From 1922, when my country's first film "Ucchi" was released, the education of children's love and beauty in children's films has run through the century-old history of Chinese films. "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" praised the little hero with full revolutionary passion and strong lyrical style; "Shepherd's Flute" expressed the harmony concept of the unity of nature and man with beautiful ink and wash; Childhood experiences provide clues to show the unique life picture of water village teenagers; "Playing My Zanian Qin" presents colorful ethnic customs with cheerful ethnic songs and dances and beautiful snowy scenery. These classic images of different eras are good visual feasts and classrooms for cultivating sentiments for children of different eras.
The education of children's movies for children is different from the scripted textbooks of traditional textbooks. It is a kind of education that is visualized, concrete, and infused with true feelings. It often centers on the stories familiar to children and the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Happy, progressive, infiltrating the soul. I believe that small audiences who have watched "Old Events in the South of the City" will not forget how the film looks at the real adult world from a poetic child's perspective. Small audiences who have watched "Nezha's Devil Child Comes into the World" will also be impressed by the myths and legends. , The brave and fearless Nezha never forgets.
Demonstrate "beauty with love"
Over the past hundred years, domestic children's films have grown continuously in exploration, which contains ardent hope and humanistic care for children. In the context of current media integration, children's films, as image symbols and communication carriers of truth, goodness and beauty, have their core educational function of "taking love as beauty" more fully developed and demonstrated. It can be said that the ultimate spiritual connotation of children's films is love—returning to the most essential and primitive meaning of existence in art. Love, as a constant and eternal force, leads the art to continue to move forward. From "The Secret of the Gourd", which depicts the innocent world and captures the innocence of children, to "My September", which uses children's stories to trigger the audience's childhood memories and nostalgic emotions, and then "August" uses children's perspectives. In contrast to the complexity of the adult world, children's films of different eras tell stories about children with increasingly diverse mirror images, shape different children's images, carry correct value orientation, and demonstrate the characteristics of diversity and types. These children's films tell people about children's ideals, children's stories, children's thoughts and children's emotions with love as the core, and outline children's "utopias" that are different from the adult world.
Strive to moisten things silently
In the centenary of the birth of Chinese children's films, children's filmmakers are more aware of the importance of using children's films to educate children about love and beauty. For creation, it is to be meticulous in every link, not mere formality. The various details of the little protagonist running away from home in "Angry Child" are ironic. The root cause is that children yearn for their parents' love, which reflects the educational philosophy of "accompaniment is the best love for children".
Children's films are not just about writing love, they are about creating love; not just about creating love in the film, but about creating love all the way. The creation of children's films is like teaching and educating people. The film workers in each link are teachers, and they are educating everything in every detail. "Au Pair to My Home" tells a series of funny stories about "au pair" foreign girls participating in the parenting process of a Chinese family. The film reproduces the misunderstandings and contradictions caused by cultural differences among family members in a realistic way, allowing children to grow and parents to reflect on what is a more important ability and a more scientific training method for children. It fully demonstrates the creative concept of the main creator keeping pace with the times.
The values, ethics and morality of truth, goodness and beauty are the universal pursuit of children's films around the world; producing beauty, expressing beauty and spreading beauty is the eternal mission of children's film creation. Children's films tend to resonate with audiences in different countries more than adult films.
In 2018, the Ministry of Education and the Central Propaganda Department jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Film and Television Education in Primary and Secondary Schools", which clearly pointed out that it is necessary to give full play to the important role of excellent films in promoting the all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor-based students in primary and secondary schools. Film and television education is an important part of moral and aesthetic education in primary and secondary schools. The goal of educating children with children's movies is to cultivate well-rounded people and promote the perfection of children's personalities. We urgently need to upgrade the aesthetic education concept of children's films, and play an irreplaceable, natural sound that belongs to children's own aesthetics in every link of children's film creation. love, but also perceive the beauty of the world and the beauty of movies.
(The author is an associate researcher at the China Film Art Research Center. This article was originally published in the seventh edition of People's Daily Overseas Edition on May 27, 2022)
The education of children's movies for children is different from the scripted textbooks of traditional textbooks. It is a kind of education that is visualized, concrete, and infused with true feelings. It often centers on the stories familiar to children and the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Happy, progressive, infiltrating the soul. I believe that small audiences who have watched "Old Events in the South of the City" will not forget how the film looks at the real adult world from a poetic child's perspective. Small audiences who have watched "Nezha's Devil Child Comes into the World" will also be impressed by the myths and legends. , The brave and fearless Nezha never forgets.
