The first is to analyze and summarize the components of the entire film:
1. The small repair section
is the beginning, introducing the background. Explorer and Hubble are connected together. We know that Ryan is an expert and has a specific task. She communicates with Houston constantly and wants to fix a bug on Hubble. This paragraph also introduces the role of George Clooney. We know that he is a spacewalker, a leader, and has specific equipment (jetpack) that allows him to control the direction of flight in space. (Remember the scene in Wall.E where Wall.E used a fire extinguisher to fly with Eva? The jetpack is a bit like many fire extinguishers gathered together and sprayed in different directions) And Ryan can’t fly freely and can’t control his direction . We also know from the conversation that Clooney is a very humorous person, a typical Space Cowboy, and this is his last spacewalk, he intends to break the record of his predecessors. The Houston headquarters informed them that the Russian satellite was bombed, resulting in debris, and a small foreshadowing. We also know from the conversation that Ryan is a theoretical person. She always uses a simulator, she has no actual combat experience, and she crashed even during the simulated landing. This is her flaw. I think the more interesting part of this movie is to see how Ryan’s flaws, driving needs and obstacles prevent her from reaching her goals, and how she overcomes difficulties
2. The first time she was smashed + returned to the space station
This is Incident Incident, the incident in which the protagonist's Normal World was broken. Russia bombarded its abandoned satellites with missiles, and the resulting fragments hit other satellites, creating more fragments and attacking Sister Sang and the others at a rapid speed. Because there are too many damaged satellites, NASA has to cut contact with them. The floating debris hit sister Sang and their work area, causing huge damage. Sister Sang was thrown out in the chaos. Since she didn't have the equipment that could control the direction like Clooney, she kept flipping in the air. The rapid breathing caused her oxygen concentration to drop very quickly. At the same time, she and NASA also disconnected, and the GPS was gone, she couldn't know her location, and the situation was critical. Insufficient oxygen is a ticking clock, which makes the audience nervous and expectant. In
this part, we saw sister Sang’s response to the crisis situation: complete panic. This is normal, and it instantly narrowed the distance with the audience. Don't panic about this. This panic also paved the way for her growth in the future. Characters always have to have a process of establishing a character arc, and there is room for improvement from the ordinary.
But then she and Clooney had a radio connection, and she informed her where she was relative to explorer. He flew in front of Ryan with his equipment, connected her with a rope, and then they flew back to the space station together. He asked him to set a countdown of one and a half hours, because it was about an hour and a half before they were hit by the debris for the second time based on the speed of the debris flying. This is another ticking clock. In the process, we learned about Clooney's ability to molest others. Ryan had little to say because of his conservative personality and the lack of oxygen. But we know the most important event about Ryan's heart: her daughter is dead, and Ryan has nothing on earth to worry about or care about her. She herself said that when she drives to get off work every day, she lives like a robot, and life seems meaningless. I think this place reflects her driving need: to reunite with her daughter (that is, to die). Pay attention to the difference between Driving Need and Objective. The former is generally internal, while the latter is generally external and can be reached. Objective of the film she is back on the ground, is a tangible goal, but her heart and her driving need is contrary to the objectives, both rear of the film will be more prominent contradictions
3. explorer destroyed + to enter the international space station
two of them After returning to his explorer, he found that he was smashed. There were several heavy shots depicting the dead astronauts. They are the only survivors. So they decided to fly to the International Space Station, where the emergency escape capsule can help them go home. Here is point of no return, which means that the old world of the protagonist no longer exists, and they must work hard to adapt to the new world. Clooney took Sister Sang to the International Space Station. Clooney continued to molest her, and the character contrast between the two came out again.
