The film's audio-visual techniques have many classic clips, and comprehensively use various techniques such as music, composition, scene, movement, focal length, sound and picture relationship, etc., to start the storytelling. At the beginning of the film, a flashback was used to start a comparison of two different lives of a woman. The parallel montage structure unfolded the two stories in parallel, telling them in a eloquent manner.
In the boat racing clip, in order to express the tense atmosphere of boat racing, the shooting techniques commonly used in sports scenes are used, such as rotating the camera, following the side, and the fast movement of the scenery behind the characters to reflect the sense of speed. The close-up of the waves, the gradually overtaking tip of the boat, and the cheering movements of Helen, combined with the cheers of Helen and the dynamic music, create a tense and active atmosphere of the competition, highlighting the sense of movement. James won, and Helen, who was caught in bed, temporarily forgot about Jerry, laughed out loud, and moved the camera, from James to Helen, implying a delicate relationship. Later, it was expanded to a panoramic view, and the camera moved to the unwitting Helen and Anna talking, contrasting Helen's sadness about the inexplicable situation between her and Jerry. At the same time, it also successfully transitioned, showing the life trajectories of different people in the same event in a panoramic view, reflecting the director's wonderful wisdom.
James raised his hands in cheers in victory, and took the image of his hands to James in the house to celebrate raising his hands. Outside the window, Jerry saw the madness of the inner room through the window, and the music in the inner room gradually entered, it seemed that he was also drawn to the past, and his words and expressions showed a kind of longing and guilt for Helen, which caused Lydia's dissatisfaction. Far away, the music stopped, intensifying the contradiction between them, and the quarrel implied that they were finally destined to separate. The display of the panorama and the use of contrast montages form a strong contrast between joy and sorrow on both sides of the window, and it is also a contest of morality and ethics.
At night, the moon, boats, layers of water waves, quiet and beautiful. Depth composition, with boats and people in the foreground, the bridge in the middle, and bright lights in the background. Cheerful talk, emotional heating, James' full of encouragement and positive energy attracted Helen. This clip is the turning point of the plot, and the filming contains a lot of meaning. From the perspective of scene and focal length, the short-focus and large depth of field show a beautiful atmosphere, and then the long-focus close-up blurs the background and highlights the subject. Getting closer, just like the relationship between the two, step by step closer. From the composition point of view, the two people enter the painting together to express the intimate relationship, and the closeness of the distance is also the closeness of heart to heart. From the point of view of the shooting method, the camera was set on the boat to shoot and swayed with the boat, visualizing the inner language and externalizing Helen's swaying mood. Helen, who had not yet come out of the shadow of pain, was not in a good mood, could not easily accept James, and she was unaware of his situation, which further exacerbated this contradiction. When James was rejected for kissing, the sweet and beautiful feeling between the two was broken, and the composition changed accordingly. The single-person repeated quick-cut shots externalized the actual inner distance between the two and expressed the estrangement. But James cheerfully and humorously resolved the awkward atmosphere, confided the truth, and expressed his love. This kind of active offensive moved Helen to open his heart to accept him and offer a kiss. With the melodious music, the sparks ignite and the emotions heat up again. After a sweet night, it also means that Helen gets rid of the past, officially establishes a relationship with James, and the plot has entered a new stage.
Helen seizes the opportunity to develop a thriving career, the company's management is impressive, the love and career have a double harvest, the music is cheerful, and the sound and picture are integrated. Contrast with Helen, who worked hard to make money, worked hard, used the same music, contrasted sound and picture, and contrasted Helen's sadness with joy. The use of contrast montage increased the contrast between the images of the two, won the sympathy of the audience, paved the way for the follow-up plot, and further exacerbated the ugly image of Jerry's obedience and cheating.
For company celebrations, the meaning of composition is quite important. Jerry finds Helen to talk outside, and uses the image of the window to separate the characters again. The foreground is Jerry and Helen, and the background is James. Through the window, James' expression is blurred, and then a close-up of his lost expression is also visible. Showing his complex and contradictory heart. The figure in the foreground occupies most of the frame, similar to the classic snow composition in "Citizen Kane", reflecting the contrast of strength and strength, and also paving the way for Helen to find Jerry later. From the shooting point of view, the shooting of Helen and Jerry used over-the-shoulder front and back shots, and the two did not enter the painting at the same time, showing Helen's resistance, comparing with Jerry's weak pleading, and suggesting their final separation. The fast cutting and overlapping of the editing, combined with the "click" sound of the celebration photo, the dizziness of the two occurred at the same time, and the two lines were intentionally approached by coincidence. At this time, the sound of the photo representing the focus has a metaphorical and symbolic role. It heralds a major event that will set the stage for their pregnancy.
James, who had no contact after the celebration party, made Helen uneasy and went to see Jerry. The single-shot splitting shot revealed Helen's firm love for James, and found that Jerry did not repent, and Helen gave up completely. Helen, who lived a plain life, also deepened her suspicions of Jerry through every detail. The same single-person segmentation reflects the suspicion and estrangement between them.
When Helen met James by chance, when Helen offered to accompany him to visit his mother, James' hesitant and evasive expression suggested that he had a secret that was difficult to tell. After returning, Helen's memories emerged, she tested her pregnancy, decided to express herself bravely, and the dramatic plot arrangement, Helen found out that James already had a wife, and was traumatized again. The inner language was visualized. The wonderful display is also the meaning of the point.
On a rainy night, on the bridge, the arrangement of the environment has an ominous omen, the depth of the lens, and the far distance, implying that they will eventually be separated.
The final climax, the amount of information is extremely tight, the fast switching shots, the tension of parallel montage is created extremely strong, the use of cumulative montage, explosive news broke out one by one, one side is extremely sad, while the other is extremely joyful, both extremes are As a result of the accident, the two lines completely converged. A seemingly successful and happy life has gone to death, and a seemingly tragic and hopeless life has been reborn. The awakened Helen took over the beautiful memories of the deceased Helen, and the use of montage seemed to bring back the original memory, or the overlapping of the two lives. The last few quick-cut scenes seem to be reappearing memories, making the audience smile and feel relieved. Such an unexpected ending has won more praise, raised the height of the film to a greater extent, catered to the theme more, and added a sense of destiny.
Who can really know the result of "if", this is an eternal topic to discuss. Sliding doors make life different, but in the end it is the same. Same space, different people. Same person, different space.
However, it is destined to meet you.
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