Analysis and Random Thoughts on "The House of Weima"
"The House of Weima" is an animated film supervised by Jin Min in 1997. No matter from the perspective of text or narrative, it can be said to be beyond the times in that era.
Jin Min entered the Visual Communication Department of Musashino Art University in 1982. Since then, Jin Min has tried to combine animation and film, using film shooting methods and director skills to interpret animation. In a sense, he is an explorer, an experimentalist, curious about how the two can combine to produce shocking visuals and peculiar narrative effects.
The first time I watched Jin Min's work in junior high school was "Red Chili Pepper". At that time, I was in the stage of craving horror movies, and I had to watch all the movies related to it. The plot of "Red Pepper" was too difficult and esoteric for me at that time, and it was difficult for me to understand Jin Min's narrative techniques, so after reading it, I didn't watch it. But "Red Hot Chili Pepper" left a deep impression on me, because as an animated film, it can stand shoulder to shoulder with live-action movies, and even use animation technology to express abstract scenes that are indescribable in live-action movies. After realizing this, I deeply understand that animation is not a childish, but a unique artistic expression of images.
There are few gossips. The plot of "The House of Weima" is unpredictable and extremely brain-burning. This is the reason why the audience has been obsessed for a long time. If we understand it at the technical level, we can better appreciate the ingeniousness of "The House of Weima". .
1. About the story of Wei Ma's house
. Many netizens on station B said that " Wei Ma's house" burns the brain. I was confused when I watched it the first time. I couldn't figure out what the movie was about. Understand,
what kind of story it tells, the following is a spoiler, the interpretation is personal and subjective, if you have any objections, welcome to communicate.
Wei Ma left Charming Bird to fly solo and turned into a rookie actress, but her large-scale screen show and photo album aroused the hatred of Motoi (the idiot male protagonist) who was obsessed with Wei Ma's idol image, and he took revenge and intimidated Wei Ma. . Wei Ma felt unidentified maliciousness, and she was nervous. At the same time, the true description of her life on a website called "Weima's Ministry" made her fall into the depression and anxiety of being peeped, and she was constantly in transition. Pain, so under various catalysis, these emotions embodied the image of her mocking idol Weima, which made it difficult for her to define reality and fantasy. Benjing killed the screenwriter and photographer, and finally reached out to Wei Ma. After escaping, Wei Ma found out that staying in the United States was the culprit. It turns out that studying in the United States has always communicated with Honjing, and instilled in him that the actor Mima is a fake. Also obsessed with the image of idol Mima, the mad fan Benjing and Liumei hit it off, and the two conspired to create disaster for counterfeit goods. When the truth was revealed, Wei Ma once again experienced the battle royale to be safe. The United States was sent to a mental sanatorium. In the end, Wei Ma, who became an actor, went to visit Liu Mei, but Liu Mei was still caught in the hallucination of her idol Wei Ma. After Wei Ma left, he got into the car and left a meaningful sentence in front of the front mirror, "I am the real Wei Ma." After that, the whole film ended.
Jin Min is rich (playing) rich (along) inside (viewing) containing (public), adding a lot of Wei Ma's subjective perspective, and inserting a few paragraphs of Wei Ma's shooting scene in Double Bind. The specific plot of the film, and these all reflect (bewildered) (confused) all the time (view) reality (public), they make the audience fall into the same situation as Weima - unable to distinguish between reality (the content of the feature film) and fantasy (the content of the TV series) ). The seemingly chaotic plot has aroused various speculations and discussions among the audience. This extra gift from "Weima's House" can keep the audience's interest in it more than telling a story, which is why the audience has a sense of interaction with the film.
2. About editing and narration
I have a preliminary understanding of the general plot of the film, and then I will briefly analyze the relationship between the film's narration and editing.
In fact, it can be found that the film does not tell a complicated and esoteric story, so why does the first-time audience shout and burn their brains?
I think there are two reasons.
One is confusion from the content of the text. In order to enhance the concealment of the plot, Jin Min set up many ingenious plots, such as TV dramas reflecting the real life of Wei Ma. It is worth noting that there are also some details interspersed with the film, such as the head of the man posted on the newspaper clippings of the inner door of the elevator (the above is the report of someone escaping from a car in Xinjie), the bloody clothes that appeared in Wei Ma’s wardrobe, and the half-dead tropical fish. , these seemingly insignificant details add to the atmosphere of horror and confusion, and at the same time lead to speculation. And the settings of the three Wei Ma are more exquisite in the text. This is also the plot that can confuse the audience the most. I don't know how many people are attracted to think "Weima is the essence". As a trick, Wei Ma's confession of "I am Jingfen" was added to the plot of the TV series. Therefore, these viewers will be slapped in the face when they see the ending. All these make people sigh at the strange (sorrow) thinking (disease) wonderful (disease) thinking (madness) of the content of Jin Min's text.
