The creators of "Young Lion" responded to the controversy over the character's image: Beauty and ugliness should not be the only focus

Today (December 23), Sun Haipeng, the director of "Young Lion", talked about the controversy over the character's image when revealing the behind-the-scenes story of the film. He responded, " If we design Ajuan as a handsome, big-eyed, clean-cut child, he will not look like a teenager who will be ignored at the entrance of the village. We made him look very humble and ordinary at the beginning, and he will be more glorious when he becomes a lion later. "

According to @娱理, during the preview stage, Zhang Miao, the producer of "Young Lion", noticed some online voices that some netizens said the characters in the film were "ugly". In response, Zhang Miao said: " Because this is the first time we have tried to use a realistic and realistic approach to create the images of cats and dogs in our memories, these childhood friends, on the big screen of animation. We anticipated that some audiences might not be used to it, because the coolness of American comics and the cuteness of Japanese comics have long washed away the audience's aesthetic taste.

Many people only saw a screenshot online and said that the characters in "The Lion Boy" all have small eyes. In fact, it is not true. You must watch the whole work. If you point at it casually, many pictures can actually be said to have small eyes. "

Zhang Miao, the producer of Young Lion, said: " When designing the image, I first required that it must be American and Japanese-style, and secondly, it must be filtered and Internet celebrity-like. Think about what the children around us look like. If we make Ajuan like Princess Elsa or Iron Man, would you still believe this story?

When I see these images now, I am very pleased that the vast majority of the audience can still recognize and applaud them. On the other hand, many viewers are not satisfied, which I think is a spur to us, that is, we have not done enough. I hope that everyone will have more tolerance and exploration in aesthetics in the future. "

Director Sun Haipeng also said that when designing the characters, the main creative team first considered the issue of "cartooniness". The story and scenes of "The Lion Boy" are realistic. They tried some big-headed, big-eyed, and cute character designs, but found that they didn't fit in the scenes. So they decided to adjust the proportions of the characters to be closer to real people, and then add a little bit of animation style processing.

" In real life, there are people of all kinds of appearances. Audiences who have seen the film know that there are all kinds of people in our film as well. I hope it is more in line with our perception of the real world. If we design Ajuan as a handsome, big-eyed, clean child, he will not look like a teenager at the entrance of the village who will be ignored. We make him look humble and ordinary at the beginning, and he will be more glorious when he turns into a lion later." Sun Haipeng said.