| Based on the current situation of the development of Chinese animation film industry,the present Chinese animation film industry aerial myth theme script is not mature enough,the public aesthetic fatigue.The popularity of youth films in the film market can provide a new idea for the development of animated films.The purpose of this paper is to study the image design of youth characters in youth animation films.The first step is to analyze the cultural and sociological roots of the concept of youth by using the theory of cultural research,and to put forward the concept of "contemporary youth symbol" in combination with the theory of film semiotics and cultural semiotics.The second step is to investigate the text of the youth symbol from the angle of the film,start with the relationship between animation and film,translate the youth movie to the youth animated film,and define the scope of the youth animation film in detail.And found the animation form of youth theme of the uniqueness and innovation,the specific investigation of youth symbols in the application of animation;the third step of youth This paper studies the symbolic relationship among the elements of character design and draws a conclusion that the relationship between the image of animated characters and the symbol of youth is the relationship between text and symbol,and the relationship between combination and aggregation.In this paper,two achievements are obtained,one is to summarize the connotation and extension of the animation form to the specific youth symbol,the other is the method and principle of combining the youth symbol with the different animation character design style.In order to guide the youth animation film character image design.Combining the contemporary youth culture and the youth film in our country,the design practice link not only designs the youth animation group image from the youth symbol angle,but also from the script translation angle,gives the animation character design plan in the youth story. |