Photographer Sun Wong

Paper-cut is an art film developed on the basis of traditional culture such as shadow play and folk paper-cut handed down since the Southern Song Dynasty. It takes plane sculpture art as the main expression means of character modeling and makes plane joint paper dolls. The environmental space consists of drawing paper and sky sheet, which are attached to the front and rear glass plates respectively to form the background. When shooting, put the paper couple on the glass, shoot the decomposed action frame by frame, and form a moving image through continuous projection.

At the beginning of 1957, Wan Guchan, one of the founders of China animated films, led Chen, Liu, Xie Yougen, Che Hui, Du Chunfu, Hu Jinqing and other experimental team members. After more than a year of research and development, China's first paper-cut "Piglets Eat Watermelon" was successfully trial-produced in Meiying on 1958. Since then, artists have used various painting and modeling methods to form different artistic styles of paper-cutting, such as silk portrait brick style, decorative painting style and ink painting style.

From 1958 to 1995, Meiying produced 10 1 newspaper clippings.

Newspaper clippings in the 1950s and 1960s

From 65438 to 0958, under the guidance of the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend", the artists of Meiying successfully developed paper-cuts with strong national style and folk color in China, adding a new variety to China fine arts films. From 1958 to 1965, Meiying produced 16 newspaper clippings.

1. Pig eats watermelon.

"Pigs Eat Watermelon" was written by Wan Guchan and photographed by Chen. The film was completed in September. 1958. Based on China's classical novel The Journey to the West, the film tells the story of four Tang Priests and apprentices going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. Hungry and thirsty, they rested in front of a ruined temple. The Tang Priest sent the Monkey King to find food. When he came back, he saw that Bajie only cared about eating watermelon by himself, so he used magic to change watermelon skin into watermelon skin and followed Bajie all the way, causing Bajie to fall a lot. Bajie had to admit his mistake in front of the master.

1in the spring of 957, the experimental team led by Wan Guchan began to prepare for shooting. They made a photo frame out of wood, and each time they took a photo, they manually lifted the glass plate with figures and scenery. In this way, photographers and staff had to climb up and down the wooden frame several times before taking a shot. When manipulating, because the role is not positioned, the action of the role is very shaky. The first shot didn't achieve the expected results. At the beginning of 1958, the second comprehensive remake was made. In view of the lesson of the first move, everyone offered suggestions, marked the amplitude, speed, strength and trajectory of the characters' movements in advance, and controlled them within the pre-designed action range of the photography platform. After fighting day and night, it finally succeeded at the end of September of the same year.

["Pig Eight Rings Eat Watermelon"]

2. Fisherman

Fisherman, collective adaptation, directed by Wan Guchan, completed by 1959. The film tells the story of an old fisherman who braved the storm and went fishing in the dark, only catching an ancient fish basin with a fisherman painted on it. He took the fish tank home. In the middle of the night, the fisherman jumped out of the basin and hung up the hook to go fishing. The overflowing water turned into pearls. After learning about it, foreign priests colluded with the government to seize this treasure, which was denounced by fishermen. In order to prevent the fish basin from falling into the hands of foreigners, the fisherman broke the fish basin in court, then the fisherman jumped out of the basin, threw the hook rod and threw the foreign priest into the sea. "Fisherman" is the second paper-cut after China's first paper-cut "Pig Eight Rings Eat Watermelon". The content of the film is healthy, the characters are vivid, and it is full of strong national color and Chinese style. Based on the folk stories collected by Zhang Shijie, this film shows the fighting spirit of the people of China against imperialist aggression and praises the courage and wisdom of the working people. In order to create the images of fishermen and old fishermen, the film crew braved the seven-level storm to experience life in Ant Island, had a discussion with fishermen aged 70 or 80 in the Happiness Institute, observed the images of innocent and lively children in the kindergarten and watched the golden weddings in some temples in Putuo Mountain, and then confirmed the mythical images of fishermen and old fishermen. The film won the second prize of the Second National Children's Literature Creation in May 1980.

[fisherman]

3. Goats and wolves

"Goat and Wolf" directors Hu and Shen Zuwei, photography tour? ,1960,65438+February, the filming of Meiying was completed. This film describes a fierce wolf who used a little goat as an excuse to drink the water from the river and howled at night to eat it. Xiaohua Mall the Hedgehog, the monkey and the elephant came up with a good idea. With the close cooperation of small animals, a vicious wolf was finally eliminated. It tells the importance of unity, friendship and mutual assistance, and inspires children to understand the nature of cruel deception and cannibalism. As long as they are United, they can destroy the evil wolf. This is a black-and-white film, which fully shows the artistic features of China folk paper-cut and shadow play.

