Homework for the sound art design class for film and television. The teacher asked us to focus on the sound of the movie.
The following are some notes during the viewing process and the teacher's explanation of some clips in class.
The red font at the beginning is very design sense.
The heroine talks to her mother, and she shows her face the whole time. The sense of space in her voice is unusual. Songlian and her mother should be very close, but her mother's voice is far away, and her mother seems to be in the other corner of the room. Songlian has no opinion and is helpless to marry, or, it is useless to resist, she can only obey her stepmother. After the sound and picture are aligned, the picture is sad, and the music is cheerful.
The words of Xia and Summer are very beautiful.
In the kissing part, the picture does not follow or shake, watching them get further and further away. The color scheduling, the heroine in white is getting closer and closer to the picture, and the red team is behind the heroine, getting further and further away.
The heroine is between the two floors, the camera is at a certain distance from the heroine, and the sound has both a sense of distance and the effect of echoes on both sides, which is very real. However, it broke the routine in the relationship between the voice of the housekeeper and the heroine. The voice of the housekeeper should have been weak, but the voice was weak and strong and could not be refuted.
When the housekeeper and the heroine are in the same frame, the relationship between the two people's pictures changes with the plot. At the beginning, the two are relatively average, and there is no obvious visual level. After the lamp was lit, the heroine was in the middle and had a prominent position, but the voice of the housekeeper was dominant.
The red lantern appeared for the first time. The lantern was accompanied by a string of gongs and drums. In addition, there was a high-level bottom sound, which was very wide. The lantern shelf fell to the ground with a click, and the gongs and drums stopped abruptly.
Every character who serves the heroine, including the worker who takes care of the lantern, is very skilled. The indoor lanterns can be raised and lowered by ropes, which is very interesting.
The hijab that was supposed to be on the head covered the feet, so it doesn't matter who the person is.
The sound of the first three consecutive foot washings is very prominent, it is a kind of emphasis, because it will be used later.
The aisle that the heroine walked through for the first time was already full of lanterns on both sides. At the other end of the aisle, the sound of the door closing was very clear, far beyond the reality of life. This sound locked Songlian into the reign of darkness. After the last maid walks out of the screen, she immediately switches the angle of looking down.
The lantern can be seen from a top-down perspective, and this perspective continues to appear throughout the film.
The lighting in the house is warm, and the heroine's expression is dull and lackluster. The warm light shines on the dead expression, not so warm, but makes people feel cold.
The master's description of women's feet in this passage shows the status of men and women at that time. The master's voice was gentle and kind.
One of the sentences, "Foreign students are different in the end", the voice is very small and not very clear. I turned the knob a lot to hear it clearly, explaining part of the heroine's life experience. The master's voice doesn't have many low frequencies, it seems weak, but it is authoritative. It is difficult for the audience to see the face of the master. I think it may not matter what he looks like. We only need to listen to his voice to know how vicious he is.
The angle of view cuts to the front of the bed, and Song Lian is already immersed in the vocal soundtrack. The heroine wants to turn off the light, which is her shame, but the master refuses, lighting the light to see clearly. The screen switches back to the overhead view, and for some time, when it switches back, the master is already lying down.
The maid knocked on the door and mentioned Mrs. Sun, and the master was bored. Reluctantly got up, but also to explain the reason to the hostess. "Three yard lights" spread throughout the yard, and lanterns are an important clue to the whole film. The female protagonist stood in front of the mirror with a lantern in her hand, her lips opened and closed, and she sobbed. A girl who is in her youth, has a certain cultural foundation, should have been educated on campus, came to a remote place, was restricted by the rules of a feudal family, and had a relationship with someone she did not love. She does not belong here, but she Still here.
The eldest wife looked at the heroine, but did not look directly afterward. The two were in the same frame, indicating that they did not have any conflict, but they did not have much connection. After the heroine left, the eldest wife narrated her sins and predicted Songlian's tragic fate.
