【Hangzhou】New Voices in Chinese Animation: Short Film Creations

New Voices in Chinese Animation: Short Film Creations

Project Profile

From Tradition to Future: Connecting China and the World Through Animation!

In the era of globalization and digitalization, the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese cultural stories face challenges. Animation has become a vital medium connecting tradition and the future, yet the communication potential of local cultural IPs remains to be fully explored. ASEEDER launches this project, guiding volunteers to transform from cultural consumers to creators. By stepping into the heart of China's animation industry, combining fieldwork, hand-drawing, sculpture, digital creation, and indsutry visits, volunteers will systematically learn how to transform traditional cultural cores into animated IPs that resonate contemporarily and hold market appeal. While enhancing animation skills, this project will promotes cultural dissemination through practice, allowing traditional stories to come alive and be passed down in the new era.

Mentor Profiles

Faculty member from the Teacher Education Program at the China Academy of Art (CAA); Bronze Award winner of the 2021 CAA Graduation Creation & Lin Fengmian Creation Award. Participated in projects including the National Social Science Fund Special Entrusted Project "Compilation of Chinese Folk Crafts · Zhejiang Volume," the National Social Science Fund Project on Endangered Scholarly Studies "Research on the Collation, Interpretation, and Illustration of Chinese Traditional Handicraft Terminology," and "The History of Yixing Purple Sand Factory, Jiangsu Province." Master's student from the School of Architecture. The head of an animation project at a media enterprise.

Unique Resources and Experience

Visits to the China Academy of Art (CAA), China Design Museum, and China Animation Museum; Lab tour at 3D Laboratory for an animation 3D printing and modeling classroom; Hand-drawing; Light sculpture creation of animation characters; AI creation workshop for animated short films; Visit to one of the behind-the-scene production enterprises involved in the film "Ne Zha 2

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"Volunteering + Research", exclusively designed by ASDAN China, is an academic growth model that combines research-oriented learning and voluntary service. We refer to the authoritative theory of education, admission requirements of universities, 10 years of project experience, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to design our programs. ASDAN "Volunteering + Research" Programs cover four categories: Teach for Rural Areas, Community Support, Wildlife & Environment Conservation, and Cultural Heritage Conservation. Volunteers will experience rich and unique service scenarios and learn from different topics of research workshops concerning real social problems. We aim to guide volunteers to discover problems, propose solutions and report to the public, improve volunteers' research learning ability, meet the requirements of volunteers' personal growth and further education, and enhance their sense of social responsibility.

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