4. Ginseng doll

Ginseng Doll was adapted by Bao Lei according to Zhang Shijie's original work, directed by Wan Guchan, photographed by Wang Shirong, designed by Hu Jinqing, and shot at 196 1 year. The film describes a scrawny little worker tiger who comes across a ginseng doll while draining water. Since then, the two have become good friends. In order to help Xiaohu pay his debts, the ginseng doll gave him a ginseng. When Hu Man, who has money, saw it, he forced Xiaohu to ask about the origin of ginseng and forced him to find the ginseng doll. Knowing that the rich man was unkind, the tiger quietly told the ginseng doll that night. Unexpectedly, the rich man who followed secretly grabbed the braid of the ginseng doll, and the tiger swooped down and bit the rich man's arm. As soon as the rich man let go, the ginseng doll hid underground, and the rich man angrily pushed the tiger to the edge of the cliff. At this critical moment, the ginseng doll came out to rescue Xiaohu and buried the rich man and Xiaohu together in the soil. This newspaper clipping is quite successful in characterization and characterization, especially the image of a white fat man, naked ass and red pocket ginseng doll, and its character of helping the poor, solidarity and mutual assistance, full of sense of justice, which is very popular. The film won 196 1 honorary award of the 4th Leipzig International Short Film and Documentary Film Festival of the German Democratic Republic, 1979 Best Children's Film Award of the 1st Alexandria International Film Festival, 1963 Second Prize of the 2nd China Popular Film "Hundred Flowers Award".

[ginseng doll]

5. Silk belt

The Silk Road was adapted by Jin Zhiping, directed by Qian, and filmed in sections. The film was completed at 196 1. This film is based on the folklore of Hebei. Describe an old man who picked up a ribbon when he was collecting feces in the morning. He dreamed that he had eaten well, dressed well and lived well. Finally, he stumbled in his dream and his mind was clear. The film adopts comic style and is designed by Han Yu, a literary painter. At first glance, the characters are "naive", but they are thought-provoking. The movements are mixed with some stylized movements of Beijing opera, which is in line with the music of Beijing opera and has a unique style. 1963 won the fifth place in the second film "Hundred Flowers Award".

[Silk belt]

6.golden conch

"Golden Conch" is adapted by Wan Guchan and directed by Qian, and photographed. The filming was completed in June 1963 1 1. The film "Golden Conch" is based on Ruan's lyric poem of the same name. It describes the story of a young fisherman who finally lives with a conch girl on a coral island after various tests, indicating that perseverance will eventually overcome all evil. The characters in the film are lifelike, lifelike, with exquisite background design and fine carving. The scenery of the submarine coral fairy island is particularly charming, which successfully embodies the artistic characteristics and national style of paper-cutting. The film won the Lumumba Prize in the 3rd Asian International Film Festival in Indonesia in April, 1964.

[Golden Conch]

7. Hongjun Bridge

The newspaper clipping "Red Army Bridge" was written by Qian, designed by Ke Ming and photographed by Xu. The film was completed on 1964. Based on a folklore in Hunan, the film tells the story of 1930, when the Red Army marched from Jiangxi to Liuyang, Hunan, and the fat rich and the thin rich fled for their lives. When he escaped, he also burned the temporary bridge on the Liuyang River in an attempt to obstruct the Red Army's advance. After the Red Army entered the village, it quickly built a new bridge with the people. In order to commemorate the Red Army, people specially erected a sign on the new bridge, engraved with three Chinese characters "Red Army Bridge". The film is not only good in content and beautiful in color, but also quite realistic in atmosphere rendering and struggle scene description. Character modeling absorbs the artistic characteristics of shadow play, makes full use of the specialty of paper-cutting, and exaggerates slightly in cartoons, making the characters flesh and blood, which is both revolutionary legend and rich folk flavor.

[Red Army Bridge]

Second, the newspaper clippings during the "Cultural Revolution"

During the Cultural Revolution, Mei Ying published only seven newspaper clippings.

1. Donghai sentinel

The script of "Little Sentinel in the East China Sea" was discussed collectively, written by the writer, directed by Hu, photographed by 1973. This film is based on the Ou Opera in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Describe the story of the struggle between children sent by the Kuomintang and secret agents in the East China Sea outpost and other places during the socialist construction period. The film depicts the heroic image of the hero Xiaohong, who is resourceful, brave and fearless, and is not afraid of suffering and death, through the description of several struggle scenes such as the enemy of Lu Yu, seeing through the mask, rising up against the enemy and gathering people to annihilate him. 1974 The film won the honorary certificate of the second Zagreb International Animation Film Festival in Yugoslavia.

