1. This film uses symbolic techniques: ① The red hijab covers the feet at the beginning, implying that the cart before the horse is put upside down in the treatment of women in a patriarchal society—the feet are more important than the head, just as having a son and obeying the rules is more important than a decent life ② The lantern was originally a symbol of joy, but it became a symbol of a woman's victory in the female competition. Lighting the lamp, extinguishing the lamp and sealing the lamp became their life, and the lantern was also a portrayal of their life. ③The yard is like a cage, and every woman is a The prisoners inside, their hopes were cut off by open and secret struggles, but the pursuit of freedom seems to have become a weapon to end their lives ④ There are only summer, autumn and winter in the film, implying that these women have never been able to usher in spring and will suffer forever In hot summer or cold winter 2. Color: the contrast between cool and warm colors gives people a visual impact - white color is bright, red symbolizes anger and desire in psychology, the combination of the two not only gives people a sense of depression, but also It corresponds to the psychological changes of the characters: Songlian has been struggling with anger and despair from a living person in the yard, struggling with power and desire again and again, and finally the remaining rationality has completely disappeared; black symbolizes misery and sadness , is also often used to create an atmosphere of dead silence. In the film, the black used for sealing the lights is contrasted with the white background, suggesting that the sealing of the lights is the key to the termination of Songlian's life in the Chen Family Courtyard, and it also responds to her sentence "People are ghosts." , a ghost is a person" - the difference between a wife who has sealed the lamp and a dead wife doesn't seem to be that big. 3. On the composition: ① The composition of the symmetrical and neat composition contains the oppression of the patriarchal rules on human nature ② The use of the push-track lens to advance the shooting of the gates seems to be falling into a bottomless abyss, expressing that in the fate of the female competition, only Running to despair and meeting death are two choices ③The pattern of the final door frame frames Songlian’s head, like a man who hanged himself, implying that not only the dead room is the dead room, but the entire patriarchal society is the dead room of women 4. There are many in the film For active music - Mei Shan's opera and Hammer Feet's voice, both have the effect of expressing the hearts of the characters: the opera symbolizes Mei Shan's nostalgia for the past and yearning for freedom, and Hammer Feet's voice and rhythm indirectly express what every wife desires 5. The role of Mr. Chen is flattened and conceptualized, which weakens the typicality of the story and strengthens the authenticity and universal applicability of the criticism. They live like animals, live in confusion, and die in a mess; Being oppressed, he throws a fist at the weaker (Songlian indirectly kills Yan'er). "What did you see? You didn't see anything!" Not only is what Master Chen said to Songlian, but more like what vested interests in a patriarchal society said to weak women. They are the concubines of the Chen family, and they are the portrayal of most women in the patriarchal society. Their tragedies should also make us reflect.
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