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1. A surreal disaster movie is first of all a disaster movie. Reality is a virtue, but it is hard to find. Although the film’s photography technique is iconic, the core of the film’s sense of reality is not [shaking the lens] (and no soundtrack/messy dialogue/moving seats like extras/manhattan landmarks that are deliberately emphasized, etc.), but based on Various methods are apparently trying to hide the existence of story manipulators and storytellers (though in fact they must be carefully designed). The former serves the latter, and the latter is not just the former.

2. Fully human character POV. There are almost no macro shots without editing.

3. The plot moves forward like a real timeline (not a timeline of a scripted script). The incident comes as soon as it is said, and there is no reunion, no pre-climax scene, no pause or emphasis on important events, no reason, no explanation, no reflection, no summary.

4. Under this setting, the characters only have a [reaction] to the event (like the real world), and there is no room for "performance" and "molding" at all. This is true not only for the mainline characters, but also for characters that have been extremely clichéd in similar themes of movies-such as the military that appeared briefly.

5. The plot that will appear in the script of a standard disaster movie will appear in all likelihood, the character (including heroes) and special effects in this movie are: you may see it, or you may not see it-just like the real world, who knows?

6. It can be said that this film is a disaster film in the true sense. A disaster is always a disaster, not a problem that will be solved by science, and a difficulty that will be overcome by human heroes. In this sense, many mainstream disaster movies can only be counted as 20% disaster movies (the remaining 80% are given to scientists, presidents, military, hero squads, the protagonist’s broken marriage, etc.).

7. If you think about it, there are many details with heavy design traces. But for this kind of film [sensory] rather than logical authenticity is the most important. It's a MONSTER MOVIE guys!!!

(8. In addition, although the special effects scenes where monsters appear will not exceed 1 minute in total, the ability to create a sense of fear can be considered effective even if it is placed in the frame of reference of normal special effects disaster movies. )

9. So in the end, shaking the camera is just a technical method that is not the core of the effectiveness of the film. It's a shame not to be accepted by many viewers because of the camera shake. I hope to see eclectic works between the mainstream productions and this film in the future.

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