Escape from the British Museum is a short play filmed and produced by a netizen's sister and pancake fruit in summer, which was launched on August 30, 2023. A ***3 episode, with a total duration of less than 20 minutes.
The short play tells the story of a jade pot sneaking out of the British Museum and meeting fellow journalist Zhang Yongan in a foreign country. At first, the reporter didn't believe what Yuhujing said, but with the development of the plot, he gradually began to believe that the girl who pestered herself to return to China was really a cultural relic in the British Museum: the China Yuhu with twisted branches and thin tires, and the reportedly stolen Yuhu had escaped by herself.
The plot is smooth and compact, and the picture is exquisite. Just a few minutes, it serves to show jade tiger anxious to return. The finale tells his homesickness with a monologue written by cultural relics, and the empty echo leads to deep and secret national feelings.
Creation background
At the beginning of 2023, the news that the British Museum was stolen attracted global attention. Some netizens left a message hoping that "making an animated film is called escaping from the British Museum, anthropomorphizing all kinds of cultural relics, and then recovering and escaping from the British Museum and going home for the New Year." The main creator replied to the netizen "wait for me", and then the main creator stopped for three months, consulted a lot of materials and went to the UK to shoot.
The author's account was cut off for three months, and he came back with his work. In mid-August, about 2,000 pieces of jewelry were stolen from the British Museum, which made the escape from the British Museum more realistic. This short play received a lot of praise and was praised by CCTV. "Media traffic" can flow into the track with more cultural value.
"Pancake Fruit" and "Sister Xia", as young bloggers born after 1995 and 00, proved the growth and responsibility of young people with their works and provided a good demonstration for self-media creation. By mastering the Internet, keeping up with hot spots, making good use of social platforms and doing what they can with their hobbies and expertise, young people can spread the voice beneficial to society in a new generation.