Students who have watched this movie should understand the plot of this movie. The heroine Kate (Emily Blunt) is an FBI agent who fights drug dealers on the border between the United States and Mexico. She is law-abiding and full of ideals, but since joining Matt (Josh Brolin Josh Brolin) (Played by Benicio Del Toro)'s team, especially after seeing what Alessandro (Benicio Del Toro played by Benicio Del Toro) did, her view of justice has been shaken. The film not only hits the heroine’s beliefs time and time again in the setting of the story; it also uses the picture composition to assist the narrative. Today we are going to talk about this feature of this movie.
"The high-profile appearance of the
movie opens, and the heroine leads the team to perform tasks. This opening is independent of the narrative behind, and the main purpose is to launch the heroine. At this time, the heroine is "resolute and true." A female man, so in the composition of her performance, she should look as tall as possible. The
heroine’s appearance shot is a single face close-up, which lasts about 16 seconds. The purpose of using such a long shot is to emphasize this. The importance of the characters in the movie is very direct and very clear.
Next, when the camera is opened, we can see the heroine and teammates sitting in a moving car. At this time, the heroine is still It is prominent, because the focus of the camera is always on her face, and the others are blurred.
When the scene of the action is reached, the camera is mainly focused on the heroine. We can see that the heroine’s expression is very firm, which shows her heart. Of firmness.
In the double shot, the director places the heroine in the foreground to highlight the heroine and blur the players in the depth of field. We can see that this shot was taken from the perspective of a dead person on the ground. The heroine at this time looks very strong and big.
next outdoor shot was taken at an oblique angle again, emphasizing the height of the heroine, while the black teammates not far away deliberately dwarfed. Editing at the same angle, very smooth.
this time, the heroine is a person with a firm conception of the legal system, either white or black, good or bad. Therefore, the camera shot her upside down more, and upside down shots often expressed a respectful attitude.
"Dwarfing
Next, the story officially begins. The real frontier killer
is on the scene, and the heroine's tall man image is beginning to be dwarfed. First, the heroine is selected by the male second Matter. In this scene, the heroine enters the meeting room. After that, everyone was sitting, only the heroine stood prudently. The angle of the half-length shot of the heroine was a slight upward shot simulating the perspective of the sitting person. The standing person should be facing the sitting person from the height. A kind of oppression. Here is the opposite. The sitting big guys appear calm and aggressive; the standing heroine shrinks, like an interview for a new job. Moreover, compared to the sitting person, the heroine is here. The proportion on the screen is obviously much smaller, we can compare it.
This is not enough. The director may be afraid that the audience will not realize it. In the next panoramic shot, it will The heroine squeezed into the depths of the whole picture to convey the change of the heroine’s status, which contrasted with the heroine’s opening appearance.
Not only that, in the following shots, the heroine’s size is also Shortened. According to our visual observation, the height of the male second is actually the same as that of the female protagonist, or even shorter, but the director deliberately made the male second much taller than the female protagonist.
Before going to Mexico to bring back the scene of the arrested drug dealer, there was an action meeting. In this venue, the heroine expressed doubts about the identity of the hero Alessandro and had an argument with the second man. Both the heroine and the male two are half-length shots at the beginning. In order to let the male two beat the female protagonist in the momentum, the male two walks towards the camera and stops when forming a close-up above the shoulders. The face occupies the center of the picture and the heroine In the picture composition is at a disadvantage.
At this time, the male second is once again taller than the heroine. The heroine is in a state of oppression. Is there any feeling of powerlessness for the heroine?
Finally, looking at this composition, you can know that the heroine's doubts and struggles must have failed this time.
"The
last scene of self-dwarfing is a scene that completely destroys the belief in the heroine, so the director is also very particular about the screen. The
heroine smokes on the balcony, and the hero appears in the heroine's room like a ghost. The first is A low-illumination lens shows that the heroine's heart is gloomy and depressed.
heroine is called back into the room by the hero. This is taken from the viewpoint of the hero. Because it is correct A backlit lens is formed when facing the balcony. This is of course intentional. It is impossible for the director to not know how to fill the light. It can only be explained as the heroine is in darkness and danger.
hero is also in gray. In the movie, students who have watched the movie should know that the actor has not received the signature of the heroine, and the previous killing is not legal. However, we see that the back of the actor is bright, does it also mean the back Is the play bright for the male protagonist?
two sides sat down and looked at each other. Then, the actor moved and squeezed the heroine in the corner, occupying an absolute advantage and completely controlling the scene.
heroine was forced to sign, the heroine left the heroine's room. The heroine chased her to the balcony with a gun. The director first gave an in-depth shot. At this time, the heroine is clearly dominant in the screen.
But then the protagonist turned around and cut into a half-length shot.
Wait, there is something wrong with this shot, do you see it?
This shot is connected to the frontal shot of the heroine, which is the heroine. The person called the point of view. Normally, it is logical that the heroine is on the balcony, at a high place, and then an overhead shot is taken. But this shot was taken from a low place, and the hero looks full of aura, tall and mighty .
The change of perspective actually hints at the inner change of the heroine. If it is said that the director deliberately dwarfed the heroine in the screen before, there is obviously a feeling of self-dwarfing by the heroine. Seeing that the other person is tall, then obviously he is small.
The director let this proud image stay on the screen for 12 seconds, with a continuation of time, enhancing the visual impact, not only defeating the heroine, but also the audience.
Seeing this, did the students realize that filming such conflict scenes between men and women is actually based on the routine of love scenes. Isn't this a process of conquering and being conquered? The glorious image of the male protagonist at this time reminds me of Zhang Ailing’s famous line: "When I saw him, she became very low and low, down to the dust."
Therefore, the heroine was defeated, and the belief she insisted on was also It couldn't be more natural to collapse with it.
At this time, it is still a depth lens, which is in contrast with the depth lens just now. This time, the male protagonist is in the foreground and the female protagonist is in the background.
heroine puts down the gun, and the hero walks out and gets bigger and bigger, until she gets out of the screen, leaving the tiny heroine in the dark and unclear gray world.
Finally, what I want to say is that a good movie always uses screen coordination and strengthens the narrative. Knowing this, watching a movie will be more fun.
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