Demonstrate "beauty with love"
Over the past hundred years, domestic children's films have grown continuously in exploration, which contains ardent hope and humanistic care for children. In the context of current media integration, children's films, as image symbols and communication carriers of truth, goodness and beauty, have their core educational function of "taking love as beauty" more fully developed and demonstrated. It can be said that the ultimate spiritual connotation of children's films is love—returning to the most essential and primitive meaning of existence in art. Love, as a constant and eternal force, leads the art to continue to move forward. From "The Secret of the Gourd", which depicts the innocent world and captures the innocence of children, to "My September", which uses children's stories to trigger the audience's childhood memories and nostalgic emotions, and then "August" uses children's perspectives. In contrast to the complexity of the adult world, children's films of different eras tell stories about children with increasingly diverse mirror images, shape different children's images, carry correct value orientation, and demonstrate the characteristics of diversity and types. These children's films tell people about children's ideals, children's stories, children's thoughts and children's emotions with love as the core, and outline children's "utopias" that are different from the adult world.
"A Little Star" poster
In recent years, films such as "Glitter Girl", "Looking for Snow Mountains" and "Dream of Teana" have attracted attention in terms of cultural quality, aesthetic innovation and genre exploration, especially the highlighting of love and beauty, which has been loved by audiences. "A Little Starlight", which won the 33rd Golden Rooster Award for Best Children's Film, tells the story of an ordinary rural primary school where a coach who can't skip rope took just one year to cultivate a world rope skipping champion. This inspirational work with the spirit of sports shows the beauty of spirit and strength, praises the quality of persistent pursuit and never give up in hardships and difficulties, and reflects the cultivation and guidance of the correct values of contemporary young people.Strive to moisten things silently
In the centenary of the birth of Chinese children's films, children's filmmakers are more aware of the importance of using children's films to educate children about love and beauty. For creation, it is to be meticulous in every link, not mere formality. The various details of the little protagonist running away from home in "Angry Child" are ironic. The root cause is that children yearn for their parents' love, which reflects the educational philosophy of "accompaniment is the best love for children".
Children's films are not just about writing love, they are about creating love; not just about creating love in the film, but about creating love all the way. The creation of children's films is like teaching and educating people. The film workers in each link are teachers, and they are educating everything in every detail. "Au Pair to My Home" tells a series of funny stories about "au pair" foreign girls participating in the parenting process of a Chinese family. The film reproduces the misunderstandings and contradictions caused by cultural differences among family members in a realistic way, allowing children to grow and parents to reflect on what is a more important ability and a more scientific training method for children. It fully demonstrates the creative concept of the main creator keeping pace with the times.
"bye! Teenager poster
Whether it can really proceed from reality, respect children's behavior and psychological characteristics, respect every child, and take the growth of life seriously is a question that every children's film worker must think about. We need more artistic, love-driven children's film genres. In recent years, domestic children's films with innovative performance have been emerging, such as the cute pet movie "Puppy Bottle", which depicts the story of a little girl getting along with a puppy, thinking about love and companionship, responsibility and respect; the 34th Golden Rooster Award Best Children's Film "Goodbye! "Youth" tells an inspirational story of a terminally ill teenager racing against time, chasing music dreams, and igniting a short life; "Bears Return to Earth" innovates domestic classic IP, adding sci-fi color on the basis of traditional family fun; Moments on Ice" uses ice hockey as a clue to record the ice hockey lives of three caddie families, showing the impact of ice hockey on children's growth and parents' support for children's pursuit of dreams... These films have effectively inspired children through different types. The audience's perceptual appreciation ability, rational thinking ability, intuitive judgment ability and creative imagination ability also make children's films the carriers and practitioners of love and beauty."Bears: Return to Earth" poster
arouse more resonanceThe values, ethics and morality of truth, goodness and beauty are the universal pursuit of children's films around the world; producing beauty, expressing beauty and spreading beauty is the eternal mission of children's film creation. Children's films tend to resonate with audiences in different countries more than adult films.
"Towards the Bright Side" stills
At present, domestic children's films show the potential of international expression and dissemination. Not long ago, the domestic animation "Towards the Bright Side", which won the Best Feature Film Award at the 25th New York International Children's Film Festival, not only presents the daily life of ordinary people in a realistic style, but also uses ink animation, paper-cut Art and other forms have unique charm of traditional Chinese culture. The whole film takes love as the main narrative line and conveys the belief in truth, goodness and beauty, which not only demonstrates the mature aesthetic education power of Chinese children's films, but also becomes a model for the dissemination of Chinese aesthetics to the outside world.In 2018, the Ministry of Education and the Central Propaganda Department jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Film and Television Education in Primary and Secondary Schools", which clearly pointed out that it is necessary to give full play to the important role of excellent films in promoting the all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor-based students in primary and secondary schools. Film and television education is an important part of moral and aesthetic education in primary and secondary schools. The goal of educating children with children's movies is to cultivate well-rounded people and promote the perfection of children's personalities. We urgently need to upgrade the aesthetic education concept of children's films, and play an irreplaceable, natural sound that belongs to children's own aesthetics in every link of children's film creation. love, but also perceive the beauty of the world and the beauty of movies.
(The author is an associate researcher at the China Film Art Research Center. This article was originally published in the seventh edition of People's Daily Overseas Edition on May 27, 2022)
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