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近日,《Hair
Love》(發之戀)榮獲第92屆奧斯卡最佳動畫短片,故事看似簡短卻意藴深長,講述了一位父親嘗試爲女兒梳理頭髮的故事,同時也描繪了一個家庭在疾病與生活的刁難面前依然心存愛與希望的一幕幕溫暖畫面。
這是有關父親和女兒之間的溫情小故事。父親在家和女兒獃了一整天,琢磨着怎么捯飭女兒的頭髮,期間種種嘗試讓人捧腹大笑。
馬修·切瑞和他的作品繪本作者之一馬修·切瑞(Matthew A.
Cherry)有着豐富多彩的人生經歷,他曾經是美國職業橄欖球大聯盟(NFL)的明星球員,目前是美國電影導演,作家和製片人。他出品的同名動畫短片“Hair
Love”也非常流行。
實際上,這也是他執導的首個作品。但這部片子,不僅僅只是關於家庭的故事,導演也賦予了更多的深意。
在2016年,切瑞遇到了一位巴西爸爸,還有坐在他腿上乖巧可愛的小女兒,這便是短片中爸爸和女兒的原型。
1年以後,切瑞看到了一些非裔美國爸爸給女兒梳頭髮的視頻,再加上一些想法,開始創作劇本。
到了2019年,那時美國有不少新聞報道,有不少黑人孩子因爲自己的頭髮被學校處理:六年級的黑人女孩因她的辮子髮型違反了學校的妝容規定而被停課;
僅一周後,六歲的黑人男孩也因同樣的問題被學校處理......
切瑞意識到,自己應該做些什么來改變這種現象。
於是《Hair Love》出現了,他試圖借這部動畫短片,來消除人們對於黑色頭髮群體的差別對待。
切瑞在採訪過程中表示想要通過動畫片和繪本的形式打破社會上對於父親母親在育兒角色上的刻板印象。
美不應該只有一個標準,它可以是多元的。
可以説,小女孩的頭髮不僅是家人之間溝通的橋樑,更是不同種族之間交流的機會。
正如短片中所説,我們是一家人,只要有愛、有擔當、有勇氣,一切困難都不在話下。
那么,《發之戀》這部動畫講的是什么呢?
Hair Love is a 2019 American animated short film written and
directed by Matthew A. Cherry, and co-produced with Karen Rupert
Toliver. It follows the story of a man who must do his daughter's
hair for the first time, and features Issa Rae as a voice of the
mother. The film was produced after a 2017 Kickstarter campaign, and
was also released as a children's book in May 2019, with
illustrations by Vashti Harrison. Hair Love won Best Animated Short
Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
Seven-year-old Zuri attempts to style her thick, kinky hair while
watching an instructional video narrated by her mother (Issa Rae).
Her father, Stephen, attempts to help her, and after much effort,
styles her hair. They enter a hospital room where her mother is
wearing a scarf and sitting in a wheelchair. Her mother removes her
scarf to reveal that her head is completely bald. The family members
hug each other.
Cherry stated that he was inspired to create Hair Love to counter
stereotypes about Black fathers, because "Black fathers have had one
of the worst raps in mainstream media as being portrayed as being
deadbeats and not being involved.” He and Karen Rupert Toliver also
stated that they wanted to increase representation of Black hair.
In 2017, Cherry created a Kickstarter campaign for a short animated
film called Hair Love. The film is about an African American dad who
is attempting to style his young daughter Zuri's hair for the first
time.[The campaign surpassed its initial goal of $75,000 and raised
over $300,000. According to Kickstarter, that exceeds the amount
raised by any other short film project on the platform. He
co-directed the film with Everett Downing and Bruce W. Smith, with
Peter Ramsey and Pixar animator Frank Abney serving as executive
producers.The film was co-produced with Karen Rupert Toliver, who
Cherry approached her for help.
On March 20, 2019, Sony Pictures Animation announced that they had
picked up Hair Love, which was slated to be released theatrically
later that year. Hair Love was storyboarded in Toon Boom Storyboard
Pro and animated in Toon Boom Harmony by Six Point Harness animation
studio.
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