4. Landing on the International Space Station
Clooney's jetpack is out of service. They crashed into the space station, trying to catch everything, but it was very difficult and they didn't catch anything. Just when they both were floating away, Sister Sang's feet were entangled by the parachute rope and fixed, but Clooney continued to float outside. Sister Sang tried to use the rope connecting them to pull him back, but every time she pulled him, the rope on her feet loosened and couldn't support the two of them. Clooney decided to sacrifice himself, disconnected the rope between them, and floated into the void of space, just to give Sister Sang a chance to board the International Space Station. The radio communication between the two of them has not been broken, so Clooney used his knowledge to guide Sister Sang how to find the entrance and how to enter. Clooney told her to fly to the Chinese Space Station Tiangong, where she can ask for help. At this time, due to too little oxygen, Sister Sang was already struggling, so Clooney continued to tease her to encourage her, keep her awake, and say a little humor such as saying after floating away: "My record of spacewalking. It’s probably not going to be broken for a long time.” (It makes me sad because knowing that he knows he is dying, and he can still be so humorous, it really highlights the sadness with laughter)
This place stands out because Clooney asked her to say:” I am gonna make it." At this time Clooney had already floated away, and under the influence of multiple emotions such as insufficient oxygen and her guilt and panic, she froze for a while before replying to Clooney, "I am gonna make it." Clooney She told her again: "You need to learn how to let things go." One means that he will die if let go, and the other means that she must learn how to let go of her daughter's death and move on
Sister Sang. After all the hard work, I landed on the space station and supplied oxygen. She used the radio in the central control room to contact Clooney and asked him to tell herself his coordinates so that she could rescue him, but at this time their radio connection had been cut off. In desperation, Sister Sang reported to the headquarters: "I am the only survivor." The headquarters still did not answer. From here on, everything depends on her. No matter how she lacks actual combat experience and how lonely she is, she must go on.
5. Going out to cut the rope + second time being smashed
The International Space Station is also a mess, and there is no one. The bursting flame caused the space station to catch fire. In the chaos, Sister Sang took a fire extinguisher to the cabin where there was a pusher to move forward. When moving forward, she found that the parachute behind the cabin was entangled with the whole space station, so she couldn't move forward at all. At this time, it was only 7 minutes before the second attack of the debris. Sister Sang decided to get out of the cabin and get rid of the damn parachute. When she was almost finished, the debris hit and caused huge damage. Sister Sang returned to the cabin and escaped, but the International Space Station was basically destroyed and scrapped, and her cabin was still intact. She said something very interesting: "I hate space."
6. Giving up + restoring hopes
escaped a disaster. Sister Sang decided to march on the Chinese Space Station Tiangong, but found that the propeller of her cabin ran out of oil, and she couldn't move at all. . She fell into despair. She tried to contact Tiangong by radio, but no one answered, but she received a signal that seemed to be from the earth, whether the people inside spoke English or not.
This part is considered the most important part of the whole film. If this is not handled properly, the whole film will only become an excellent adrenaline movie. Characters need to struggle and change. I said earlier that her driving need is to reunite with her daughter, but now she still fears death. "Everybody dies. It's just that I am going to die today!" This can be regarded as a small resistance before her death, people will be like this,
but when she hears the cry of babies on the radio and the lullaby of men on the radio, she will Decided to die, she succumbed to her driving need. "Is that a baby? I used to have a baby too. Keep singing..." Then Ryan automatically lowered the oxygen level in the cabin, ready to face death. Maybe she was scared at first, but the baby sound on the radio awakened her driving need. She didn’t care what her objective was anymore.
Then there is the illusion about Clooney. In the hallucinations, Clooney was still alive, knocked on the door from space, entered the cabin, and told her not to give up. If the landing procedure is started, even if there is no oil, the cabin can still move forward. We can understand Clooney here as her subconscious. He also asked the most important question in the film: "What's the point of living? You can choose to die here or return to the earth. Either way, It's gonna be a hell of a ride." After some struggle, Ryan Recovered hope, increased the oxygen content in the cabin, and decided to give it a try. What did she defeat? She defeated herself, she decided to move on, and she rediscovered the meaning of being alive. When preparing, her monologue is very powerful: "Matt, if you see a beautiful little girl, it is my daughter. Say hello to her. Tell her that my mother will live well and I will not give up"
Ryan start landing procedures, to enter the temple
7. landed Temple
Temple has entered into the tracks, to enter the atmosphere. Sister Sang put on a spacesuit, put on a fire extinguisher, and ejected herself when her cabin was about to be handed over to Tiangong. Use the fire extinguisher to fly and adjust the direction, trying to catch any part of the Tiangong. Then she climbed up hard, found the entrance, and entered the heavenly palace. (Please note that any movement in space is very physically demanding. Don’t be deceived by my understatement. Sister Sang found the entrance very hard.)
