The marriage of animation and music, the combination of thinking and technology
In traditional movies, music generally serves the movie, and the soundtrack serves the visual effect and theme of the movie. Even if the movie is a musical, it is also a musical. However, in Fantasia 2000, music played a game to usurp the role of the host, making the film serve music for a time. The whole film is based on eight classical music that people are familiar with, and the visual effect is the image display of music. Because of the plasticity and imagination of animation, animation is of course the first choice for these musical visual images.
When it comes to music, for young people, the first thing that comes to mind is probably pop songs, rock and roll, rap and other fashionable things. For them, elegant classical music seems to have lost its vitality. But when you finish watching this movie, you will feel that classical music is not obscure, but as emotional as other music. This film awakens the inner vitality of classical music with the vividness, freshness and imagination of animation.
In terms of music, the film chooses classical music of musicians well known to the public, including symphony, piano music and jazz music, which is easily accepted by the audience. In animation, the film not only inherits the animation tradition of Disney Company, but also makes a breakthrough and extraordinary imagination on the basis of vivid colors and distinctive character music. In movies, the coordination between music and animation is almost perfect, such as the coordination between the marching steps and drums of animals in the Grand March, the coordination between ballet and piano music in the Second Piano Concerto, and the coordination between workers' labor and music in rhapsody in blue. In the Symphony of Destiny, the traditional plot is completely abandoned, and the opposite of music is completely abstract graphics, which integrates pictures and music.
What is commendable is that when the film brings the audience into a dreamlike situation with vivid visual images and beautiful music, it does not ignore the theme and emotional color of music. So far, the final Firebird Suite is a model. The story of "Firebird Suite" is very complete, and the plot is as ups and downs as the music itself: a wandering reindeer awakens the goddess of spring in the ice and snow, and everywhere she goes, birds and flowers are fragrant, only to find that her magic has failed on a volcano. Just as the goddess of spring was trying to find the answer, the volcano erupted. With this shocking drum sound, the fiery magma turned into a firebird chasing the goddess of spring. Or reindeer found the goddess in volcanic ashes. In the sad music, the goddess of spring looks very haggard and loses the confidence to change the world. However, her tears fell on the land, and green grass and red flowers immediately grew on the land, and she revived the passion of spring. In the magnificent symphonies with climaxes, she soared in the sky, spreading green life on the earth, and the earth regained its vitality, including stubborn volcanoes, yes! Spring is coming!
In this romantic story, it is not difficult for us to understand the truth contained in it and music: life is tenacious and endless, and no difficulty can stop the growth of life, as the saying goes, "wildfire never goes out, spring breeze blows high." In other clips, there are also positive feelings, so the film is more suitable as an introductory teaching film for children's classical music.
So, when can we shoot our own fantasia in China? Pipa? Erhu? Folk music ensemble? Let's look forward to China Fantasia 2008.
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The whole "Fantasia 2000" consists of eight classic songs, with exquisite animation. In these eight animations, some have storylines, others are like sketches, just the rhythm changes and rhythms of some abstract graphics. Next, we will introduce these eight paragraphs respectively:
1, Beethoven: symphony No.5
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, also known as the Symphony of Destiny, is famous for its sometimes urgent and sometimes soothing melody. This passage chooses the majestic and urgent part as the opening, with some simple and abstract geometric changes in sound and shadow. In the graphic dance similar to the butterfly, pictures showing natural forces such as lightning, tornado and volcanic eruption appear in turn, showing inevitability and thunderous fate, and the butterfly finally blends into a light, suggesting that everyone will have their own home.
2. Autorino ottorino respighi: Pine trees in Rome.
The Pine Tree in Rome is the second paragraph in a series of Roman symphonies by Otorino ottorino respighi. The producer strangely designed some flying whales as the main characters. At the beginning of the slow rhythm, the naughty little whale angered the seagulls and fell into the iceberg, and the music behind it became vigorous. Countless blue whales are flying up and down in the sea of clouds, soaring between lightning and thunder. How spectacular.
3. Gershwin: rhapsody in blue.
Jazz was originally popular music in American streets and nightclubs at the beginning of this century, but Gershwin introduced them into the hall of elegant music. This animation restored the original popularity and freshness. Based on the metropolis of new york in 1930s, this paper tells a simple story about a visionary worker, a little girl who yearns for the love of her parents, a down-and-out artist and an old man with a wife who can't realize her dream. This cartoon shows the strangeness of metropolis life with cartoon characters and lines, and the rhythm of characters' movements, especially the ice dance, is closely coordinated with music.
4. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2, Allegro, Op. 102.
The animated story of Shostakovich's second piano concerto is based on Andersen's classic fairy tale The Firm Tin Soldier. One-legged tin soldier fell in love with a porcelain ballerina, but was blocked by a strange face in a vicious and scary box. The tin soldier was washed into the sewer, miraculously returned after a series of adventures, and launched a fierce battle with the strange face. Finally, it is a typical fairy tale result. Justice triumphs over evil, and all shall be well. The picture is bright and full of fairy tales, and the story is very charming against the joy of piano music.
5. Sansheng: Animal Carnival.
The protagonist of this paragraph is a flamingo. A group of flamingos with the same movements met a flamingo who likes to play with a yo-yo, which messed up the whole group of flamingos, so everyone rose up and attacked them, but they couldn't stand it. Flamingos are funny and colorful, suggesting differences and conflicts between individuality and collectivity.
6. Duka: the magician's apprentice
The magician's apprentice is a reserved paragraph of Fantasia 1940. The protagonist is Mickey Mouse, an animated star who started from Disney Company. Mickey Mouse is a magician's apprentice. He secretly put on his magic hat and used a broom to carry water instead of himself. Then he slept and dreamed that he used magic to direct waves and stars. When he woke up, he found water everywhere, or the magician relieved him. Stories and pictures are all about it.
7. elgar: majestic March (Pomp & amp； Environmental travel)
The Grand March was originally a serious piece of music, but this passage combined it with the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible and the romantic love of Donald Duck into a comedy. Under the guidance of Noah, Donald summoned all the animals to board the ark, but he was separated from his girlfriend Dai Duck. After the flood receded, all the animals were saved. Dai duck came back to look for the lost necklace and finally reunited with Donald duck. The most interesting part of this passage is the scene where animals walk to the ark with the rhythm of the music March.
8. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
This passage is the most powerful one in Fantasia 2000. This music is very powerful. This story is a symbol of life. The god of spring was reborn after being destroyed. This passage, whether it is the dancing of the god of life in spring or the frightening volcanic eruption, is presented in a strong and detailed picture. Its light and shadow changes are very beautiful, shocking the audience's mind and audio-visual. As the end of Fantasia 2000, it is perfect.