The project is currently in the full-scale production stage, and the overall operation is in good condition. As the creator has been focusing on international high standards, assembling first-class animation talents, and working hard with super artistic team and the latest technical means, I believe this film will certainly arouse widespread interest and become a new bright spot in the animation film market in China and even the world. 3D animation Zheng He 1405 reproduces the voyage adventure 600 years ago.
The production took nearly three years, invested 50 million yuan, and adopted the world's most advanced 3D solid model scanning technology ... 1 1 That night, the 3D animated film Zheng He 1405 shot by Nanjing was released in Wanda Studios. This film was praised as "a masterpiece with the charm of China and the spirit of China" at the French International Animation Festival, and it was finally unveiled. The vivid characters, exquisite scene special effects and shocking sound effects in the film bring the audience back to the great navigation era more than 600 years ago.
3D fantasy animation reproduces the voyage adventure 600 years ago.
The mighty fleet was ups and downs in the stormy waves, the heroic crew fought with pirates to the death, and the indigenous people in the western regions warmly welcomed Zheng He's fleet with songs and dances ... "Zheng He 1405" concentrated on the fantasy, adventure and romance in Zheng He's maritime exploration. There are both thrilling shipwrecks and naval battles, as well as Where Are You Going with a tangled mood, which reproduces Zheng He's maritime adventures with unprecedented momentum, with a total length of 65,438.
"1405" in the title is the year of Zheng He's first voyage to the West. Based on this period, the film added a lot of fantastic colors. For example, the pirates in the film used a large number of vultures as weapons to attack the fleet, while the fleet escaped safely with the smoke generated by artillery bombardment; Pirates also summoned a large number of sharks and huge octopus sea monsters to attack the fleet, and the crew fought to the death with courage and wisdom. In addition, the traditional emotional elements of China's animated films, such as Where Are You Going, emotional entanglements and so on, are added to the film, and the delicate emotions and adventurous spirit are perfectly displayed by the Hollywood narrative. Scenes such as Hoonji in the film also brought the audience's thoughts back to Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago.
Three years of technical research, perfect presentation of "marine special effects"
The biggest difficulty for such a 3D animated film to be shown on the big screen of the cinema is the presentation of "water". A slight flaw will be mercilessly magnified. Looking around the world, the special effects production of the film Water is a huge technical problem. The grander and more complex the scene, the more the simulation calculation will multiply, and it is difficult for ordinary computers and 3D animation software to be competent. Zheng He 1405 has many close-ups of seascapes. How to express "ocean", "seawater" and "waves" delicately is a great challenge for the creative team.
In some animation developed countries, they will develop their own professional software and use advanced computers to overcome this problem. The main creative team of Zheng He 1405 has broken through many difficulties in the past three years, taking the technology of "super-large scene fluid simulation control system set" as the technical essence, supporting the smooth completion of the film, and perfectly presenting the effect of "stormy waves, hurricanes and rainstorms".
Chinese and foreign teams work together to create a shocking sound experience.
In order to achieve the goal of "the highest level in the world and the best animation in China", the production team focuses on the highest points in all aspects, which not only brings novel visual enjoyment, but also brings a brand-new experience to the audience in hearing.
The film invited Ker Sound, a famous French music studio, to make music sound effects and mixing parts. Symphony performance and recording were completed in Slovakia, and mixing was completed in the United States. As for dubbing, the best dubbing actor in China takes the lead, and the famous dubbing actor Tong personally dubs the film "Pi Xiu", which is unique and lively. The theme song was composed by Zhang Yadong and sung by Liu Huan and Jane Zhang. The sound effect of the whole film has reached an unprecedented peak, which has enhanced the effect of creating a grand momentum of the film.
The film was very hot before it was released, and experts praised it as a "masterpiece"
The production of Zheng He 1405, which lasted nearly three years, was not shown first. When the promo was shown at the French International Animation Festival, some people in the industry even mistakenly thought that the three-minute promo was completed abroad. In fact, the Suzaku team responsible for the production not only completed the sample production in the local area, but also made the quality of the whole film higher and more exciting than the sample production.