East China Sea Sentinel

2. The legendary goose that can lay a golden egg every day

"Golden Goose" was written by Ran Dan, directed by Te Wei and Shen Zuwei, and photographed by Tang Yichu and Chai. The film was completed in April 1976. The film tells the story of Tibetan teenagers and their friends fighting the bad guys under the leadership of China. This film is influenced by the ultra-left ideological trend of the Cultural Revolution, which violates the law of paper-cutting art and wants to pursue the realistic effect of real-life performance with paper-cutting art. It didn't work out. However, in the use of exaggerated forms to shape the images of young heroes and other characters, the creative personnel have made great efforts and made great efforts.

[Golden Goose]

3. Bamboo shoots growing in the house

Bamboo Shoots Growing in the House was written by Huang Xinxin, directed by Hu Jinqing and Zhou Keqin, and filmed by Jiang Youyi. The film was completed in September, 1976. This is the first ink paper in China. China's landscape painting was applied to the process of paper-cutting, creating ink-and-wash paper-cutting and enriching the style of art films. The film describes the contradiction between my sister Xiu Xiu and my younger brother Kwai Kwai about whether a bamboo shoot growing in the house should belong to the production team. Educated by their sister's love for collective thought, the two brothers happily dug up the bamboo shoots and handed them to the production team. The film has a strong national cultural style in China, and has been well received by experts.

[Bamboo shoots growing in the house]

Third, newspaper clippings in the new era.

From 1977 to 1995, under the guidance of the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the enthusiasm of the employees of Meiying was greatly mobilized, and 77 clippings were produced, including 1 17, including 38 clippings in three series.

1. The fox defeated the hunter.

Jin Jin, the screenwriter and director of "Foxes Hit Hunters", was produced by You Yong, and the filming was completed in June 1978 1 1. The film tells the story that the fox in wolf skin scared the young hunter to throw away his gun and run for his life. Fortunately, the old hunter came and killed the fox. The film is novel in conception, which reverses the routine of hunters hitting foxes and turns foxes into hunters. It is strange, interesting and instructive. The film "1980" won the Fine Arts Award at the 4th Sagrab International Animation Film Festival in Yugoslavia in June.

[The fox defeated the hunter]

2. Watermelon on the hedgehog's back

Watermelon on the Hedgehog's Back was written by Gu Hanchang, directed by Borong Wang and Qian Jiazinc, and photographed by Chai. The shooting was completed on June 1979. The film describes the mother and hedgehog picking wild fruits up the mountain and finding a big watermelon. Mother hedgehog carried the watermelon on her back in the old way, and as a result, she stabbed the watermelon and even fell in. Later, the little hedgehog pushed the watermelon home. It tells people not to stick to the rules, but to be good at thinking. The pastoral scenery shown in the film is beautiful, and the hedgehog image is lively and lovely.

["Hedgehog-backed Watermelon"]

3. Tintin vs. the Monkey King

Screenwriters Ouyang Yuping, Yu and Hu Jinqing, director Hu Jinqing, background and Shen Tongchun, action designers Wu, Xue Meijun, Cha Kan and Jiang Jufen, and photographer Tang Yichu. The filming of "Beautiful Film" was completed in June. 1980. This is the first sci-fi art film shot by Meiying, and it is also the first sci-fi art film in China. The film depicts Tintin studying hard and holding the golden key symbolizing scientific knowledge. The Monkey King doesn't believe in Tintin's ability and wants to compete with Tintin. After many competitions in space swimming and underwater diving, the Monkey King finally admitted defeat and asked Tintin to teach him scientific knowledge. This film is humorous and philosophical. It tells people the truth that "knowledge is power" with examples of the Monkey King and Tintin's successive defeats. There are many special effects used in photography with novel forms. Some special effects are first used in art films. For example, in an underwater competition, with black velvet as the background, an 8-watt fluorescent lamp (cold light represents Tintin) and a 15-watt tungsten lamp (warm light represents the Monkey King) alternately contact. And using the residual flash particles of the ancient costume flash film to stick to the background and props, plus the lighting angle, lens rotation and other techniques, a particularly strange seascape was made, thus receiving the picture effect of underwater war.

