Many people's perceptions of political stories have changed in this play.
In March last year, a terrorist drove a car and hit multiple passers-by on the Westminster Bridge next to the Houses of Parliament in London , killing five people and injuring many others.
After the attack, a reinforced concrete safety barrier was set up around the British Parliament to prevent cars from colliding.
But the attack still happened again. On August 14 this year, a Sudanese British named Saleh Carter drove a car into the crowd and the fence outside the Parliament building, causing many injuries.
The British police quickly arrested the driver involved and classified the incident as a "terrorist attack."
According to the British "Independent" report, the attack was the sixth terrorist attack in the UK in 17 months .
The British government staff revealed that since March 2017, they have successfully prevented 13 terrorist attacks, one of which occurred last month.
A large amount of data shows that the anti-terrorism situation in the UK is not optimistic . The situation is becoming more serious and complicated. Security alarms are sounded at any time. The entire British society is facing long-term challenges.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the current terrorist attack is "one of the most serious threats we face" and hopes that the people will remain vigilant and unite.
After the terrorist attack, London Mayor Sadiq Khan suggested that vehicles should be banned near the Houses of Parliament, a "traffic blockade" should be implemented, and nearby squares and streets should be converted into pedestrian areas, but this proposal was also opposed by some people;
London Police Commissioner Caserda Dick said: "Terrorism should not be allowed to change our way of life, but we will also take appropriate measures to prevent terrorism-excessive security measures will infringe people's freedom of movement and privacy ."
The terrorist attacks in recent years have been more or less reflected in many new film and television dramas.
The response measures of female politicians, and the controversial means of protecting people’s privacy by infiltrating the privacy of the people , were unambiguously filmed in this new BBC drama——
Unlike many political dramas, although the Minister of the Interior Julia Montagu appears as the heroine in [Personal Bodyguard] , the drama does not take its perspective as the main line——
Instead, a newly appointed bodyguard was selected .
From this perspective, many people's perceptions of political stories have changed in this play.
With "horror" and "crime" as themes, how does [Personal Bodyguard] present these two elements?
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Tighten your nerves every minute and every second
As soon as the play came up, it gave the audience a big surprise.
The beginning is a counter-terrorism drama that occupies nearly one-third of the entire episode :
Through these twenty minutes, it shows the whole process of the protagonist and the conductor discovering suspicious characters and finally successfully resolving the crisis.
The confrontation in a small space has always been full of bright spots-whether it is emotional ups and downs or physical movements.
Without any lines, the two unconventional phenomena witnessed by the male protagonist are enough to immediately explain the origin of this episode——
This carriage was watched by terrorists , and the crisis was on the verge of breaking out.
In the background, the sharp metal crashing sound of the train moving, the ghostly roar of the siren, all matched the tightness of the monophonic soundtrack .
A long-term confrontation in a single scene is the main plot. This approach is rare in dramas, and more likely to appear in movies——
And [commuter rescue] themes and character set are very similar, [bodyguard] actor David Bard , simply confesses that he is a police officer, locked suspicious persons;
The difference is that the former is forced to be placed in the film selection environment, while the latter spontaneously participates in the process of the whole event by revealing its identity .
The role of Bard has changed from an ordinary passenger to a key element in advancing the development of the plot.
"There are suicide bombers on the train" is enough to summarize the content of this paragraph, and the focus falls on the turning point and the solution.
The identity of the target person is blurred, and a new target person appears——
Just when the audience thought that the male lead was about to "kick the terrorists out of the car" and ended the matter, the situation quickly slipped and turned around , suggesting that the story was only halfway through;
The calmness of the suspicious man has the effect of temporarily alleviating but hiding a greater crisis ;
The emotional contrast of his wife's excitement helped the plot to climax , and the audience's nerves were also strained to the apex.
The first ten minutes explain before the case is solved, and the last ten minutes explain after the case is solved;
The hidden threat in the storyline has also changed from "the safety of all people in the car" to "whether the'human bomb' will detonate" .
In these ten minutes, Nadia, who was used as a "human bomb," communicated with Bard:
This is also a rare bluntness in anti-terrorism topics -we don't often see terrorists' hearts being dug so deeply.
Of course, we say who cares about the struggles that terrorists have gone through. In the past film and television dramas, at most, a short background story has been brought and presented;
But it is this exchange that provides another possibility for this part of the plot ;
Moreover, through this exchange, we also quickly learned about the past experience and current life of the actor Bud ;
And why he is so sensitive to suspicious people, why he appears so experienced, why he should take the initiative to help, and risk his life in front of the anti-terrorist police, doing his best to save Nadia's behavior motive .
