The footsteps never stop——A comment on the audio-visual language of the movie "Lola Run"

Major 2022-04-19 09:01:30

"Lola Run" is a film with a strong game color. The director uses Lola's running as the main line to tell the life of different people along the way through the changeable color language, unique lens language and dramatic voice language. The main idea of ​​the butterfly effect is that everyone influences each other to form a diverse world.

The sound language of the film adds a strong sense of atmosphere to it. When Lola runs on different streets, the music uses dense drum beats throughout the whole process. This drum beat renders an atmosphere of urgency and urgency, and to some extent, it also replaces Lola's footsteps The sound immerses the audience and mobilizes the audience's emotions. It is worth mentioning that when Lola meets different people and different things, the drumbeat will change slightly. When Lola met a group of Muslims on the road, the compact percussion music added some synth sounds, which added a sense of space to the original solid drums and rendered a mysterious color, which not only enhanced the mystery of Muslims , which symbolizes Lola's unknown future; when Lola failed to borrow money, the drum beat became more dull than before, reflecting the depression and helplessness in Lola's heart at this time; at the same time, the director also added some murmurs to the music The vocals make the foreshadowing of the whole film more prominent. It is worth noting that when Lola and Manny finally ran away after robbing the money, the music did not fit the original tense atmosphere of the plot. Instead, a melodious and soothing music was used, which constituted a strong sound and picture contrast with the content of the picture, which brought extreme drama. The strong theatrical contrast is only added from time to time to the whistles and brakes of police cars, forming a hopeless romanticism. When Lola died, the director adopted a silent treatment, with only sharp noises in his ears, which on the one hand reflected Manny's blank brain at this time, and on the other hand, continued to amplify the sadness.

Not only that, the language of the film also adds a lot of features to it. The close-up shots emphasize the details of the film, such as the various clocks, the phone at the beginning of the story, and the toppled dominoes. These close-ups highlight unique items. symbolic meaning. At the same time, the film uses a lot of upgraded shots when Lola is running, which not only highlights Lola's urgent mood, but also adds an artistic beauty to Lola's running. When recalling, the director used a combination of upgraded shots and downgraded shots to make the recall complete but not procrastinated, speeding up the narrative rhythm of the entire film.

Finally, the use of different colors is also a highlight of the film. The director treats the memory as black and white to distinguish it from the present, and the narrative is clear. It is worth noting that at the beginning of the story, Lola used a red phone, which, like her red hair, represented his brave and unrestrained character; while Manny used a black phone, and he was dressed in black. The clothes are the same, representing his incompetent and boring character, and the two are in stark contrast. When Lola died in the end, the red bag in her hand was thrown high, representing the loss of Lola's bright red life, and after regaining her faith, the red bag fell again, representing the landing of Lola's new life.

As said at the beginning of the video, we should not stop exploring. Indeed, the human world is complex and diverse. Rolla's move from 3D to 2D and back to 3D also reveals this to a certain extent. The universe is constantly changing, and the butterfly effect is only one of them. There are more unknowns waiting for human beings to explore.

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Extended Reading

Run Lola Run quotes

  • Herr Meier: Is everything all right?

    Lola: No.

  • Vater: To think that I could have fathered a loon like you!

    Lola: But you did, you jerk!

    Vater: Oh, yeah? Your real father didn't even live to see your birth!