Bride's Dream

This is a story about a bride who is separated from her soldier husband by life and death.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, a civil war was launched in order to compete for power and positions, and the people suffered from exile and exile.

The man, Wang Hui, had been married for less than a few months and was forcibly conscripted into the army.

Newlywed wife Zhang, who has been waiting at home all day long, accompanied by the birds in the garden, unknowingly becoming a dream. Dreaming of Wang Hui's return from dismantling his armor, Zhang was both happy and sad. All of a sudden, the drums of war were terrifying, and the soldiers were in chaos, all of which were skeletons of flesh and blood. Zhang suddenly woke up with fright, only to realize that it was all a dream.

Lyrics the Peking Opera on Animation Bride's Dream

With entangled thoughts, I think of our honeymoon,
Only a few days of tender loving care did we indulge ourselves.
My dear husband, my dear love,
How miserable I am!
Why don’t you write me, your poor newly wedded wife?
Men are ungrateful for they pursue only power and fame,
And all those sweet words you whspered to me are now in vain.

  • Joe Chang
    Director
  • Joe Chang
    Writer
  • Yang Li
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Joe Chang

Joe Chang is an award-winning director, producer and animator. He studied at Lu-Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China and Tama Art University in Tokyo, Japan and the animated short the Chinese Violin (2000) was his first animated film with the National Film Board of Canada. His most recent work is Bride’s Dream (2022). Currently, Joe is an artist and independent filmmaker working in Vancouver, BC., Canada and Hangzhou, China.

2022
Produced, directed and animated short film Bride’s Dream.
2020-2021
Produced, directed and animated short film I am not an Angel.
2016-2020
Animated a short film Music Box.
2014-2016
Created and written a screenplay of animated short film Music Box.
2013
Produced and animated an animated short film Rain Lotus.
2012
Produced and animated an animated feature film The Magic Train.
2011
Written a script of animated feature film Dragon Tree with Karin Lee and Zhang Zhenxing.
Created animation parts for a documentary film Passage of Dreams (Produced and directed by Karin Lee).
Produced HD animated film Fantasia China.
2010
Created storyboard for an animated short film Fishing in Shanghai.
2009
Produced, directed and animated short film A Long-distance Call.
2007
Produced, directed and animated short film Madame Zhang’s Dream.
2005
Produced, directed and animated short film Father and Son.
2004
Produced, directed and animated short film China Ink.
2003
Produced and created the stories for animation series A Shan (first episode) for China Central TV Station Animation Channel (CCTV).
2003
Created storyboard for an animated short film Angel’s Eyes.
2002-2003
Produced, directed and animated short film Pan Tian Shou.
2002
Created the storyboard and demo reel for an animated short film The Skytrain.
2001
Created storyboard for an animated documentary An Old Man’s Reminiscence for Holiday Pictures Ltd (Canada).
1998-2001
Directed and animated the short animated film The Chinese Violin for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

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