For the whole play, the first twenty minutes may be just an introduction, which directly caused the hero to do meritorious service and work for the heroine;
But after careful consideration, we can find that the actor’s personality, background, mental state and other factors that imply his subsequent behavior have been presented to the audience in an incredibly direct way during these twenty minutes——
The way people deal with extreme situations may sometimes be the most "self" and "self" .
All his attempts to be sincere and sympathetic with Nadia in the exchanges are a reflection of his heart .
The climax of the three episodes has been aired , which were set at the beginning of the first episode (train terrorist attack), between the second episode (shooting incident), and the end of the third episode (explosion of speech).
The three events were triggered by similar causes , and according to the advancement of the plot, more complicated elements were superimposed -such as the heroine's ambition to anger the masses, etc., which were fully mixed with terrorist attempts;
Every time the impact is huge, each time Bard’s stress response is similar and different.
It is precisely in this step-by-step excavation that the shaping of the male protagonist gradually becomes fuller with a layered rhythm.
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Emotional cross, easy to close
The hero's experience and struggle not only formed the inner contradictions of the characters , but also greatly promoted the external contradictions in the plot .
And the method of showing the character conflict of the male protagonist is also very "abrupt" in this play ——
This word is used here, and it is by no means derogatory;
Although the subject matter is sensitive and the characters of the male and female protagonists are hidden to extremes, the director is obviously quite restrained in emotional expression (as always in the style of British dramas);
For example, in the train scene at the beginning of the first episode, from the first minute, we can instantly immerse ourselves in an atmosphere of horror through the close-up of the male protagonist ;
In the subsequent plot, countless close-ups were also used, which strengthened the sense of substitution .
Read the small partners can clearly discern the male lead in working condition almost no significant changes in the expression -
Obviously, he is very serious and professional, and there is no room for relaxation in the "bodyguard" state.
The accented "ma'am" that made me brainwashed after listening to three episodes also showed his tireless rigor.
The close-up of this single expression is also accompanied by a lot of slow zoom and track push ;
While carrying out this kind of mirror movement, the sharp soundtrack we heard on the train at the beginning always rang again.
In this way, even if we can't recognize what the actor is thinking or what is about to happen, the nervous emotions are still easily mobilized.
In this almost extreme , even somewhat discomfort of depression angle lens, but also to strengthen the suspense thriller atmosphere.
These techniques, many of them are often used in horror films in the -
In fact, it is quite traditional style, but under the political and information elements of this play , it appears very modern and full of tension.
There are also some shots on the shoulders that are set up higher and closer , which also appear constantly in this play.
While the protagonist Bud’s work state seems so high-intensity and tough , he still suffers from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) all the time.
His service experience in Afghanistan has made him what he is now, and his mental state is obviously related to it.
There are not many moments of his traumatic state in the play ;
And every time it appears very short, the mood swings are fleeting .
These ups and downs are very personal and very subtle ;
But we can all see that this potential element constitutes one of the threats to the development of the whole play . Even if the shadow of PTSD is not revealed in emotional changes, it also affects the actor's behavior.
The suspense unstable molecule, the more obvious external manifestation, is the actor's motive unknown -
The perspective of all the plot triggers in this play is very concise : everything the actor David Budd has seen and heard.
With such a single perspective , it is not very common for the protagonist to be unclear about his motives-this greatly increases the suspense element.
The hero and the heroine have a fundamental conflict of political ideas : he has been traumatized and anti-war; while she is radical, supports force attacks, and supports information penetration.
After doing enough in the visual aspect, this also left doubts about the development of the story from the plot aspect: Is there any other attempt by the hero who loyally protects the female politician ?
Thinking about his abnormal behavior of concealing the identity of the gunman , he also paved the way for this doubt ; even if it turns out that everyone thinks too much, it is enough to appetite .
This burst plot using compressed elevation strong sense , quite operating piece of horror effect;
The heroine Julia's scream and Bud's trance look made people flustered even more.
This is set both visual and plot thriller atmosphere perfect combination -
The conflict between the characters is finally triggered by the "involuntary" behavior. After the crazy leg shaking of the climax of the first few episodes, the plot afterwards is probably more exciting.
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Text: Yorkshire Viking
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