The Boy WuKong (2010) 同学悟空
Director: Tian Junkai TianTian / Liang Zhuohong Joker_L.K
Screenwriter: Tian Junkai TianTian / Liang Zhuohong Joker_L.K
Genre: Animation / Short Film
Official website: http://jokerlk.blog.163.com/
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: No dialogue
Date: 2010-07-15
Also known as: Classmate Wukong
Adaptation: Inspriation
Summary:
“Classmate Wukong” is the first independent animated short film by Tian Dakai, Joker_L.K (Liang Zhuohong) and Long Changzhi. It was created in the summer of 2008 and has never been published before. In the following two years, Tian Dakai, Joker_L.K (Liang Zhuohong), Long Changzhi and Zhou Lunjie (not Jay Chou) collaborated on “Queen’s Garden”. After that, they each worked on comics and concept settings. Now they have decided to reorganize <Wukong Club> (now renamed “Dragon Tiger Flower Monkey®”) to continue their independent heart. They have specially published it and are looking forward to starting from the beginning.
“Classmate Wukong” is actually an animation that purely commemorates childhood, so the couplets “Flying childhood and domineering summer, flying and splashing the future is unlimited” are written on both sides of the poster. The film is not centered on narrative, but mainly reflects the memories, fantasies and strange ways of thinking of children. Bright red scarves, gorgeous pictures, retro and old settings and simple and direct heroism… Rather than saying that this is an animation, it is better to say that it is a summary of the spirit of childhood.
The use of music in the film is also to match the picture and give the audience a sense of substitution; and the inspiration of the graphic animation comes from the plot that we all scribbled on books when we were young. This work was made two years ago and is also the first animation of the two authors. There are many defects in the production process and technology, but both the picture and the expression of the animation show that the author wants to interpret a new concept of animated short films, which is an experiment to break through tradition. Through this film, I hope more people will support independent animation and independent comics. Joker_L.K (Liang Zhuohong) also drew a comic specifically for this animation for everyone to enjoy. Tian Dakai also made several T-shirts and did some graphic illustrations. Finally, here is the slogan of <Dragon Tiger Flower Monkey®>-Independence is not dead.
