"Wolf Totem" novels best-selling creation

It should be said that in the entertainment atmosphere of the current film industry, the phenomenon caused by "Wolf Totem" is rare. Although adapted from a best-selling novel that has had a wide impact, the film is more important to conquer the audience with creative intent and creative level. In recent years, there have been many films based on famous works. A considerable part of the film focuses on the influence and readership of the original work. The editors are more willing to change the spiritual connotation, story direction and character of the original work according to the so-called business logic. The entertainment of the fists, pillows, and hoes, some of the works are rough, the aesthetic style is low, and soon after the screening, the box office and the spit are flying together, and the blacklist of the "bad film" is entered. The "Wolf Totem", whether it is respect for the original work, the effort to make a literary film, or the fineness of art, provides an example of film adaptation to a certain extent.

The novel "Wolf Totem" has been selling for more than 10 years. Although China Film Group bought the copyright as early as 2006, it did not rush to launch it. Instead, it took a long time to carefully prepare and set up a strong creative team. The film-directed Jean-Jacques Arnold is an internationally renowned director, directed the animal film "Tiger Brothers and Tigers" "The Story of the Bear", and also photographed "literary film" "Lover". The film's music, photography, and art are also world-class creative teams. It is worth mentioning that the important character "wolf" in the film is an "animal actor" specially trained by the world famous lion wolf. In order to obtain the effect of “real wolf”, the creative team rejected the common scheme of using dogs as substitutes or replacing with CG images. It took nearly 3 years to domesticate 5 batches of Mongolian wolves and cooperate with the crew, and finally selected them from the inside. 30 "star wolves" are on the mirror. The hardships and difficulties during the shooting are beyond imagination. The total length of the film is more than 2000 hours. The material content of the wolf is selected from the expressions of countless wolves. The crew had waited for two months of snow on the grassland, and gave up artificial snow for environmental protection. It specially pulled 20 trucks of snow from Changbai Mountain 1,400 kilometers away, and planted more than 20,000 square meters of snow fields. All Mongolians in the film The characters are all played by Mongolian actors. Although they increase the difficulty of performance scheduling and live shooting, they can more accurately convey the temperament of the Mongolian compatriots...

For film producers, these choices are purely economical, and may not be cost-effective. But in addition to the cost of money, film costs also include aesthetic costs. It is precisely these meticulous persistences in film creation that have the visual and emotional experience that the film finally presents to the audience. The theme expression of the film has a solid creative texture and production basis. Of course, it is precisely because of this hard work that this Chinese-themed movie has not only been recognized by the domestic audience, but also favored by international mainstream film distribution companies. "Wolf Totem" is likely to become a rare one in recent years. The film of Chinese copyright that enters the international mainstream film market.

The Chinese film market has maintained an average growth rate of more than 30% for more than 10 consecutive years. This “burst” growth often leads to an imbalance between the quantity and quality of growth. In this unbalanced environment, film creation is the choice of quick success, drinking and quenching thirst, or intensive cultivation, foresight, not only related to the artistic conscience of film production institutions and creators, but also to the healthy development of the film industry in the future. The film is certainly a commodity, but the movie is an art product after all; although the film can be an entertainment "product", it should also become an aesthetic "work". The first thing that a movie becomes a business is that it is aesthetics. From a global perspective, if the relationship between business and aesthetics cannot be properly handled, not only can not produce excellent film boutiques, but the film industry will soon lose its competitiveness of sustainable development. In this sense, "Wolf Totem" may also cause controversy within the various artistic scopes of its content and theme. For example, human drama is not as good as animal drama, human story lines are weak, and some plots appear to be blunt. Wait, but the film's production and creators' pursuit of excellence and ten years of hard work are indeed worthy of our admiration. In the past, it was generally believed that films showing humanities and environmental protection were not easy to attract viewers. However, "Wolf Totem" changed the fate of "high and low" with its exquisite production. Under the impact of today's overwhelming fast food culture, such changes are even more meaningful. It is also more worth encouraging.