We had the short interview with Mr Rentsengyin Battsengel, painting artist and initiator of “Let us introduce The Secret History of Mongolia to the world” project. He will be speaker at “Content Summit” to be held in upcoming month, sharing his ideas on topic of “What is the advantage of Animated Film for Mongolians?”.
Let us start the interview about “Chinggis Khaan” animated film.
I have been creating illustration contents based on “The Secret History of Mongolia” for 28 years. For last 8 years, I have been implementing the project called “Let us introduce Secret History of Mongolia to the world”. We have currently developed the fundamentals of “Chinggis Khaan” animated film.
We aim with the film to spread Secret History of Mongolia, which is invaluable work reflecting Mongolian history and traditions, and to present accurate and authentic information of who we are.
It is such difficult to create a feature film based on the topic; for example, it is necessary at least to hire world-known actors to be recognized. However, we have a potential to create an animated film.
As planned, we are going to release the animation at the end of 2017.
Until today, a number of movies and works based on Chinggis Khaan or Secret History of Mongolia have been presented. What do you think is the standout work out of them?
Actually, there is not one, which I am fully satisfied with. For example, Inner Mongolia’s Chinggis Khaan series was initially considered as the fine work for me. However, after studying the topic and conducting related researches for a number of years, I have realized that the series also lack of certain features.
Children are not fully familiar with The Secret History of Mongolia because of its understanding difficulty for them. What age of children will the animated film target?
Yes, it is obviously difficult for children to digest the work because it does not have fantasy or fiction parts and presents only real events. So, we are trying to create the film for children, which will be received without troubles.
Our film is appropriate for 8 year olds and above.
How do you see the future of contents based on Mongol theme?
We, Mongolins, are just starting to create Mongol contents. However, China has created a lot of works and contents featuring Mongolian history and traditions. Namely, the animation sector has been developing rapidly in China.
For example, they have already developed a number of animated films based on the Secret History of Mongolia; such as the story starting the friendship between Temujin (Chinggis Khaan) and Jamukha (his best friend and villain). Also, a Chinese businessman has developed 37 works based on Geser and Jangar stories.
However, they have one common problem, which is that they are not able to display properly Mongolian traditions and its features. Instead, we do not have such troubles so that we have a potential and an advantage over others in this business.
We had the short interview with Mr Rentsengyin Battsengel, painting artist and initiator of “Let us introduce The Secret History of Mongolia to the world” project. He will be speaker at “Content Summit” to be held in upcoming month, sharing his ideas on topic of “What is the advantage of Animated Film for Mongolians?”.
Let us start the interview about “Chinggis Khaan” animated film.
I have been creating illustration contents based on “The Secret History of Mongolia” for 28 years. For last 8 years, I have been implementing the project called “Let us introduce Secret History of Mongolia to the world”. We have currently developed the fundamentals of “Chinggis Khaan” animated film.
We aim with the film to spread Secret History of Mongolia, which is invaluable work reflecting Mongolian history and traditions, and to present accurate and authentic information of who we are.
It is such difficult to create a feature film based on the topic; for example, it is necessary at least to hire world-known actors to be recognized. However, we have a potential to create an animated film.
As planned, we are going to release the animation at the end of 2017.
Until today, a number of movies and works based on Chinggis Khaan or Secret History of Mongolia have been presented. What do you think is the standout work out of them?
Actually, there is not one, which I am fully satisfied with. For example, Inner Mongolia’s Chinggis Khaan series was initially considered as the fine work for me. However, after studying the topic and conducting related researches for a number of years, I have realized that the series also lack of certain features.
Children are not fully familiar with The Secret History of Mongolia because of its understanding difficulty for them. What age of children will the animated film target?
Yes, it is obviously difficult for children to digest the work because it does not have fantasy or fiction parts and presents only real events. So, we are trying to create the film for children, which will be received without troubles.
Our film is appropriate for 8 year olds and above.
How do you see the future of contents based on Mongol theme?
We, Mongolins, are just starting to create Mongol contents. However, China has created a lot of works and contents featuring Mongolian history and traditions. Namely, the animation sector has been developing rapidly in China.
For example, they have already developed a number of animated films based on the Secret History of Mongolia; such as the story starting the friendship between Temujin (Chinggis Khaan) and Jamukha (his best friend and villain). Also, a Chinese businessman has developed 37 works based on Geser and Jangar stories.
However, they have one common problem, which is that they are not able to display properly Mongolian traditions and its features. Instead, we do not have such troubles so that we have a potential and an advantage over others in this business.