The second wife's appearance did not see him, so he heard his voice first, although it was far away, it was loud and clear. The second wife is more amiable, and here she explains why the heroine did not continue her studies. What does lighting the hammer foot mean, all explain clearly. The lens is zoomed in, the physical space is close, and the psychological space is also close. However, their voices are very close, but their hearts are far away. The second wife's voice may not have been very loud, but through the processing of medium and high frequencies, it was made louder.
The lantern was extinguished by blowing air through a long tube. The reason for the extinguishing of the lantern was related to the fact that the Lord came to the Third Hospital the night before. Song Lian's happiness and anger are simply exposed, and there is no clever method. The third wife does not give face to the heroine, and the heroine does not give face to her son.
The maid at the door and Songlian didn't deal with was Yan'er. When she entered the door, she wanted to help with the laundry, but Yan'er grabbed the washbasin away. This is related to Yan'er's disillusionment of wanting to be the fourth wife, and she takes anger at Songlian.
The process of ordering dishes shows the state of a wealthy family. The third wife was dissatisfied with the new wife taking away her favor and protested.
The 8 people listened to the master at the door, and whoever selected a lady would put a lantern, and the strict rules were gradually revealed. Facing the second wife, the heroine showed a rare smile, very bright and trusting. The familiar hammering of the lamp, the servant in the hospital holding the footbath, and the sound of hammering from outside the house, there is no need to repeat the depiction for too many shots, just a few voices will tell the audience what happened.
The third wife sang at a high place, and the voice spread throughout the yard. The hostess followed the singing. The Chen family was as big as a palace. The two had a verbal confrontation. When I was with the third wife, the camera was playing front and back, and the distance between the two was very far. The heroine came back, just in time to see the master and Yan'er kissing me. Thinking of what happened these days, the heroine burst into tears. She wanted to rely on the master. Amidst the cries, the gongs and drums sounded and the lights went out.
The lantern that the master chose for his wife and concubine, which can be folded, has a beautiful shape and is full of design. The gongs and drums and the bottom sound are bound together with the lanterns. The lantern returned to the third courtyard, and the expressions of the two, three, four and three were different. Like the sisters in front, the heroine turned her head and walked back. She seems to have integrated into such an environment.
The heroine's anger at Yan'er can't be called anger, the repression of the environment, and the disrespect around her all hit her, but the others have their own hardships. They are all victims and accomplices.
The master and the third wife sang together, and the heroine had nowhere to hide and could only be alone in their voices. The second wife seems to be the only person the heroine can talk to. The small room upstairs is a gloomy place. The hostess looks in through the door, and she can see the gloomy past and her own future.
The heroine's bamboo flute was secretly hidden.
The third sister pulls the heroine to play mahjong, and the verbal confrontation is meaningful.
The second wife wants to have a son.
The decoration of Sanjie's house is very distinctive.
The heroine's evaluation of school gradually became biased and became a philistine.
When the heroine bent over, she discovered the relationship between the third wife and the doctor.
Autumn came to the sound of gongs and drums, and it was pouring rain.
The dialogue between the master and the heroine went to the extreme left.
The eldest young master appeared with a bamboo flute. The flute is melodious and refreshing. Arouse the heroine's memories and thoughts. The appearance of the eldest young master is different from others. It is not bound by rules and is reasonable. There is a shy smile on the face of the heroine, and the audience will understand some hints. The two were separated by a long corridor, complementing each other. I thought it was hope.
Yan'er didn't steal the heroine's flute, but she was afraid that the lantern in the house would be seen. These lanterns, patched, are not the same as the ones outside. The heroine saw the villain with her name written on it, full of needles. The reason after the anger is different, each has its own pitiful, the heroine figured out the sinister of the second wife, and was surprised, and the music made people shudder.
The flute was burned by the master, and under the gentle voice, there is a domineering heart. He burned Song Lian's last hope, implying that the eldest young master is not the one who can bring hope to Song Lian.
Beneath the seemingly gentle and kind exterior is a vicious heart. Behind the artificial behavior, there are judgments of interests, and human nature has its own complexities. The eldest wife predicted that the fight between the three would lead to meaningless internal friction, which would be of no benefit to the Chen family.
