua Biao Award" was awarded to Private Zhang Ga was that his works achieved "innovation".

The first is structural innovation. The novel Private Zhang Ga is extended on the basis of retaining the classic passages of the original work. For example, the climax of the original work was that Gazi threw explosives at the turret, but now it is changed to burning the train and introducing the plot of the Flying Tigers. Gazi's image is more in line with modern people's aesthetic habits, highlighting the little hero's naughty, hardworking and thrifty personality. In the relationship between characters, the villain captain Niu was added, and the contradictions and conflicts were explained by dubbing Huang Lei. At the same time, there is a breakthrough in performance. Different from the stylization of traditional domestic animation performances, Private Zhang Ga focuses on characterization and tries to fit the identity of the characters.

Since 1989, there is only one teacher in animation major of Beijing Film Academy. By 2006, there were 500 students and 28 teachers in Animation Institute, and one in every five students in Beijing Film Academy studied animation. The young Dean Sun Lijun should be a man of perseverance and creativity. I hope this time, his smile will last until the end. After all, the day of inspection is just around the corner.

[Edit this paragraph] (3) The ending of the animated film

Zhengzhou, China (April 26th, 2007) (Reporter Xiaojuan Zhu) Today, the large-scale public welfare activity "domestic public welfare screening week of the animated film" Little Soldier Zhang Ga "was officially launched at the second international animation exhibition of the Central China Investment and Trade Expo. Vice Minister Ma of China Ministry of Commerce and Professor Dean of Animation College of Beijing Film Academy attended the ceremony and unveiled the public welfare screening week.

This activity will be based on the route of "China Original Animation Tour" initiated by the Animation Institute of Beijing Film Academy, and organize local primary and secondary school students to watch movies for free in major cities and patriotic education bases in the central and western regions of China. After the launching ceremony, the public welfare exhibition of "China Original Animation Tour-Beijing Station" will be held in primary and secondary schools in Beijing. The activities of major cities in China will be carried out step by step under the management center of film digital programs of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, in cooperation with digital projection theaters and other relevant units in various provinces and cities. It is estimated that through this activity, 300,000 primary and middle school students in China will watch the animated film Private Zhang Ga for free. In order to vigorously carry forward the spirit of patriotism, Beijing Runya Film and Television Communication Co., Ltd. decided to remake the TV version of the classic film Private Zhang Ga. On the basis of being faithful to the clues and atmosphere of the original story of Private Zhang Ga, TV plays have enriched Gazi's character and destiny. It shows the dramatic story and legendary childish friendship of four children, Gazi, Pangdun, Yu Ying and Letong, in the anti-Japanese bonfire.

The story is set in Baiyangdian Lake in 1934, and begins with Gazi's dream of joining the Eighth Route Army and getting a real gun of his own. Grandma died to protect the old clock of the Eighth Route Army. Gazi had to go to the county seat to find Luo Jinbao and fight the devil to avenge her. In the county seat, I met Le Tong, the shopkeeper who lives in Jixian, but I didn't avenge Gazi. Instead, I fell into the devil's pursuit. With the help of Le Tong and a mysterious plainclothes, he was out of danger. The plainclothes turned out to have taken Gazi to the secret hiding place of the district team, and Captain Qian took Gazi in. Gazi claimed to be Xiaoba Road from now on, and then fought a curtain-picking battle with District Team No.8 Road, and Gazi seized a real gun. Seeing all the dreams come true, the gun was taken away by the district captain. Gazi couldn't figure it out, and returned to the county seat with his chubby little friend who knew about gambling. Gazi wants to avenge her grandmother alone. At the same time, the rear Commissioner Yan Liu was ambushed in Baiyangdian. Yan Liu didn't know where he was, so the devil sent Shi Lei to pretend to be a special correspondent and mix in the regional group. Gazi accidentally discovered the plan of the devil. He acted together with Le Tong and Pandon, mistaking Chungang, the liaison officer of the district team, as a spy of the devil. Chun has just been subdued by a child, so it is difficult to argue with him. Yu Ying, the daughter of a fisherman in Baiyangdian, saved Yan Liu while fishing. Yan Liu is injured, please go to the city to find the liaison. Yu Ying met Gazi and his gang in the city. The three forces are fighting with each other around the true and false commissioners. The task shouldered by the Commissioner is imminent, and a large number of drugs will pass through Baiyangdian within the specified time. On the demon side, Tian Fei and Saito tried to find what they really wanted through the spy Shi Lei in the shortest time, and eliminated the Eighth Route Army and drugs in the district team. Captain Qian of the district team gradually saw through the true face, played along and led the devils out. The real journalist Yan Liu is with the children.

After all kinds of misunderstandings and coincidences, the children, led by Gazi, smashed the enemy's plot, cooperated with the District Team No.8 Road to make drugs cross the border smoothly, and wiped out a number of Japanese devils in one fell swoop.