After watching the short film "Love, Holding Hands" directed by Daniel and the feature film "Love, Simple", after an afternoon of giggling in a sweet atmosphere (?) I feel that what I see is no longer simply the love of an innocent teenager or It is the growth of an independent boy. I began to seriously think about what I wanted to express and made some comparisons. The first film review still doesn't intend to be too subjective, but just wants to compare it and rub out some different ideas.
The overall styles of these two works are similar, they are simple and fragmented and ordinary pictures, only to express the mutual temptation between the two boys and open up the secret love between the two boys through the lens without too much modification and the relatively life-like content. journey of. But after careful experience, after the second shot, Daniel also adjusted a lot of details with ulterior motives.
The first is that it makes a big difference in intuitive experience. In the short film, the "younger" actors seem to be a little bit young in controlling their acting skills, but they have a natural campus atmosphere that is not shown in the drama film. Everyone in the drama film looks more like it. These sane adults. In the drama, Giovanna's personality is more delicate and meticulous. In terms of feelings for Leo, it seems that friendship is greater than love, but in turn it highlights that she actually cares very much. In the short film, Giovanna's personality is not only cheerful and outgoing, even in the plot where Cabriel talks about Giovanna to Leo, he is directly described as "interesting" for Leo, and his care for Leo is also clearly highlighted. Giovanna can be regarded as the character with the biggest intuitive gap between these two works.
The next step is the main content that Daniel has done the most. The processing and adjustment of the film have alleviated the placement of the two themes in the drama. In the beginning, I just found that some injuries were adjusted. For example, in the short film, Cabriel used to hold people with his right hand. From the action of Cabriel drinking a drink, it can be known that he should use his right hand to operate the crutches, that is to say, he is holding the crutches with his left hand. other people. This awkward little detail disappeared in the drama? Furthermore, it is a relatively far-fetched transition, such as "pushing", "brushing teeth" as an excuse to promote the plot, etc., in the drama, have been reasonably transformed into inner drama or used a better transitional bridge.
After the minor adjustments, some changes were also found to accommodate the theme of independence. Where Cabriel left the jumper, it became almost unintentional in the drama, unlike in the short film, which was naturally and deliberately left after being discovered. The feature film hides Cabriel's feelings deeper, and while exploring each other, it leaves some reasonable space for Leo's idea of studying abroad. The plot of sniffing the jumper naturally changed accordingly, becoming the loneliness of Leo alone, using a dream to express his unrequited love for Cabriel. The flesh has always been a topic that cannot be avoided in the same sex theme, but the desire in the short film is very understated. It is far inferior to the "bath in the bathhouse" in the drama film. It is a place for everyone to feast their eyes. It's the real curvy man, who only reached the peak of desire until he dragged it here. At the same time, in the drama, Leo kissed the details of the glass door while taking a shower, so I was suffocated?
The editing of the footage and the content of the dialogue have also been adjusted due to changes in the form. In the short film, the shots are mainly centered on two scenes, the classroom and the home, which are single and compact, and the dialogue content is relatively close to life and slightly sparse. In the feature film, the scenes have changed a lot due to the addition of themes, the feelings are more refined into small segments and the dialogue content is also more cinematic. But it’s the background music that is very worrying. Can’t you just pick two better ones to match in the drama? In the short film, the blushing and heart-pounding feeling two or three times is baked by bgm, maybe it’s possible It is intended for us to experience it by ourselves in the drama (helpless). There is also a very important little detail in the short film, that is, when the get out of class is over, the noise next to it is clear. Give praise?
Finally, there is the theme difference that we can all feel. Feature films are more focused on growth in content, and the mutual affection with Cabriel is part of his growth. The most impressive thing is that kiss. In the short film, it is simply and directly. A kiss pushes the boy's love into another person's heart. Layers of layers are laid out in the drama, and the kiss comes out first, and it is also sweet to hide quietly in the last greasy plot. I am very happy that neither of these two works makes people feel as if they are struggling to come out. They are more ordinary, like expressing the love of two boys in a living way, even though they are in school. There should be prejudices. In the drama, because there is no question about sexual orientation by Giovanna, the whole person feels very happy. I hope that one day same-sex love can be understood and accepted by everyone in such a simple and unbiased manner.
At the end of writing, I still share my favorite two lines of dialogue quietly: (forgive me for not knowing Portuguese, I can only read the translated subtitles)
"Love, Holding Hands"
Leo: Look.
Cabriel: What are you looking at?
Leo: Various things. (Favors)
"Love, Simple"
Cabriel: If you steal a kiss from someone, how do you return it?
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