[Explanation] During the epidemic, some people were at home, some people were good at cooking, and some people used the ingredients to make a big picture. Whether it is "Daiyu Burial Flower" or "Fengxueshan Temple", a few silhouettes of people are matched with various artistic scenes, which instantly evoke people's memories of classics. It is corn ballast, and Lin Jiao is the potato hill. Recently, this series of short videos has become popular on the Internet. Among them, the short video of the Water Margin theme alone has tens of millions of views. How do ingredients "cross-border" film and television circles? Recently, video creator Li Xiaodong described the creative process.
[Same period] Video creator "Xuanbao Dad" Li Xiaodong
The main reason is probably because of the epidemic, and there is no way for everyone to go out. In addition to taking children, I usually go to the supermarket to buy food and cook. After a long time at the home, I wonder if I can use some of the food-like ingredients around me at home, and shoot some interesting things like some common items in our daily life. From the beginning, onion leaves, and then to chili, flour is one. Later, I started to use ginger, fennel, and broccoli. Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu read the bridge section of "The Story of the West Chamber" because it was in a garden. The ginger grows strangely, a bit like this kind of rockery in ancient Chinese gardens, so I use ginger for this kind of matching.
[Commentary] In the video, Li Xiaodong brought a pot of rice, inserted noodles of different shapes, and put two lively paper-cut villains, light and shadow transformation plus post-production, dried noodles turned into green bamboo forest, movie "Crouching Tiger" The classic fragments of "Hidden Dragon" were instantly restored.
A short video of less than 20 seconds may seem simple, but it is not an overnight effort to create a work that is beautiful and beautiful. Painting, paper-cutting, shooting, and post-production, here not only has Li Xiaodong's ten years of experience in film post-production, but also creativity and exquisite ideas.
[Same period] Video creator "Xuanbao Dad" Li Xiaodong
It's a silhouette, you can't see the facial features, so it takes a lot of time to think about which gesture we should use to show the character of this character, his physical characteristics, so it may be difficult to conceive this. For example, in the filming of "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, which scene can I more vividly show the image of those two characters? The gender difference between men and women, and the other is the different body postures and movements of the two people. The idea will be harder for me.
[Commentary] From the beginning of February to now, Li Xiaodong has created dozens of short videos on themes of four famous books, classic screen images, and epidemic retrogressors, and has more than 100 million views on the Internet in just a few months. Time, he also has more than two million fans.
[Same period] Video creator "Xuanbao Dad" Li Xiaodong
The reason why it is more popular on the Internet, I think the main reason may also be through this relatively new and short video method, and then some of the Chinese culture may be more classic, may have been forgotten by some cultural classics, China The classic thing is displayed in a novel way, which has won some resonance from everyone.
[Commentary] Not long ago, someone forwarded Li Xiaodong's work to overseas social platforms, which made him gain many fans overseas. He said that he would continue to create in the future and work hard for the spread of culture in his own way.
[Same period] Video creator "Xuanbao Dad" Li Xiaodong
In this fast-paced era of fragmentation and informatization, it may be that the Chinese culture has been diluted. I use this method to evoke a love for this nation (culture) , I think this is a good thing. Some time ago, Hollywood movie star Will Smith also reposted it on his INS (my work). Then I think it is better to use this new method to do what is possible for this oriental culture, and then carry forward and carry forward and make a little such small contribution.
Reporter Shan Lu from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]