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Ground-Breaking, Hand-Painted Documentary About Van Gogh in Production

The troubled life of the famous 19th century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh has been told through many books and films, but never in the way a group of filmmakers now intends to do. Loving Vincent will be the first ever feature-length film made of animated hand-painted images, done in the style of the late artist.

With the help of as many as 60 painters, a group of Oscar-winning filmmakers is working on a movie about the life and mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh -- by animating his paintings and drawings.

The inspiration came from one of the painter’s letters to his brother who also was an artist, according to film director Dorota Kobiela.

“He said we can only speak through our paintings. And these words were very important for me and they were actually the reason we are making this film like that,” said Kobiela.

The producers decided to make the film in Poland because of the abilities of its painters and art students, many of whom spend up to seven years studying their craft.

In a studio in Gdansk, several artists work simultaneously in separate studios using oil paints on canvas.

With the original image projected on the canvas, the artist makes an exact copy of the artwork and then slightly changes the scene for each additional frame, according to the script.

“The animator uses this material and paints based on the projected picture, covering the previous image with the currently displayed image. After the painting is ready, a photograph is taken and the process starts from the beginning. After twelve frames we have one second of movie material,” said chief animator Piotr Dominiak.

The process brings life to the original pictures making the film look like it was done by the great artist himself.

Producers estimate the 80-minute movie will require almost 57,000 hand-painted frames, and they admit it’s a daunting project.

Film producer Hugh Welchman said, “On a daily basis, I go between thinking we're completely inspired, we are doing something no one's ever done, we're going to do it and I also think this is insane, there's a very good reason why no one has ever tried to make an entire film out of paintings.”

Welchman said it will take about a year-and-a-half to do all the paintings and then another six months to finish the film.

词汇解析

conference

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.会议；讨论会；协商会；会谈

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

An international conference will be held in Beijing next month.

一个国际性的会议下月将在北京举行。

We are all fully confident that the conference will be a great success.

我们都有充分的信心,这次会议将会非常成功。

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so-called

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英汉解释

adj.<贬>号称的；所谓的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

There is no so-called "recipe for success".

所谓“成功的诀窍”是不存在的。

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widespread

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.分布(或散布)广的；普遍的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.

地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。

English is more widespread and more used in international intercourse than German.

英语在国际交往中比德语使用得更为广泛。

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regulate

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

vt.调整；校准；管理；控制

参考例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

Specification could be regulated as buyer's request.

指标可根据客户要求进行调整。

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color

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.颜色；彩色；颜料

vt.渲染；把 ... 涂颜色

vi.脸红；着色；影响，左右

=colour（英）

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

That's rather an effective use of color.

这种使用颜色的手法效果相当好。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

I'd like you to color the place up a bit.

我希望你把这地方装得鲜艳一些。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

She felt the color flamed up in her cheek.

她感到自己的脸红了。

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severely

英汉解释

adv.严格地；严重地；严肃地；严厉地；朴实地

参考例句

用作副词 (adv.)

My doctor is dieting me severely.

我的医生严格地令我做饮食控制。

The article was severely cut up by some critics.

那篇文章曾受到一些评论家严厉的抨击。

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wealthy

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.富有的

n.富人

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

A wealthy sponsor came to our rescue with a generous donation.

有个富有的赞助人慷慨捐赠来解救我们。

用作名词 (n.)

Obama says those cuts favor the wealthy.

说这些政策只会对富人有利。

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