2023-08-14 01:43:39
“Art Teacher’s Sheep Herding Class” poster.Photo provided by the producer
At the end of the 1990s, in a rural middle school in Shaanxi, the students entered the third grade of junior high school and were regarding to usher in the senior high school entrance examination. But the so-called “poor students” such as Ba Wangchao were formed into “sheep-herding classes”-the school let them go, and these children just waited for their junior high school diplomas to be mixed up and everything would be fine. The painter Leng Xuan came to this school by mistake to be an art teacher. The students under the pressure of exam-oriented education got the opportunity to express their individuality and show themselves, especially the students in the “sheep class”. With the help of Leng Xuan, Under the guidance, they started chasing their dreams once more…
This is the story told in the second part of the “A Good Place in a Tree” series, “Art Teacher’s Sheep Herding Class”. The first “A Good Place on the Tree” won the 19th China Film Huabiao Award for Outstanding Children’s Film Award, and was nominated for the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Children’s Film. After the second part of the series of films produced by the same team was broadcast exclusively on iQiyi on July 28, it caused heated discussions because of its true reflection of rural campus life and the vivid group portraits of teachers and students working hard to go to the distance together. The audience said that following watching the movie, they recalled their student days and campus life, which resonated strongly.
Zhang Zhonghua, the director and screenwriter of these two films, introduced that most of the main creators of the series are teachers from universities, middle schools and primary schools in Xi’an area. “. They once proposed the concept of “planting movies”, which is to sow the seeds of truth, kindness and beauty in the hearts of young audiences through images, and grow together with them.
The two films tell the campus stories of the same group of western rural children with Ba-Wang Chaochao as the protagonist, using dialect dialogue. In the second film, the children grow from innocent primary school students to junior high school students in the first film. Zhang Zhonghua believes that compared with the first film, the reality shown in the second film and the topics discussed are more serious and profound. The children are beginning to enter a relatively restless adolescence, and they are also under the pressure of the high school entrance examination. Some children are even a little anxious, but the film Still maintain a realistic style and poetic expression. The “good place” in the first part – “on the tree” and the “cave dwelling” in the second part are beautiful spaces where teachers and students can freely let their minds fly and balance ideals and reality. Many pictures in the second part It is full of ideal colors, and a large number of lyrical and beautiful original songs are also inserted.
Zhang Zhonghua said frankly that he himself was admitted to high school with his art grades, and some details in “Art Teacher’s Sheep Herding Class” come from himself. Through the film, what Zhang Zhonghua wants to express most is: “Every child is a genius, and the path suitable for everyone is at his feet.” Like the children in the film, he has met someone who warmed him with love. The thoughts, words and deeds of these people radiated light, illuminating the path of his life and that of his children.
Many viewers sent barrage at the end of “Art Teacher’s Sheep Herding Class”, expressing their hope to see the third part of this series, which gave Zhang Zhonghua and the others a lot of encouragement. Zhang Zhonghua said: “We plan to continue shooting this series with Ba-Wang Chaoyue as the protagonist, telling stories regarding his high school days, college days, and even leaving the campus and stepping into the society in the future, fully reflecting the number of children in the Northwest rural areas. Ten years of growth.” (Reporter Miao Chun)
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