As the narrator announced the end of the game, Iran fell into a national song of joy, and the sense of joy spread along the screen and merged into the mind. In order to witness the motherland's entry into the World Cup finals, a group of Iranian girls abandoned traditional moral values and tried their best to enter the game. Even if they had to accept the block from traditional morality, they were collectively sent to the Interpol. The film "Offside" is unique in its narrative style, uses appropriate audio-visual language, and criticizes the discrimination against women by traditional morality in the main theme, becoming a weapon to defend women's rights.
The narrative uses conventional narrative techniques, but it is clear that no one unmistakable character becomes the protagonist, but the six girls work together to drive the storyline through dialogue between the girls and the soldiers and others. The film begins with the first girl in the car taking it for granted that the girl is the protagonist, but when the girl who ran to the toilet to watch the game became the center of vision, the concept of the protagonist began to blur. When the first girl who was careful but was still caught on the grounds of going to school was the starting point, when she was caught in the women's detention area, the most subjective shots that were given to her basically disappeared, and the next shot, some just group portrait. A complete story line is formed by switching between different character dialogues. The footage has since passed on everyone like a baton, which is what really sets it apart from other films.
In terms of audio-visual, a combination of listening and listening is adopted. First, the background sound is not interrupted from beginning to end. The cheers of people on the bus are one after another. The game begins, even if there is no clear football game scene in the film, it still remains. You can know the status of the game through the shouts of different people. Under the background of the characters' performances, the original noisy strange words seem to have found their home under the director's well-intentioned arrangement, and they are integrated into one, which is indispensable. In terms of editing, when the six girls and the soldiers were listening to the radio on the bus bound for the Interpol team, in order to achieve the aftertaste effect of the extension of the tension, several long shots were used to avoid the sudden change of the picture. When the girl in the toilet looked at the soldier who was in conflict with the fans after using the toilet, the camera moved back and forth between the little girl and the soldier, resulting in the regularity of movement to stillness and static to movement, making the viewing experience The sudden change, the sudden change in its rhythm, is a kind of impetus to the plot. It is worth noting that the still picture of the front camera contains the complex inner emotions of the little girl who strongly wants to escape but is afraid of involving the soldiers. It not only promotes the development of the plot, but also enriches the image and character of the little girl, so that the film with some documentary charm under the hand-cranked lens can regain its original story. A variety of audio-visual language rivers change "communication" and merge into a vast ocean. It shows the supreme martial arts of the director, and is the finishing touch that the film can be full of vitality.
There is no doubt that "Offside" is a film with a strong theme, but he did not promote politics through most theme films, but satirized the traditional feudalism of the country's ideas of discrimination against women while promoting the theme. As we all know, the status of women in the Middle East has always been discriminated against women throughout the ages. Just a seemingly simple and ordinary football match in China that women are not allowed to watch. The girl who wants to go to the toilet can get a precious opportunity to go to the toilet only by playing emotional cards with tongue and Confucianism, but she is told that there is no women's toilet in the football field, and even women's physiology is forbidden, and the light of human nature is shrouded in darkness. . Because you are a woman, even if you are exposed to the world media, you can only sit behind the glass in the women's area and wait or watch the football game. One of the soldiers also said that they should not be publicized and so on. The whole country knows that women should not be discriminated against, but they are just trying to cover up. This is feudalism rooted in society. And the strong and masculine girl and the soldier gushed and asked, "Why can't women go in and watch the game?" "Why can Japanese women watch the football game?" During the training, the question is constantly revealed, why can't women participate in activities that men can participate in? The six girls were locked behind the green fence, forming an insurmountable gap with the soldiers next to them and the old man who appeared later, and when the girl who went to the toilet to watch the game was lined up, the soldier walked into the green by himself. The fence, but was asked out of the fence by the girl, the purpose here is the first-class accusation of male superiority. All in all, even if it is a satire of the superiority of men and women, the starting point is still patriotism, and the essence of the main theme is not too deviated, which is the good point of this film. It is in stark contrast to my country's box office miracle "Wolf Warrior 2". In the latter, the Chinese people are all incarnated as myths of immortality. Even the rich second generation can fight against the battle-hardened mercenary army. Hanging the national flag can make the army Armistice, too much emphasis on demonstrating national prestige and ignoring reality.
A scholar must be courageous and have a long way to go. There is always injustice in society, and human nature is inevitably incomplete. Even in the face of deep-rooted feudal ideology that is deeper than the sea, it is necessary to keep walking. Miracles exist. Light-like reference. The final celebration is not only the cheers for the victory of the game, but also the blooming joy after the struggle.
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