John UM
Xinhaicheng’s new animated film “The Son of the Weather” will be released in China on November 1st. This time, as a painting supervisor, Tamura said that he first entered the animation industry as a Ghibli trainee, and was born at the same time as Milin Hongchang. After that, Tamura participated in the original works such as “Spirited Away”, “Halle’s Moving Castle”, “Wind” and other Ghibli works. In 2014, with the dissolution of Ghibli, he became a freelance artist and active in various animations. In the works
Tamura and the first contact with Xinhaicheng are in “Your name. “When making.” “Your name at the time. “I invited Tiancun to participate in the original painting work, but at that time, Tamura had other work on hand, and the schedule could not be opened, so I did not participate in the end. This time, “The Son of the Weather” also invited him to participate in the original painting. At that time, the supervision of the painting was not decided. Later, some people put forward “How about letting Tamura do the painting supervision?”, and probably Tamura as the painting supervisor. The experience was not rich, so it scared him
Tamura’s initial impression of Xinhaicheng’s work is that the use of light and shadow is very skilled. Because Tamura’s unique style of Ghibli work has always been a big difference between the upper and lower levels, and Xinhaicheng and Tiancun are similar in age. The gap is more like a friend in identity, in contrast to more direct opinions. Xin Haicheng chose him to do painting supervision and also has this consideration. In addition, before the work of painting supervision was settled, they had traveled to Kobe together, and went to see the concert of RADWIMPS. They talked a lot when eating and drinking. Tamura feels that since Xinhaicheng can see himself, he has no reason to not work hard
“The Son of the Weather” The most desirable thing about the project in Tamura is the theme of “weather”. The unstable “weather” is felt by audiences all over the world, so it is easy for audiences around the world to accept this setting. At the same time, Xinhaicheng can play the role of light and shadow without regret. The story is very orthodox Boy Meets Girl, but there are also a lot of new ideas in it. In short, it is a work that has a very meaningful meaning
Tamura likes the style of Tanaka’s congratulations. Tanaka works hard on the details of the characters in each game. Tamura’s work as an animated character is to organize and change the original case of Tanaka to an animated feature. And at the same time in the details and clothing design and then discuss with Tanaka to determine the final result
There are points that need attention, for example, the heroine Tianye Yangcai design is a little squint, it is easy to accidentally draw the character in an angry look, need to pay attention to draw cute. Although the male protagonist Morishima Sakai looks ordinary and simple, Tamura spends a lot of thoughts on each painting, because this comical exaggeration has a lot of performances, so it is necessary to draw pictures according to these performances. At the same time, this policy is also a challenge to Xinhaicheng
In short, I hope to make a picture that is different from traditional animation and more acceptable to the average person. There are many people who don’t usually watch animations, so I want to make animations that they can accept
When it comes to making a place where you pay attention, Tamura says that Xin Haicheng’s video section ※ is the axis of work. Tamura greatly appreciates Xin Haicheng’s video section, even if it’s just that level, the story is interesting. Fully expressed, what Tamura did was to retain the advantage of video splitting, that is, to retain the “taste” of Xin Haicheng, which was made into an animated picture
※ The clips are clipped into videos according to time, accompanied by the voice of Xin Haicheng, “Your name. There are also relevant materials in the 》, officially published on YouTube
The part that Tamura feels satisfied is the portrayal of life in the play, and the simple acting of everyday scenes is his favorite. In the play, such teenagers and young girls are portrayed as if they exist around us – Tamura hopes to make such an atmosphere. This kind of work also reminded Tamura of the scene in Ghibli’s “Women’s Home Delivery”
Tamura feels that a work is not composed solely of paintings, but the result of the joint efforts of art, photography, sound and so on. It is even more so in Xinhaicheng’s works, so the combination of links is created by Xinhaicheng. In the world, participating in such work has made Tamura feel a lot of excitement
Not only that, Tamura also recalled that Xin Haicheng once said that the work of “The Son of the Weather” does not want to be led by himself, but hopes that different departments will use “The Son of the Weather” as their own work. Because of this, various departments will have more in-depth communication on the details, better to improve the quality of the work, and finally what kind of chemical reaction, but of course I hope everyone will go to the cinema to feel
[References].
- “NewType” June 2019.
- “Animedia” September 2019