Special feature of 1905 film network On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Disney Animation Studio, a brand-new original animated film was released nationwide on November 24th!
Over the past hundred years, many Disney classics of different eras have continuously set new box office records for animated films, bringing endless good memories to countless audiences. This "Star Wish" is not only a great contribution to Disney’s centenary celebration, but also a gift for Disney fans around the world!
01. The golden team poured their hearts into making Star Wish.
"Star Wish" follows the gold production team of Frozen, a Disney animated film that once made a hit all over the world, and is directed jointly with Fawn Villasenson.
The film tells a magical story that happened in a place called the Kingdom of Desire in rosas. People came here from all directions to express their wishes to a magical magician, King Menifico. However, people will get rid of this wish after handing over their wishes, and even forget that they had such a wish, and those wishes that were handed over are still waiting for one day to be realized by Menifico’s care.
Asuna, a 17-year-old heroine, learned the truth by accident that most of her wishes will never be realized and will never be returned to their owners. From this, she caught a glimpse of Manifico’s handsome and kind appearance and determined to fight against it.
Asuna made a strong wish and got a response from the cosmic forces — — Obtained a ball of energy called "wishing star", and then Asuna started a magical journey to overthrow Manifico’s rule, and proved that when a brave man’s will is combined with magic, wonderful things will happen.
The Chinese version of the film also has an "exclusive view" for China audiences. Firstly, the voice of the film is interpreted by the Chinese princess and the voice of the heroine Asuna, and the voice of the actor is interpreted by the goat tile. Secondly, the Chinese theme song of the film with the same name, Xing Yuan, is sung by a powerful Chinese female singer, which sings the magical adventure of the protagonist Asuna under the guidance of the stars.
02. Pay tribute to the century-old Disney, and the eggs are full of surprises.
As a film commemorating the centenary of Disney’s animated film, there are many details in Star Wish that reveal this tribute. In fact, the inspiration of the whole story of "Star Wish" is inspired by Disney’s past classic animation, such as Pinocchio’s father in "Pinocchio" who will tell the stars that he wants to have a woman of his own; In the park, the princess wishes on the starry sky and longs for a restaurant; In Rimona, she made a wish to the starry sky, saying "I’m going to defend my home" and made a wish to the starry sky, which is a scene that often appears in Disney works.
As the story progresses, some Disney classic IP or related metaphors are also quietly interspersed among them. For example, the image of Mickey Mouse painted with fireworks; Or directly mention Bambi’s name and so on. According to the director, there are at least 100 eggs from previous Disney works in the production process of Star Wish.
In addition to "Star Wish", the animated short film "Disney Animation 100 Years of Dreaming" was added at the beginning of the film to surprise everyone. Although it was only 9 minutes, Douban scored 9.3 points, which aroused people’s countless memories of Disney animation.
The short film awakens all the animated characters hanging on the wall of Disney Animation Building from the frame, starting with Mickey and Minnie, Disney’s first animated characters, and from the traditional 2D animated characters to the 3D animated characters, including all the main characters of Disney’s 62 feature-length cartoons and many short films in the past 100 years. They call each other friends for the interesting process of finally taking a big photo.
In the short film, when the last staff member left Disney Studio, Tinker Bell came to the wall to wake Mickey up. He led Minnie to jump down from the hanging picture on the wall, and then classic characters appeared one after another, Aisha and Anna, Judy Rabbit and Fox Nick, Bambi, Pinocchio, Princess Belle, cinderella and Snow White … … Many Disney animated characters have come into reality from paintings. They walked to the front of Roy E Disney Building and took a group photo to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Disney.
The director said that this short film is not only a "confession letter" dedicated to Disney Animation Company, but also an expression of gratitude to the audience who have had emotional connection with Disney animation films in the past 100 years.
In these 10 minutes, not only the Disney creative team spent nearly two years, but also a beautiful dream woven with childhood innocence for the audience.
Both "Star Wish" and "Disney Animation 100 Years of Dreaming" are reviews of Disney’s past achievements. Everyone can find traces of being touched in this movie or short film, and recall the growth process of accompanying each different life node. At the same time, Disney also represents a home, just like Stitch’s mantra in Star Baby, "Home means not giving up anyone and not forgetting anyone."
Disney protects the childlike innocence of children and adults. In Disney’s world, all beings are equal and all things are lovely. All adventures will be wonderful because of magic, and all kinds of whimsy can be turned into reality. So no matter where we are, no matter how the world changes, Disney will give us a dream come true.