[Tintin vs Monkey King]

4. Monkeys catch the moon

The Monkey Fishing for the Moon was written by Ling Shu, directed by Zhou Keqin, photographed by Jiang Youyi and designed by Ada. The filming was completed on 198 1 12. The film is based on the fable of "draw water with a sieve in a bamboo basket" circulated among the people. According to the psychological characteristics of children's watching movies, the director adopted a "simple, lively and interesting" style and a monkey shape with China folk ink painting, which added strong children's interest to the film. The film won the first prize of children's film at the 6th Ottawa International Animation Film Festival in Canada in August, 1982, and the best short film award at the 4th Cabrioao International Comedy Film in Bulgaria in May, 1987.

[Monkey Fishing for the Moon]

5. Mr. Nanguo

Mr. Southland was written by Xiong Gengfa, Qian Jiaxin and screenwriter, directed by Qian Jiaxin and photographed by Chai. The shooting of 198 1 Meiying was completed in May. This is based on the fable of "supplementing the number with mistakes" in "Everything is done by Nan Chu" at the end of the Warring States Period. The film describes that during the Warring States Period, Qi Xuanwang loved playing the piano and asked for an ensemble of 300 people, but Mr. Nan Guo could not play the piano, so he joined the piano band to make up for it. Later, the new king succeeded to the throne and liked to listen to solos. Nan Guo showed his true colors and ran away. The theme of the film is profound, warning people that one is not to mix, and the other is to know people well. The film's creators chose Han Dynasty portrait bricks and stone carvings as the basis of the background design of the characters, showing a strong national style and folk color. It is simple and generous, elegant and profound, and subtle, with both ancient artistic flavor and modern artistic techniques. This is a relatively successful film. The film 1982 won the excellent film award of the Ministry of Culture 198 1 in April.

[Mr. Nanguo]

6. "the snipe and the clam fight"

The screenwriters and directors Gu Hanchang and Mo Du, photographers Hu Jinqing and Geng Kang, 1983 completed the filming of Meiying. The film is adapted from the fable of "the snipe and the clam contend" in "National Policy Yance II". It describes that snipe and clam are good friends, but the old fisherman failed to catch them several times. Later, they quarreled about a fish. The snipe caught the clam, and the clam caught the snipe, so the old fisherman caught the snipe and the clam. The film broke through the carving technique and adopted the style of ink painting, which made the snipe feel furry. An inch long neck has 36 fine joints and can move freely. The whole movie "Mo Yun" is fresh and beautiful, full of poetic and artistic features of China. 1984 The film won the Silver Bear Award for Short Film at the 34th West Berlin International Film Festival. Commenting on the film, the judges said, "This film won the prize because it was excellent and successful." In the same year, the film won the special prize of the 6th Zagreb International Animation Film Festival in Yugoslavia, the special prize of the animation of the Yugoslav International Youth Film Center and the special prize of the 7th Ottawa International Animation Film Festival in Canada.

[The struggle between snakes and mussels]

7. Little Eight Rings

Screenwriter Ouyang Yuping, director Jin, photographer Geng Kang, background Liu,198365438+The film production was completed in February. The film is based on the story of the characters in Wu Cheng'en's mythical novel The Journey to the West, and tells the story that Xiao Bajie found the piggy bank and the old Bajie took it for himself. Under the guidance of the Monkey King, Old Bajie learned the wrong story. The image of the film is made of pasted cloth, that is, ordinary plain cloth dyed with various colors. This method is different from the general practice of cutting paper with paper engraving and paper scissors. Patch image is colorful and full of folk flavor. This is the first paper-cut in China.

[Small Eight Rings]

8. Mice marry women

Writer and director of "Mice Marry Women" Chai, 1983 finished. The film describes the black mouse marrying a wife. In order to satisfy his parents-in-law, he steals longan, eggs and sesame oil, and then steals cream cake. He falls into the trap set by his parents-in-law and is put in a mouse cage. The film is set in black, symbolizing that mice steal things in the dark. There is no dialogue in the whole film, only music and special effects are used to cooperate, and it keeps making squeaky mouse calls, which is very vivid and interesting.

[Mouse Marries Woman]

9. Huo Tong

Huo Tong was written by Wang Yanna, directed by Borong Wang and filmed by Wang Shirong. The film was completed on 1984. Based on the folk stories of the Hani people in Yunnan, the film describes the well-informed and outspoken Minza who went deep into the mountains to fight the devil and recaptured the stolen fire for the life and death of millions of villagers. When he brought the fire back, he was on fire all over. He gave his life for the bright world of the people. In memory of this little hero, the Hani people take "Minzha" as the name of the fire. This film combines Dunhuang murals, folk paper-cutting and modern painting techniques, forming a decorative painting artistic style with strong colors, smooth lines and full pictures. This film won the Best Art Film Award in the 5th China Golden Rooster Award in March 1985, and the first prize in Group C of the 1st Hiroshima Animation Film Festival in August of the same year.