Yichang Zhu, the producer and general director of the film, told reporters that it is the theme and cornerstone of the film to mold Zheng He's China mind and feelings, express Zheng He's outstanding China spirit in the process of building marine culture, and show the world a culture of respect, courtesy and kindness. In the film, the prosperous scenery of China and Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, came face to face. Whether it's costume, street view, boat view or seascape modeling, it shows the demeanor of a big eastern country everywhere.
When the film was sent to the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for review, experts gave the following comments: "The film 100 minutes is not long, the story is interesting, and it is well-made, and it is an excellent work."
The 3D animated film Zheng He 1405 was born with a magnificent epic style.
The domestic 3D animated film Zheng He 1405 will be released worldwide soon. This animated film was very popular before it was released. At present, it has attracted wide attention in the animation film circles at home and abroad, and has become a hot domestic animation film, which gives people great expectations. Anyone who has seen the promo is shocked by the epic grandeur. So far, this phenomenon is very rare in domestic animated films in China. Zheng He 1405 was awarded the "20 1 1 National Animation Project" at the beginning of 20 12, and was invited to participate in the "Exhibition of Animation Industry Development Achievements since the Eleventh Five-Year Plan" sponsored by the Ministry of Culture in March. When the film was shown at the French International Animation Festival, the response was enthusiastic. Participants thought it was a great film with "China verve and China spirit".
China's animated films often show people with fresh, beautiful and meaningful faces, and more show the traditional culture of China, with a rare style of writing. Just like China's ink painting, it wins with simplicity, delicacy and thought-provoking. With the advancement of the reform and opening-up era and the introduction of foreign animation blockbusters, China animators have to be touched. How to integrate the aesthetic taste of modern art into our animated films has become an important topic. Nanjing Suzaku Film and Television Animation Co., Ltd. made up its mind when accepting the creation of Zheng He 1405, and must make a breakthrough on the basis of modern domestic animated films in China.
600 years ago, Zheng He, a navigator of the Ming Dynasty, led a huge fleet of nearly 300 ships and nearly 30,000 people, loaded with silk, porcelain and tea, and set out from Nanjing for the sea. From A.D. 1405 to A.D. 1433, Zheng He's fleet sailed around the sea seven times, crossing the ocean, communicating with the world, spreading peace, friendship and culture, which opened the prelude to the glorious era of great navigation in human history and realized the great pioneering work and vision of ocean exploration, good-neighborliness and harmony.
The 3D animated film Zheng He 1405 focuses on the fantasy, adventure and romance in Zheng He's maritime exploration. There must be thrilling shipwrecks and naval battles in the film, and where will you go with a tangled mood? So how to use animation as an artistic form to express the grand occasion and cultural spirit of China represented by Zheng He? As you can imagine, the difficulty is undoubtedly enormous.
After three years of hard work, the team overcame many difficulties and finally completed the important task of making Zheng He 1405. This animated film reproduces Zheng He's maritime adventure with unprecedented momentum of China animated film, which has a powerful and shocking energy.
Shaping Zheng He's mind and feelings, expressing Zheng He's outstanding China spirit in the process of creating marine culture, and showing the world the culture of propriety and righteousness are the themes and cornerstones of this film. In the film, the elements of China are everywhere, and the prosperous scenery of China and Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty is coming, with a strong Chinese flavor. In character modeling, the facial makeup art of Peking Opera is skillfully adopted, which adds a lot of color. All modeling design is no longer a simple traditional expression. China's magnanimous atmosphere was everywhere in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, no matter in its costumes, street scenes, boat views or seascape modeling.
Many of these scenes involve the modeling of natural environment, such as pirate island, desert island, Galilee country, reef beach and so on. On the three-dimensional model, the scanning technology of three-dimensional solid model is used to select strange stones with different modeling styles that match the scene environment, and the model data and texture data are collected respectively, bringing fresh and magnificent effects to the wonders in the film.
