With the development of history,the Chinese nation has created many cultural heritages containing rich historical values.Chinese cultural heritage represents an important historical achievement of the Chinese nation.The state council has issued a notice on strengthening the protection of cultural heritage,which clearly emphasizes the importance of protecting cultural heritage.Nowadays,many short animated films usually choose the theme of intangible cultural heritage in the cultural heritage,and there are few short animated films studying the material cultural heritage,or even close to zero.As the number of children and teenagers entering museums increases,it is necessary to prepare exhibits that are easy for them to understand.Animated short films can not only attract children’s attention and arouse their strong interest in cultural heritage,but also let them understand the spiritual connotation behind cultural heritage through animated short films.This project combines the creation of animated short films with cultural heritage,explores the theme and form of animated short films suitable for the protection of cultural heritage,and seeks more suitable methods and methods in practice.From the determination of the theme,to the writing of the script,to the production of animated short films,will be around the direction of cultural heritage protection.The rich spiritual value of cultural relics is analyzed from the historical stories behind cultural relics,so that people can understand cultural heritage,understand the spirit of cultural heritage and build the awareness of protecting cultural heritage through animation.The author tries to explore the possibility of spreading the spirit of cultural heritage conservation in the form of animated short films in the era of digital new media.Through the cultural heritage protection theme of the animated short film,the cultural heritage conveyed by the spiritual value into them,education and fun.Let children and teenagers find a better carrier of education,in their leisure time to appreciate the charm of traditional Chinese culture,from the bottom of their hearts to love and protect the cultural heritage.The animated short film on the theme of cultural heritage protection can be used for the release of various media platforms,the dissemination of public service advertisements,and it can be made into the propaganda video and explanation video of cultural relics,which can be displayed in the museum.This paper is divided into six chapters.The first chapter will explain the research background,significance,content and related literature review of the topic research on the creation of cultural heritage conservation themed animation "collection".The second chapter will introduce the analysis of relevant theoretical basis.It includes the significance and current situation of cultural heritage protection,the animation short film and its cultural communication function,as well as the characteristics of the animation short film and its advantages in cultural heritage protection.The third chapter will explore the theme and style selection of the cultural heritage protection theme animated short film.The fourth chapter will analyze my graduation project "collection" and make a detailed study on the creation of animation short films.In the conclusion of the fifth chapter,it points out the shortcomings of the current development of animation short films and calls for the combination of animation short films and cultural heritage,so as to achieve a win-win situation between animation short films and the transmission of cultural heritage spirit and protection,and make a contribution to the combination of animation industry and the transmission of cultural heritage inheritance and protection awareness. |