Chapter 2: The Dream of Wings
Hu Chen is a screenwriter in the film and television department of Eat Orange Video, and he participated in the production of a talk show variety show.
On weekdays, Hu Chen will look for all kinds of new things on the Internet, write jokes or news, and then submit them to the editor-in-chief, and if they are reviewed, they can be broadcast through the program, and occasionally post some jokes on Weibo, and he is a joker Weibo owner with 100,000 followers.
After a busy day, Hu Chen went home tired and sat on the computer to see if there was any interesting current news, at this time, someone on Weibo recommended a short movie to him, saying that there was a surprise.
With nothing to do, Hu Chen sat on a chair and opened the short movie posted on the lili video website.
It can be seen that the video has just been released, but it has already had thousands of views, and it is still skyrocketing.
"Legend has it that everyone is born to fly, but humans have long forgotten that they have wings. ”
After the narration, melodious music with a hint of excitement sounds.
The opening scene is a teenager standing on the roof of a small town at night, the lights of the city are shining and cars are coming and going, and a train rumbling past the bridge in the distance.
The boy stretched out his hands, and the colorful wings stretched out from his back, like a ray of light rushing to the sky, the wind accompanied him, and the sea of clouds broke heavily, he was like a free bird skimming the sea of clouds overlooking the city, and the colorful wings carried the vast galaxy.
He glides through the night-time frog-croaking farmland and silent forests, over the distant sea, and finally to the top of the sky.
The sea of clouds is heavy and heavy, some clouds accumulate into mountains, some clouds are thin as water, and the whole world becomes pure in the filter of layer after layer of white clouds.
The boy reached the highest point in the sky, and once again broke through a thick layer of heavy clouds, only to find himself in a strange place.
The clouds are like land with no edge in sight, and in the distance in the center of the cloud land, there is an eternal kingdom above the clouds.
The golden light of the kingdom above the clouds shone through the sea of clouds, passing by like an ambilight, illuminating the young man's face, a mask that symbolized innocence.
At this time, the soundtrack is transposed again.
In the sea of clouds under the moonlight, the clouds and mist condensed and dispersed, turning into a hazy and illusory three words - the dream of wings.
Hu Chen's originally lazy appearance suddenly became excited, and he felt very good at this beginning.
Whether it was visually or otherwise, especially the corner of the country above the clouds that appeared in the distance, he couldn't help but nod his head continuously.
"Wow! This special effect and scene are not a small fight!"
Although the person in the short film is wearing a mask, he can see that this is not a CG, but a real person.
But this special effect is also too realistic, as if it is completely impossible to see the falsehood, as if it is real.
Hu Chen took a closer look: "Since it is a live-action short film, why do you deliberately wear a mask? What should this mask symbolize." ”
Before Hu Chen could think about it, the short film continued to play.
The story really begins, the boy has grown up, after all kinds of setbacks and pressures in life, he has long lost and forgotten the ability to fly, but he has never forgotten the cloud country he once looked up to when he was a teenager.
He once wanted to be a pilot, but was told during the medical examination that he could not become a pilot, he wanted to become an aircraft designer, but he did not get into the aviation university he wanted, and finally he wandered around, became a cartoonist assistant, and then became a cartoonist.
He painted works he didn't like, unscrupulous for money, and gradually rubbed off the edges and corners of his increasingly heavy life, and the mask on his face gradually changed from innocent to indifferent and hypocritical smirk.
Until one day, the cartoonist was expelled from the press conference because he was reported for plagiarism.
At this time, the picture becomes bizarre and grotesque, countless people with strange faces use invective and ridicule to surround the protagonist in the center of the city, the sky becomes dark, dark clouds condense above the city, and the whole world is depressed.
He was ruined, he lost everything, and he was left with nothing again.
The protagonist stands in the center of the city, gradually raising his head in the midst of abuse and ridicule, as if he sees the sky he saw again when he was a teenager, the boundless sea of clouds, the free blue sky and the sacred kingdom.
In the shocked gaze of everyone, the camouflage on the protagonist's body faded layer by layer, and the wings of the colorful streamer that were several meters long unfurled.
Like a sunbird, he tore through the clouds and left the world and headed for the sky.
The sunbird ascended one sea of clouds after another, and with each passing through the sea of clouds, the filth and camouflage of his body fell off, and finally he was as dazzling as a celestial being.
When he passed through the last sea of clouds, a great kingdom appeared above the heavenly dome, and he stood in front of a huge door embossed with sunbirds.
The sea of clouds, the giant gate, the protagonist who spreads the wings of the sun, and the divine light combine to form an extremely shocking scene.
The huge door slowly pushed open, revealing the world behind it, a land where only freedom and beauty existed, and people who also had sunbird wings and were as beautiful as gods came to greet him.
The mask on the protagonist's face also slips off, piercing through the sea of clouds along the air and falling from the land above the clouds.
The mask that fell into the sea of clouds also revealed his last emotion, an incomparably happy smiling face.
The end of the play.
The whole movie only has a soundtrack and no dubbing, but because of this, it gives people more room for imagination.
The plot is very complete and simple, even if there is no sound, people can feel the detailed context and details of the whole story.
Hu Chen also felt very shocked after reading it, it was hard for him to imagine that any company in China could spend such a big price to produce such a short film, if it was longer, it could be released directly, and the other party posted it directly on the Internet silently.
The story is not a classic, but the reality of the special effects and the grandeur of the scene made Hu Chen amazed, this is not a CG animation, but a real large-scale special effects movie, even if it is just a short film.
Especially the great heavenly city at the end, beautiful, more beautiful than the legendary fairyland and the kingdom of heaven, the gods and goddesses wearing heavenly clothes, the noble and elegant temperament, make people yearn for endlessly.
It is impossible to believe that they are real, this cannot be a character that can exist in reality, and it can only be suspected that they are special effects generated.
"It's amazing! What kind of company made it, the special effects are very real, and the picture is also very beautiful. ”
Hu Chen looked at the upper right corner: "Dream Film Company?"
Hu Chen is also an industry insider, but he has never heard of this company, and a company that can produce such special effects should not be so nameless.
Just as Hu Chen was about to write an article recommending this short film, at the end of the entire short film, a QR code appeared, with the same style of hazy cloud pattern text as before.
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