Author: Jie Liu

Through literature and mind maps, I found that there are two elements that are repeatedly mentioned, “character design” and “visual communication and effects”. These are the two most important points in animation. So I choose these two points as my topic. And music is one of the most important things I want to study in animation.

Before seeing the audio producer’s videos, I thought that the sound effects were made by the objects themselves, but after seeing these videos, I realized that it could be simulated by other things.

In the process of searching for documents, I found that most of the documents related to traditional culture would mention words such as “ideology” and “politics”, which I could not avoid. But it’s also something that I, as an animator, have to be aware of. Therefore, I changed The theme from “How Chinese Films Convey Traditional Culture” to “The Contradictions And Conflicts of Chinese Animated Films Convey Traditional Culture”.

By breaking the big theme down into elements, think about what might be related to those elements. Is there interoperability between looking at and thinking about different elements? And look for elements that have a big impact on the theme.

Question：how can Chinese animated films promote and pass on traditional Chinese culture through their unique approach?

The creators’ creative choices, narrative techniques, and clever use of traditional cultural elements