Spain’s 2011 excellent film and television work "The Dark Side" was translated into "Man in the Mirror", which belongs to this genre. It was classified as a thriller when it was introduced, and the discussion was also about how dark human nature is when love loses its mind. topic. However, unlike similar themes, the powerful screenwriter of "The Dark Side" tells an unusually simple story in a superimposed way that is rich and colorful, with clear layers, and also makes the plot's conception new and tense.
The story of "The Dark Side" is very simple. It tells that a man with a flowery heart circulates between three women, and when he determines a quasi goal for himself outside of joy, he is found strange by the other party, so he starts a farce of entanglement and absurd behavior. And when the true face of the farce was revealed little by little, the cruelty and selfishness of human nature also surfaced little by little.
The plot can be divided into three sections. The first section is the period when contradictions appear, the second section is the process of planning, and the third section is the result of the development of the plot. If these three paragraphs are described in order, it only takes 20 minutes to explain the ins and outs of the story, and there are not many ups and downs. However, the screenwriter chose to replace the order of the plot, and changed the sequence of the first paragraph and the second paragraph, which increased the suspense of the plot and enriched the information of the plot.
In addition to changing the order, the screenwriter also used a lot of thought in the script, but all under the premise of not filling the plot. There are three main characters in the film, the male protagonist, ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend. Among them is a soy sauce lover who can be ignored for the time being.
The three plots of the film correspond to the actor’s ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend, and the three parts where they get in touch. The first and second half of the narrative sequence of the film happen in parallel with the ex-girlfriend during the planning process. The first paragraph is the whole process of the actor and his current girlfriend knowing and falling in love (if it deserves to be called). In the first paragraph, the director chose the mode of suspense and horror to bury the plot in the small details. ; The beginning of the second paragraph is to describe the ex-girlfriend’s interaction process and the production process of complex psychology. The second half of this part enters parallel, but it is not deep, which can be regarded as the driving part of suspense; the third part of the reasoning serves the plot. It also played a role in the contact between the two heroines. When the current girlfriend was put on by the ex-girlfriend, the climax of the plot also created a big surprise. The open ending is even more imaginative.
In these three episodes, the most difficult thing to control is the correspondence between the actions of the two heroines in parallel time. The correlation and logic of the previous and subsequent behaviors contributed to the final result of the event. It is difficult to ignore the logic of the details to convince the audience. The current girlfriend regards the unusual behavior as a supernatural event, but with the change of her psychology, she turns the fear of supernatural into suspicion of appearance. Any plot in between will be enlarged in the eyes of the audience, and all the suspense in front of it will be wiped out.
The highlight of "The Dark Side" is also the most enjoyable part. Obviously, when the screenwriter was conceiving the script, he considered any details related to the development of the main line of the plot very carefully, laying a solid foundation for the director's shooting.
Through the performance of the film, it can also be seen that the director has a very good understanding of the plot, and the cooperation with the screenwriter is also harmonious and tacit. The settings of some small plots, such as the meeting between the former and current girlfriends and the opera house manager, the episode of the little lover, etc., provide information for the suspenseful part of the plot, but they directly reveal the truth to the audience and give space to interact with each other. . The entire screen and scene scheduling is also for the plot, not all for the visual service. It can be seen that the film is low in favor and the attitude of the faithful work quality is very good.
In recent years, more and more Spanish films have entered the mainland audience's field of vision. The style and features presented by these works are unusually prominent in the local folk customs and the character of the people. They are not like film works in certain regions, which blindly follow Hollywood's special effects route, and only impact the audience in terms of visual effects and entertainment. Instead, he calmly pondered the script, understood the artistic value of the movie, and really made good works in the 2D movie market. These works are not necessarily known to the public, but they have created a richer viewing experience space for die-hard movie fans. The diversified types make viewing more and more fun.
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