The sea view performance is the biggest feature and the most difficult part of the film. There are not only sea wonders (such as "mirage", but also amazing, really amazing), as well as beautiful underwater world (such as various marine life). The maritime war with pirates is also an important point of view. The audience was deeply impressed by the audio-visual experience brought by large scenes, large horizons and large-scale naval battles.
As an animated film shown on the big screen of the cinema, Seascape, especially the expression of ocean, seawater and waves, is technically the most difficult. The slightest flaw will be magnified and exposed. The research and development of "Large Scene Fluid Simulation Control System Collection" (CG) technology is the technical essence to support the smooth completion of the film. Many grand scenes should be supported by CG technology and realized according to the characteristics of China animation. In the movie, the scenes of stormy waves, hurricanes and heavy rains are perfectly reflected by this technology. Combined with 3D effect, the visual impact is extremely strong, and endless audio-visual enjoyment can be obtained.
The production of film special effects about water is also a major technical problem in the world. Even in Disney's animated films, it is rare to see grand waterscape special effects. Among them, the main difficulty is to simulate the shape of seawater by using hydrodynamics, including flow, tumbling, impact, splashing and the motion law of other objects in the water. Moreover, the larger and more complex the scene is, the more the calculation of fluid particle control simulation increases exponentially, which makes it difficult for ordinary computers and three-dimensional animation software to be competent. Therefore, in some countries with developed animation, professional software will be developed to make CG, and particularly advanced computers will be used to work. Zheng He 1405 team broke through many difficulties with their own unique working methods and took an important first step to break through the existing single animated film pattern in China.
In order to achieve the goal of "the highest level in the world and the best animation in China", the production team focuses on the highest points in all aspects, which not only gives the audience a strange feeling visually, but also gives you a gorgeous experience in hearing. The film specially invited Ker Sound, a French music studio, to do music sound effects and mixing. Symphony recording was completed in Slovakia and mixing was completed in the United States. The dubbing is performed by the best dubbing actor in China, and the famous dubbing actor Tong personally dubs the film "Pi Xiu", which is unique and lively. The theme song was composed by Zhang Yadong and sung by Liu Huan and Jane Zhang. It can be said that the whole film reached a peak in music and sound effects, which enhanced the effect of creating a grand momentum of the film.
Liu Huan sang for the Nanjing animation masterpiece Zheng He 1405.
Zheng He 1405, a large-scale 3D animated film listed as a major cultural brand project in Nanjing (formerly known as Zheng He's Robbery of the Sea), completed the recording of the theme song Towards the Sea in Beijing last Friday. It was sung by the famous singer Liu Huan and composed by Zhang Yadong, who is known as the "godfather" of mainland pop music. The film has now entered the post-production stage and will be released nationwide this summer.
The film's creator told reporters that "To the Sea", as the theme song, concentrated the important scenes and pictures of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, and paid attention to adding pop elements to the film.
The recording of this song was the first collaboration between Zhang Yadong and Liu Huan, but they cooperated very well. During the recording process, * * * made impromptu modifications and improvements to the songs. The passionate tune of "Towards the Sea" and Liu Huan's penetrating voice better set off the adventurous spirit of Zheng He's fleet crossing the sea despite the wind and waves.
It is reported that an episode of the film will be recorded later this month and sung by Jane Zhang. The score was composed by French friends and played by the famous European symphony orchestra. After the film is released, the producer will also release the original album.
Zheng He 1405 is a large-scale 3D animated film led by the Propaganda Department of Nanjing Municipal Committee and jointly invested by Nanjing Cultural Investment Holding Group, Nanjing Radio and Television Group, Nanjing Newspaper Media Group, Nanjing Gulou District Government and Nanjing Suzaku Film and Television Animation Co., Ltd. Recently, it was selected as "201National Animation Boutique". At present, the film has entered the post-production stage, and will be released nationwide this summer after the final 3D works are completed.