The second is the technical level of the film, which comes from the interference of editing techniques.
The film is a main narration, but the scattered mixed cuts make the audience feel that the time line is confused. Because the main story of the film is mixed into the past plot fragments, so in order to ensure the smoothness of the story, Jin Min looked for one of the main lines. Each plot point is used as the carrier to link the fragments of the plot together. This editing technique runs through the whole film. For example, after the concert at the beginning, Wei Ma went home and opened the door, but the next scene was Wei Ma coming out of the concert venue through the back door to go home. At this time, the door became the connection point of the past and present editing.
So why did Jin Min use this editing method?
"The House of Weima" tells a story about confusion. In order to make the audience feel the sense of confusion, this editing method is a good choice. Breaking the plots of different timelines and mixing them into the main plot can make the story be confusing and beautiful, and keep the suspense until the last moment, which also corresponds to the content of the text and enhances the concealment of the plot. A similar successful classic is "Deadly Magic" ". At the same time, mixing and editing the content of different timelines can carry more information than the main narrative, which saves the normal narrative and leads to the cutscenes of the plot, and the peculiar and smooth storyboards and transitions complement this editing method. 3. There are so many long-winded
discussions on the theme , and all the skills must serve the content, so let’s go back to the movie itself and discuss the theme of the movie.
Three Wei Ma appear in the film, and these visions have hosts.
Liu Mei imitates Weima's tone to communicate with Honjing, which makes Honjing believe that the real Weima is a fake. Based on this, Benjing also imagined an illusion of the idol Weima. The reason is that the mad fan of the idol Weima couldn't accept the actor Weima, and the poster of Weima when he was an idol was pasted in his room. Actor Weima's large-scale performance is shattering the innocent and beautiful image of idol Weima step by step. He received an email from the United States in great pain, which gave him spiritual comfort. He killed the screenwriter and photographer for the idol Weima. , he used this brutal way to clear the way for the return of his idol, Mima.
Wei Ma's vision comes from her inner split and mental depression during her painful transition. Wei Ma's transformation into an actor was not out of her own desire, but was controlled by Yu Tiansuo's economic considerations (Idols can't make much money from albums). Of course, Wei Ma's own weakness and ignorant character of resistance are also one of the reasons. When Wei Ma was an idol, she was glamorous outside, but she was a pink girl when she came home. After transitioning to become an actress, she was at a loss because of the complicated mistakes in the entertainment industry, and she had to sell meat for filming in order to cater to the audience's taste and suppress her psychological barriers. The contrast between the present and the past is always exacerbating the inner split, and the external murders also seem to be caused by her transformation into an actor. The long-term mental depression and anxiety have formed a heavy pressure, and the illusion of the idol Weima that appears under the heavy pressure can be regarded as her. Mental struggle can also be seen as a manifestation of mental insanity.
Liu Mei is the most hidden culprit. She is Wei Ma's manager and once an idol. The madness shown by studying in the United States to cherish the image of idols even more than myself is quite frightening. Liu Mei has a close relationship with Weima. She knows Weima very well. Because of her failure to become an idol, she resents it. This resentment is also the reason why she vigorously protects the image of Weima's idol. But when Weima got rid of the idol image step by step, the resentment of the year bit her heart, and at the same time aroused her strong desire for compensation, so the second personality appeared in the image of idol Weima, and deeply hated this meat seller. Disgraced actor Mima.
The motives for the three people's illusions are clear, and the coincidence that they are all idols Weima also constitutes the subsequent dramatic conflict, which reflects the solid foundation of the text, so what does Jin Min want to express through Weima?
I think Jin Min is probably trying to express his concern about the satire of Japanese idol culture and the chaos in the entertainment industry.
The source of everything is that Wei Ma transformed into an actor and sold her color to get rid of her former idol image. Rumi and Honi's visions are based on an emotional fascination with their idol, Mima, who always mocks the actor Mima, who is mired in chaotic showbiz. The film uses the TV drama crew as the observation point, such as Tian's flattering face to increase Weima's performance in the scene, the wretched look of the screenwriter calling to write a rape scene, and the actor who rode on Weima to mentally rape her, all of the above. Show the chaos of the entertainment industry with a small view. Wei Ma's involvement in the entertainment industry is like falling into a quagmire. Wei Ma's past innocence and beauty have been tarnished by fame and fortune. From this point of view, studying in the United States to encourage Honjing to kill screenwriters and other people seems to be correcting evil.
Huh, I didn't expect to write so much. The above is all my personal understanding, and there is a suspicion of over-interpretation. If you have any disagreements, you are welcome to discuss. In short, "Weima's House" is the conscience masterpiece of Jin Min's dedication to the fans, and I pay tribute to the master here.
2015.9.2
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