[Huo Tong]

10. scarecrow

The Scarecrow was written by He Yuwen, directed by Hu Jinqing, and photographed by Chai, on 1985. The film describes the story of a fisherman who set up a grass man with the real thing, pretended to be a grass man with the real thing, and finally caught a waterfowl stealing fish. This film adopts the artistic technique of meticulous painting combined with feather painting, which is a breakthrough in traditional paper-cutting. In the film, the hemp fiber worn by the old man and the grass man adopts the meticulous painting method in Ren Bonian's "Stars Celebrating Birthday" in the Qing Dynasty. More than 16,000 grass roots are sketched on the transparent gauze, and water birds are made from pieces of real feathers of chickens, which are lifelike. The film has an interesting and dramatic conflict between "taking truth as falsehood, taking falsehood as truth" and "winning by static braking and forbearance", which is also the purpose of this film. The film 1986 won the excellent film award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television in August 1985, and won the first prize in Group C of the second Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival in August 1987.

[Scarecrow]

1 1. Hulu Brothers

Hulu Brothers (episode 1 ~ 13) was written by Yao Zhongli, Yang and Mo Du, directed by Hu Jinqing, Ge Guiyun and Zhou Keqin, and photographed by Wu Huarong. The filming of Meiying was completed in May 1987. This is the first newspaper clipping series in China based on China folklore. It describes seven gourd dolls, red, orange, yellow, green, green, blue and purple. In order to save grandpa who was caught by the snake spirit, he went deep into the demon cave to fight with the snake spirit, but they all lost. Later, with the help of grandpa and the mountain god, seven gourds were combined into one, and together they destroyed the snake essence. The story of the film is tortuous and thrilling, with novel characters, strong sense of rhythm, bright music and fascinating use of special effects such as wind, clouds, water and light. The film won 1989 Excellent Film Award, Childhood Award, Red Flower Award, 1989 Nominated for the First National Film and Television Animation Program Exhibition Award, and 1992 Bronze Award for the Second Cairo International Children's Film Festival.

【 Hulu Brothers 】

12. The Fighting Crow

Screenwriter Hu Jinqing, Hu Jinqing and Wu, director Geng Kang's Fighting Crows, shot at 1992. The film describes the crow stealing the meat from the old bear's house, and the little fox tries his best to stop it. The old bear mistakenly thought that the little fox was also involved in stealing meat and scolded him. The fox cleverly tricked him into taking back the meat from the crow's mouth and returning it to its original owner. Old bear felt guilty and praised Fox. The film uses ink painting to shape the characters beautifully.

[Fighting Crows]

13. Gourd King Kong

The Little King Kong of Hulu (episode 1 ~ 6) is the sequel to the newspaper clipping series Hulu Brothers. The screenplay was written by Modu and Yao Zhongli, and directed by 1993 Hu Jinqing, Shen Zuwei and Ge Guiyun. The film tells the story that after the seven brothers of Hulu became the little King Kong of Hulu, they continued to fight against the snake spirit sister who came for revenge (suppressed by the Hulu brothers in the seven mountains under the mountain peak) until the demons were annihilated. In addition to maintaining the national style and strong folk color, the director also emphasized the artistic arrangement of "after death, after death, surviving". The film won 199 1 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, 1993 The 5th "Cow Award" and the 2nd National Film and Television Animation Exhibition and Broadcasting Honor Award.

【 Gourd King Kong 】

14. Zodiac

The Chinese Zodiac (episode 1 ~ 13) was written by Ling Shu, directed by Shen Rudong, Gong Quanfu, photographed and portrayed by Liu. The film was completed in June 1995. The film Zodiac depicts 12 kinds of animals, including rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. In order to protect the survival of human beings and animals, they respectively refer to themselves as Thunderbolt, Unicorn, Dark Phoenix, Gollum, Sea Monster, Hydra, Ghost King with Green Nose and so on. People regard these animals as the human zodiac as a memorial. This film tells people to love animals, protect the environment and protect the ecological balance. The film absorbs the flavor of China folk New Year pictures in character modeling, and uses ink painting to render and decorate the national style in the background.

[Zodiac]

The one you said should be in there.