[Explanation] Building blocks are toys that many people are familiar with, but have you ever seen an animation made with building blocks? The video you see now is a building block animation made by Hao Fei, a young man in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It does not rely on animation It was produced by software, but it was done using the "stop motion animation" shooting method. A few days ago, the reporter met Hao Fei who was making building block animations in a studio in Zhangjiakou.

　　[Concurrent] Hao Fei, Producer of Building Blocks　

　　Put together the building blocks to take a picture. For example, when a small person is walking, his hands need to come out and his feet need to come out. This is a picture. Then you have to make sure that the foot does not move. The movement of walking is fine-tuned by the hand, so that it is another photo. By synthesizing all these photos, it becomes a video.

　　[Explanation] Hao Fei said that he studied stop-motion animation when he was in college. By chance, he came into contact with the building block animation industry, which ignited his entrepreneurial dream. According to Hao Fei, it is very hard to make animations with building blocks. It takes 12.5 photos to make a one-minute animation, and it often takes a whole day to make a one-minute animation. Hao Fei once wanted to give up because he had no income when he first started his business.

　　[Concurrent] Hao Fei, Producer of Block Animation　

　　For two or three months, I didn’t have a penny (income), and there was no way to buy building blocks. What I thought at the time was that I should do something else, even if I became an art teacher, or went to a wedding (company) ) It’s okay to edit or take a video for someone, which is very frustrating.

　　[Commentary] A fan who liked Hao Fei's work learned about Hao Fei's plight and sent him a large box of building blocks. This inspired Hao Fei and he decided to continue.

　　[Concurrent] Hao Fei, Producer of Block Animation

　　It’s a very big box of building blocks. I received this big box (building blocks) and I started to make it because I received a very big encouragement. I just feel very happy because there are still a group of people supporting me and watching ( My creation).

　　[Explanation] As Hao Fei's work continues to mature, many domestic building block manufacturers have also become his fans and extended a helping hand to him. Hao Fei said that now he has no shortage of building blocks and can focus more on production. He hopes that one day he can promote Chinese-style building block animation to the world.

　　[Concurrent] Hao Fei, Producer of Block Animation

　　In my industry, as long as I make a mistake, things in the first one or two hours will be used for nothing. So I hope that I can be more rigorous and (make the work) more detailed. I hope that I can push the block animation to stop motion. To the world, let more people in the world accept our Chinese style.

　　Huangfu Ai Guangde reports from Zhangjiakou, Hebei

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]