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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.

詞匯解析

conference

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.會議；討論會；協(xié)商會；會談

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用作名詞 (n.)

An international conference will be held in Beijing next month.

一個國際性的會議下月將在北京舉行。

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

我們都有充分的信心,這次會議將會非常成功。

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so-called

pinlv: hanyin:

英漢解釋

adj.<貶>號稱的；所謂的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

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

所謂“成功的訣竅”是不存在的。

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widespread

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.分布(或散布)廣的；普遍的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

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

地震造成大范圍的災(zāi)難,政府迅速采取行動賑濟災(zāi)民。

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

英語在國際交往中比德語使用得更為廣泛。

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regulate

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

vt.調(diào)整；校準；管理；控制

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用作及物動詞 (vt.)

Specification could be regulated as buyer's request.

指標可根據(jù)客戶要求進行調(diào)整。

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color

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.顏色；彩色；顏料

vt.渲染；把 ... 涂顏色

vi.臉紅；著色；影響，左右

=colour（英）

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用作名詞 (n.)

That's rather an effective use of color.

這種使用顏色的手法效果相當好。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

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

我希望你把這地方裝得鮮艷一些。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

She felt the color flamed up in her cheek.

她感到自己的臉紅了。

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severely

英漢解釋

adv.嚴格地；嚴重地；嚴肅地；嚴厲地；樸實地

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用作副詞 (adv.)

My doctor is dieting me severely.

我的醫(yī)生嚴格地令我做飲食控制。

The article was severely cut up by some critics.

那篇文章曾受到一些評論家嚴厲的抨擊。

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wealthy

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.富有的

n.富人

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

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

有個富有的贊助人慷慨捐贈來解救我們。

用作名詞 (n.)

Obama says those cuts favor the wealthy.

說這些政策只會對富人有利。

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