In animation, it is not difficult to see that the filmmakers have materialized the imaginary characters and scene settings in their minds. Although it is an animation effect, everything is based on real logic and the existence of reality. The audience can still imagine that they are one of the leading actors or heroines, thus integrating themselves into the film. Every scene in the film is carefully captured and reproduced. In order to fully reflect the theme background of the Viking era and the characteristics of the ocean, the colors are mainly cool colors (blue, dark blue and green), and the warm colors represented by red, yellow and orange blend with key objects, bringing out a quiet and gentle feeling, which makes people relaxed and happy. The little dinosaur's "toothless" modeling action is very vivid and funny, and it is inevitable that the director is suspected of "selling cute". In terms of physical reality in animation, there is no big deviation from reality, so it is still in line with real life, that is, reality. At the same time, animated films are often easier to manipulate and more convenient to present the desired visual effects than live-action movies. If the corresponding fidelity is produced, the audience will be amazed and devoted.
In the storyline, Disney adopted the usual growing theme. Based on the real psychological growth process of hiccups, it accords with the consistent growth experience of most audiences. When the audience is integrated into the role, they begin to feel the same as the protagonist, which is undoubtedly the greatest success of a film. The relationship between father and son is not harmonious, the hazy love story is explosive, and all kinds of characters are faithful to reality, even better than real-life movies depicting characters and intensifying contradictions. The best part of How to Train Ji Long lies not only in its superb technology, but also in the fact that there is not a cold moment in the whole movie. The process of watching the movie is like riding a mountain bike in a Disney theme park and spending 90 minutes in 3D glasses, which is absolutely entertaining. In fact, as far as the simple storyline is concerned, it is no exaggeration to convey the whole movie in one sentence. Based on the novel of the same name in 2003, the whole story tells the story of how Hiccup, the son of Viking leader (also known as Viking), trained a dragon and eventually became a hero.
Basically, everything in the film is attached to the real world, but it is this characteristic that makes the original seemingly magical film satisfy the audience's curiosity and fantasy, and finally makes it a value tendency. In particular, the three exquisite storyline designs in the whole movie storyline are even more touching.
One is the scene at the beginning of the film. The opening of the whole animation is dominated by dark (mainly black and dark gray) tones, and the red dragon-driving flame is so harsh, and the sharp color contrast presents a unique contradictory effect. But what is amazing is that the Vikings and the Dragon Wars handled it calmly and lacked the fighting spirit unique to the war. Without it, there would be no bitterness of life and death, and even the last dragon gave a small close-up when it escaped, which slowed down the tension in the opening. Although it is a big battle, its focus is not to gather the audience's attention with sensory stimulation, but to have its important narrative function.
At the beginning of the animation, the contradiction between vikings and dragons was pointed out, and the people around us' views on hiccups reflected the troubles of hiccups, bringing out all the protagonists in the play in one step. At the end of the war, the protagonist's first dragon hunting experience was described, which laid the foundation for the later encounter between Hiccup and Toothless. Obviously, the opening design took a lot of thought and told the audience this information almost without trace, which laid the foundation for the development of the follow-up story.
The second one is that the movie touched me the most, that is, when the heroine and Hiccup were sitting on toothless seats in the upper reaches of the sky. At this time, the director skillfully transformed the background of the film into the sky blue, white clouds and deep sea water below, adding some warm little elements to the film. At the same time, the soft sense of lines, the faint smile of hiccups, astrid's slightly open mouth and the faint surprised expression instantly melted thousands of Qian Qian audiences, and also deeply branded the theme color of Disney's dream on it.
Looking at the hero soaring between the white clouds and the blue sky, which audience is not intoxicated by the proud dream of crossing the clouds? Perhaps this dream is buried in the deepest corner of the soul, but when people see it, it will still run through your soul like a current, allowing you to fly by dream again. I have to say that this is the most attractive place of the film, and it is also such a way that people fall in love with it deeply.
The third is the ingenious ending of the film. The last big battle was quite suspenseful, especially after the explosion, when the smoke was flying and the gloomy white tone seemed to be brewing a smell of death. It seems that the whole world is covered by this little laughter. All the gloomy people around have an ominous tragic mood.
The audience can't help feeling nervous. This kind of silence is better than sound, which gives the whole picture a sense of freeze. But then the fog cleared, and we saw the little smirking father go to reward him. The deep fatherly love gradually seems like the warm sunshine in winter, melting the whole solidified picture. When we saw the hiccups in toothless protection, we suddenly felt a sense of relief. Little giggle is still there. Finally, Hiccup struggled out of bed and walked to the door. Toothless helped him, and he never left. The director deliberately put Hiccup's lower limbs and toothless tail in the same shot. In just a few seconds, it tells the story of two people with mental, physical or physical disabilities. Because they met each other, they finally became a complete whole.
When it comes to the success of the film, some people say that the outstanding performance of the whole film can not be separated from the support of modern 3D technology. Admittedly, this is indeed part of the success of this film. It is understood that in order to optimize the creative assembly line and make it fully adapt to the production of three-dimensional animated films, Disney DreamWorks not only repeatedly experimented on the basis of existing hardware, but also integrated a large number of emerging technologies and equipment to "integrate and innovate" an effective three-dimensional production assembly line.
From the technical difficulty of film production. It's incredible to use 3 d. The film adopts the third-person perspective, and the speed is obvious, but the landscape exchange between the background and the scenic spot is vividly presented, and the high-speed picture movement is not messy at all. At the same time, in order to clearly and vividly restore the animation effect, the production difficulty involved can be said to be higher than Disney's last work "Monsters vs. Aliens", from the tiny production details of dragons on every scale to the grand scene where thousands of dragons participate in the battle. There are many technical difficulties in this film, such as hair, sea water, flame, complex natural landscape and numerous characters, which all bring difficulties to the production. In addition to these "qualitative" difficulties, there are also "quantitative" difficulties. With so many special effects and so many details, it takes dozens of hours to render only one frame, not to mention that the film is three-dimensional-each frame needs to render two pictures of the left and right eyes, not to mention that the film is IMAX3D-compared with the resolution of ordinary digital movies of 2K, the image quality of IMAX is as high as 8K, and even if it is up-converted by DMR, the rendering workload is more than double that of ordinary digital movies.
While paying attention to the picture, we can't forget the dubbing of the whole movie. I never doubted john powell's amazing musical achievements. The complicated and changeable music adds a lot of life to the film, and all the scenes have their own music. Or nervous, or excited, or warm, or gloomy all give the audience a unique enjoyment. Maybe if you close your eyes, you will see the same story of looking for dragons. At the same time, the first-class Disney voice actors also give people a familiar feeling when conveying stories.
Vivid expression makes people look different from other creatures in DreamWorks animated films. Little dinosaurs have no teeth and can't talk. They can't play pop music and can't dance in Disney. On the contrary, director Chris Sanders relies on body language, snoring and eyes to express his toothless feelings.
Generally speaking, Ji Long's training not only completed the design of the whole film in a monotonous and timely manner, but also contributed to the success of the film in terms of rich color pictures, full characters and exquisite picture descriptions, making this illusory story give people another kind of spiritual enjoyment.