"Aftershock" is not a mere disaster film, nor is it a spectacular special effects film. Although its earthquake special effects scene is very shocking, but director Xiaogang Feng's focus is obviously not on this. From the dragonfly flying in the sky before the earthquake to the horrible ruins after the earthquake, this process only took about half an hour, and the aftershocks of the soul two hours later are the main content of the film. Director Xiaogang Feng apparently used convergent means to sensationalize instead of being uncontrolled like in some bitter TV dramas. If the film takes longer to pave the way for the happy lives of the protagonists before the earthquake, the intensity of the tragic comparison before and after will be even greater. In addition, for a long period of time in the middle of the film, the explanation of the life after the separation of the mother and the child was slightly trivial and bland, which to a certain extent broke the tragic atmosphere of the whole film
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In this film, director Xiaogang Feng successfully used tones to express the profound connotation of the film. The tone of the film picture, at first, is a soft gray-yellow tone, like an old photo, which symbolizes the passing of the years; then when a major earthquake occurs, the tone turns to a somber black and white tone, and there is almost no other color except blood, which implies The great earthquake erased all the good, cruel and terrible; after that, the light gray tones throughout the play, like the mist in the abyss, symbolized the long-lasting sorrow that people have been suppressed in their hearts
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" Aftershock ", which is based on the novel "Aftershock", is also a model of film adaptation. The characters and stories basically remain the original appearance, and the main line is clearer, and the expression of emotions is also very appropriate. Most of the film’s plot uses a two-line narrative to tell the lives of their families after the separation. The time span is 32 years. The region is extended to Baoding , Hangzhou, Vancouver , and Wenchuan with Tangshan as the core . Xu Fan and Zhang Jingchu respectively play the roles of mother and daughter. Echoing each other in the drama space, a lot of sparks were collided in the space, which detonated the "tear gas" for the last mother-daughter meeting. The value and technology in it are embodied in the expression of feelings about the background of the special age, and the delicate analysis of family ethics and the emotions of the characters. It's not just a 23-second catastrophe, but a focus on the scars left in the hearts of people in 32 years. Although it is just a whisper, it is more worthy of the audience's long aftertaste
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