《優子與俊介》 鯨魚生態繪本創作與研究

Abstract

本創作研究受2010年 Louie Psihoyos 執導的奧斯卡金像獎最佳紀錄片 《血色海灣》 （The Cove）影響，此片描述述日本東京近郊，和歌山縣東牟婁郡太地町的當地漁民，使用聲納驅趕至夾灣中，無條件獵捕與屠殺海豚的傳統，將海灣染成一片相當震撼的血海。研究者受到啟發，希望發揮設計所長，製作生態繪本來呼籲大眾關注海洋保育及改善傳統獵捕鯨魚文化。為了更了解獵捕鯨魚相關文化，本研究者特地至太地町當地進行田野調查，並參觀了世界最大的鯨豚博物館「太地町鯨魚博物館」，除了對於鯨豚有了更多了解，也感受到當地除了紀錄片描述的血腥的捕殺外，仍有保留鯨豚相關史料與資訊，如何讓傳統文化和生態保育觀念能達到平衡，本創作期望透過推廣生態繪本，讓更多人開始關注、留意海洋生態保育與鯨豚保育活動的相關訊息。為了製作生態繪本，本創作研究從文獻探討的論述中，梳理出繪本的歷史、生態繪本的定義、構圖的分類、鯨魚的相關生態與特徵，並透過案例分析歸納多本國際繪圖比賽得獎的作品構圖。發現對角線構圖是出現率最高的構圖，其次是對比構圖，並在其他構圖的分類中歸納出另外一種連續物件構圖，並以此三大構圖作為生態繪本的構圖創作依據，最後創作繪製出《優子與俊介》生態繪本。《優子與俊介》繪本實體書為25 × 18.5cm，內有近2,000字故事文字，與18頁跨頁插圖，以精裝本呈現兩隻鯨魚的相識、相愛到被迫分離的故事。此外，創作成果也於2023年5月4日到5月9日期間，以「《優子與俊介》李文閣繪本創作展」為展覽名稱於國立師範大學圖書館1樓展出，希望經由生態繪本，引導讀者產生關懷鯨魚與其他海洋生物，並反思人類濫捕的不當行為。This creative research was influenced by the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” directed by Louie Psihoyos. The film describes how local fishermen in Taiji, a town in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan, use sonar to drive dolphins into a cove and indiscriminately hunt and slaughter them, turning the cove into a shocking sea of blood. The researcher was inspired to use their design expertise to create an ecological picture book to appeal to the public to pay attention to marine conservation and improve traditional whale hunting culture. In order to better understand the culture related to whale hunting, the researcher went to Taiji for field research and visited the world’s largest cetacean museum, the Taiji Whale Museum. In addition to gaining a better understanding of cetaceans, the researcher also felt that in addition to the bloody hunting depicted in the documentary, there are still preserved cetacean historical materials and information. How to balance traditional culture and ecological conservation concepts is what this creation hopes to achieve through the promotion of ecological picture books, so that more people can start paying attention and noticing information related to marine ecological conservation and cetacean conservation activities.In order to create an ecological picture book, this creative research combed through the literature to discuss the history of picture books, the definition of ecological picture books, the classification of composition, the relevant ecology and characteristics of whales, and through case analysis to summarize the composition of many award-winning works in international illustration competitions. It was found that diagonal composition is the most common composition, followed by contrast composition, and another type of continuous object composition was summarized in other composition classifications. These three major compositions were used as the basis for the creation of ecological picture books, and finally the ecological picture book “Yuko and Shunsuke” was created and drawn.The physical book of “Yuko and Shunsuke” is 25 × 18.5cm, with nearly 2,000 words of story text and 18 pages of full-page illustrations, presented in hardcover to tell the story of two whales meeting, falling in love, and being forced to separate. In addition, the creative results were also exhibited from May 4th to May 9th, 2023 under the exhibition name “Yuko and Shunsuke: Li Wen ko Picture Book Creation Exhibition” on the first floor of the National Normal University Library. Through ecological picture books, it is hoped that readers will be guided to care for whales and other marine life and reflect on human overfishing behavior.