A Study On The Animated Movies Of Journey To The West In Chinese Mainland

The history of animated film which was named "Pilgrim to The West" is extensiveand profound, of long standing and well established. It has kept the four themescorresponding to freedom, struggle, faith and justice triumphs over evil which wereinherited from the original in the process which converted the form of content fromliterature to film. As the symbolic characters in the whole story, the expressional forms of Sun Wukong and Pigsy have altered much in shaping the artistic images, but sensedirections are still unchanged. The sign forms of Tang Seng and Sandy are invariant, andthe sense directions are changing with the eras. However, creating the figures of God,Buddha and Demons is not so perfect that it left some regrets. Solidification and alterationof symbol meaning is limited by the aesthetic needs of the audiences and the impact of thecurrent cultures. The signal characteristics of marginal characters are not significant, whichis affected by the short board effect in film expression. The cartoon film "Pilgrim to TheWest" absorbed nutrition from the quintessence of Chinese culture and folk art, giving thefilm national colors. Meanwhile the directors did not forget to introduce new technologies,making the film closely follow the trend of the times, often changing with new elements.The great film has opened some new eras in Chinese animation films, and the classicjourney animation images could make a contribution to the national publicity.Nevertheless, but there are also some issues referring to the inappropriate handling withinterest and artistic quality. The workers paid too much attention to the introduction of newtechnologies while ignoring the art. Moreover, the deconstruction of characters journeyimages have not been constructed as classical significance of new images. The vitality of the animated film "Pilgrim to The West" is very strong, and its regeneration is inevitable.For its long-term development and the international promotion, it should start to pave theroad of industrialization as soon as possible.