When cutting her hair, the heroine's eyes were dull. Every time she cut her hair, she was shocked. The angle of view was cut to the outside of the house, and the screams came, and the cut that hurt her ears must not be accidental. The third wife told the second wife's guilt.
Yan'er decorated her house like wives, listening to the sound of hammer feet and fantasizing about her being favored, she was too poisoned, and the value she pursued was also extreme. The heroine called her back to reality. In the sound of hammering feet, Yan'er returned to reality. She was just a servant girl who served her wife. The heroine also joined this struggle, lost the correct value judgment and fell into the rules.
Songlian is specialized in the rules, but she doesn't have the skills. Lie that the child is pregnant, the status is very different, and the ever-bright light appears.
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The second wife can only squeeze the back of the heroine, but she is not angry. Yan'er found bloodstains, which meant that the heroine might not be pregnant at all. The second wife pretended to be concerned about inviting a doctor, but actually wanted to verify it. The stone hammer, another rule, seals the lamp, the black cover has not been used for a long time, it is all soil, and it covers the lamp. The sound of blowing out lanterns is always loud and depressing.
Burned Yan'er's lantern, burned the rules that shouldn't exist, and burned her sustenance. Yan'er is guarding her sustenance, and the hope of life has been shattered. The heroine realizes that she has hurt people indirectly and feels guilty.
The heroine was facing the lanterns for the selection. She lost them and the big stone. She was relieved and smiled. She is no longer in the whirlpool of strife.
The heroine watched the third sister sing a play early in the morning. The third sister received the supernatural power and left a comment about the play, and made it for others to see and for herself. This scene is absolutely beautiful. The heroine discovered that there was no humanity in the yard. When referring to Dr. Gao, the third wife felt guilty.
On the heroine's birthday, Yan'er died.
The eldest young master is also lying, he also has his own selfishness and cowardice, and he cannot save Songlian.
Inside the door curtain, Song Lian was infused with medicine, in fact, it was instilled from top to bottom. The heroine betrayed the third wife after drinking.
"There's a lot of snow this year, Ruixue is a good year."
Above the head is the sound of feet on the snow, and the sound of struggling. The hostess watched secretly, and the third wife was sent to the dead man's house. The door opened with a bang, and the lock clicked shut. Only men came out, no women.
First-person perspective, festive music, the camera keeps shaking with the female protagonist's walking, the house of the dead flickers in front of her eyes, it is very strange, and the music is getting louder and louder.
In the quiet snow scene, the door was pushed open at once, and then screams resounded through the sky. The third wife was murdered, but when the master came back, it seemed like he committed suicide. There is a new answer to why the predecessor died in that house. The female protagonist whispered to condemn them for killing, the master said nonsense, his voice was so powerful that it covered other voices, and the status was judged.
At night, the lanterns in the third wife's house were lit, and the murderers entered the door to hunt for ghosts. Under the look of Facebook, they felt anxious. The sound of singing came from afar, and they rushed out of the door in fright. It turned out that the heroine was lighting the lamp and singing, and it was a gramophone that had already been laid out when playing mahjong. The black lampshades were all removed and thrown on the ground, and the heroine sat in the mess, quietly admiring all this. The passionate singing sounded, and it was the chorus of many people, and the strength grew stronger. I can't hear the play words clearly, but they must be related to these and full of metaphors. The camera slowly panned to the room from a distance. It was already dawn, and the room was still red.
New year, new wife, the heroine is crazy, I don't think she was crazy that night, she was driven crazy by the torture that followed. A double image appeared in the world in front of him, and they were set together. In the string music, the film comes to an end, the joyful Chinese national instruments and singing, the heavy string music, this is the peaceful Chen family on the surface, but it is the hell on earth behind it. The female protagonist was wandering among the lanterns, but couldn't get out. This door, once you walk in, you can't get out again. The whole drama does not let the audience see that there is a way outside the door. The Chen family is like a prison. The strings were withdrawn, the vocals sang an elegy again, and the gongs and drums sounded in the dark, and everything continued.
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