Not long ago, Luca Guadagnino (who directed "Call Me By Your Name") remake of 1977 Dario Argento's "The Storm" debuted at the Venice Film Festival, with visual effects because The technical reasons are more shocking than the original, but overall there is still a big gap between the artistry and the original.
In the minds of many fans, the 1977 version of "The Storm" is one of the most classic horror films in film history. It does not rely on traditional methods to scare the audience, and it is the pinnacle of the use of photography, color, and soundtrack. The specific plot will not be explained in detail. Here, only the picture and soundtrack of this movie will be discussed. If you are interested in the original version, you can go to Baidu.
In terms of poster design, the 2018 version is more like a low-cost B-grade film, while the 1977 version is more like a thriller opera film, creating a sense of emptiness in space through a large area of white space, and the highly saturated red makes the vision more visually appealing. Focusing on the poster, the dancing woman heralds the occupation and destiny of the protagonist. The distorted font design is more in line with the temperament of a horror movie.
The 1977 version of the "Squirrels of Wind" poster used a lot of high-saturation red, blue, and yellow in the color design of the picture. From the perspective of color psychology, high-saturation color design will make the audience more focused on the picture, and the visual experience will be stronger, while in natural selection, high-saturation colors are more symbolic of danger and tension.
In addition to a large area of highly saturated colors, other design elements have also been added. For example the picture below.
The pattern on the wallpaper is close to the style of the famous designer Kusama Yayoi. When this style exists in a large area, it will cause people a feeling of unease (refer to intensive phobia), and the overall atmosphere in the room is trying its best. Create a sense of comfort, and in contradiction, the sense of unease is stronger, because you don’t know when this sense of security will be broken, and it is this unknown that is most frightening.
In terms of photography, the design of the lens language is more ingenious. Different from the surprises of previous horror films, the film uses still pictures and long shots to show the sense of fear, bringing the audience into the first perspective to explore the film space. The point of fear created by using long shots is that in slow-moving shots, your fear builds up slowly, and you never know what will happen in the next second of the shot.
A high-level horror movie is always about how well you create the atmosphere, not whether the props are scary enough, because the unknown is always scarier than the known.
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