When it comes to Chinese animated films, which titles first come to mind? Big Fish & Begonia, Ne Zha or Legend of Deification?
說(shuō)到國(guó)產(chǎn)動(dòng)漫電影，你最先想到哪個(gè)片名？《大魚(yú)海棠》《哪吒之魔童降世》還是《姜子牙》？

They are based on Chinese mythology. But I Am What I Am sets its eyes on reality. The film, released on Dec 17, shows three stay-at-home children from a poor village in Guangdong. The story follows a boy named A’juan and two of his close friends as they overcome difficulties in pursuing their dream – becoming the best lion dance performers. As of Dec 22, it has earned a score of 8.3 out of 10 on Douban.
這些電影創(chuàng)作均源于中國(guó)神話，影片《雄獅少年》卻著眼于現(xiàn)實(shí)?！缎郦{少年》于12月17日上映，刻畫(huà)了來(lái)自廣東貧困山村的三個(gè)留守兒童。故事將視角對(duì)準(zhǔn)一個(gè)名叫阿娟的男孩和他的兩個(gè)好朋友，他們克服困難，追求夢(mèng)想——努力成為最好的舞獅表演者。截至12月22日，《雄獅少年》在豆瓣上獲得8.3分(滿分10分)。

What makes it distinctive is the film highlighting a centuries-old Chinese folk art – lion dance. This is attributed to the director Sun Haipeng’s personal life experience. Sun lived in Guangdong for over 10 years and has been fascinated by lion dancing there. Previously, he was also impressed by a lion dance performance when he was on vacation abroad.
這部電影的與眾不同之處在于突出了一項(xiàng)擁有悠久歷史的中國(guó)民間藝術(shù)——舞獅，這要?dú)w功于導(dǎo)演孫海鵬的個(gè)人生活經(jīng)歷。孫海鵬在廣東生活了10多年，一直對(duì)廣東的舞獅文化著迷。此前，孫海鵬在國(guó)外度假時(shí)，也曾對(duì)一場(chǎng)舞獅表演印象深刻。

“The performance is exciting and powerful. At the moment, I felt a sudden surge of pride in our national culture,” Sun told Beijing News. As an animated filmmaker, Sun decided to bring this to the big screen.
孫海鵬在接受《新京報(bào)》采訪時(shí)表示：“那次表演令人激動(dòng)，充滿力量。那一刻，我忽然感覺(jué)涌起一股對(duì)民族文化的自豪感?！弊鳛橐幻麆?dòng)畫(huà)制作人，孫海鵬決定將舞獅搬上大銀幕。

But it was not easy. Technically speaking, the biggest problem lay in how to vividly present the moves of the head of the lion through special effects, Sun told The Paper.
但制作舞獅電影并不容易。孫海鵬在接受《澎湃新聞》采訪時(shí)表示，從技術(shù)上講，最大的問(wèn)題是如何通過(guò)特效生動(dòng)地呈現(xiàn)獅頭的動(dòng)作。

Different lion heads are made out of different materials. This greatly affects how the hair on the lion’s head moves. So the production team bought many lion heads to observe, photographing the movements of the hair. They then spent several months designing each individual hair on the lion’s head to make it look as realistic as possible.
不同的獅頭由不同的材料制成，這極大地影響了獅頭上絨毛如何顫動(dòng)。所以制作團(tuán)隊(duì)購(gòu)買了很多獅頭來(lái)觀察，拍攝絨毛的變化，然后花費(fèi)幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間，設(shè)計(jì)獅子頭上的每一根絨毛，令其看起來(lái)盡可能真實(shí)。

The music of the film is in the Guangdong style and uses Cantonese. Bands from Guangdong, like Wu Tiao Ren and Jiu Lian Zhen Ren, made music for the film.
《雄獅少年》的配樂(lè)富有廣東風(fēng)格，并以廣東話演唱。五條人和九連真人等來(lái)自廣東的樂(lè)隊(duì)為這部電影制作了音樂(lè)。

With its Chinese-style visual and audio effects, the audience can see the story of the characters trying to realize their dreams while feeling the charm of the traditional culture, Foshan News noted.
《佛山新聞》指出，影片的視聽(tīng)效果具有中國(guó)風(fēng)，令觀眾可以在看主人公努力實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的同時(shí)，感受傳統(tǒng)文化的魅力。

以上文章內(nèi)容選自《21世紀(jì)學(xué)生英文報(bào)高中版》，詳情請(qǐng)見(jiàn)《21世紀(jì)學(xué)生英文報(bào)高中版》高三767期