8. The third time I was smashed into the atmosphere,
it was obviously also hit by debris. There is no one. Ryan pressed a bunch of buttons to start the program without knowing Chinese, and set off into the atmosphere by himself. In the process of entering the atmosphere, she separated several more cabins, and then waited for the verdict of her fate. Her monologue is still very powerful: "I may burn to ashes in the next 10 minutes, and I may also successfully return to the ground. Either way, it's gonna be a hell of a ride." With super majestic music, We also truly experienced Ryan's transformation and different attitudes towards life
9. Out of the water + landing
Sister Sang was unlucky enough, and her cabin landed in the water. The weight of the spacesuit caused itself to sink. She tried to take off her spacesuit and went upstream, but she was entangled in the water weeds again. The foreigners around me were all laughing, probably because I thought she was sad enough. Then she went ashore and lay on the beach (a long time in space, there is no strength to return to the earth's legs) to touch the earth's soil intimately. She said "Thank you." She finally realized how happy it was to be alive. Then she stood up hard in the epic and vigorous music, and walked forward slowly step by step...
In addition to truly embodying everything in space, the most outstanding thing about this film is the shaping of the hero's journey. Why did we get such a big catharsis (emotional vent) after the film ended? Not only because she overcome the difficulties on the surface and returned to the earth, but because she defeated herself and found the meaning of life again. We can clearly see how complicated her flaws, driving need, obstacles prevent her from achieving her goals, and how her transformation is shaped. If you don’t beat yourself, this film is a typical attempt to use real special effects and various ticking clocks and various claustrophobias to make the audience’s hearts hang on the last adrenaline movie that was put down, and then you won’t remember it after watching it. . The film explored more profound topics. After reaching the ground, she said "Thank you" to the land, which reflected her rebirth.
And then talk about some of the technical characteristics of it the whole movie, Sound Design first
movie beginning you can hear the dialogue and NASA astronauts, a theater came from the left, from the right came a very three-dimensional, must go to the cinema experience
next I think the whole team is working hard to restore the real sound transmission in space. It's not like Star Wars, where two ships chase each other and shoot each other will have an effect. So basically when you were smashed for the first time, you didn’t hear too many exaggerated sound effects. You only heard the screams of Sister Sang when she kept being smashed and some not too big sound that could only spread the smash. . And this scream has also been processed. It sounds like the dull feeling through the helmet of the space suit, so what you hear is very real, as if it is really in space.
There is also a comparison of sound levels. Sister Sang made a lot of noise when she found her cabin was out of gas, and then the camera moved out of the cabin, and the sound disappeared in an instant in line with the camera. You can only vaguely hear Sister Sang’s mad and muffled voice, just like you. It's really the same as looking at her from outside the cabin. There are many times when the loud music in the first second is still loud or effective, and the next second instantly becomes silent. This very prominent contrast highlights the depression and despair of space. No one in space can hear your screaming
soundtrack, which is also very good. It is very good to express emotions, and at the same time it is not overwhelming. The vigorous music at the end is so exciting, I am still excited when
I think of it, and then I want to talk about the scene. I’m not an expert. Please correct a
lot of changes in the angle of view if there is a mistake . Sister Sang kept flipping in the air after she was hit for the first time, and the camera moved with her, as if the audience was constantly flipping. For many of the shots in the cabin, the entire screen is also rotating, as if simulating the kind of rotation of the cabin in the real environment. Sister Sang is sometimes upright, sometimes upside down, and sometimes slanting on the side. This truly embodies the state where everything is floating in space. At the same time, there are a lot of first-view shots. What you see is what Sister Sang saw, including the display screen on her face mask. The breath formed by her breathing on the screen. With the dullness taking effect, people with claustrophobia may be really claustrophobic. Can't stand it. When Sister Sang tried to climb the International Space Station and Tiangong, there were many first-view shots, so the audience could experience her struggle.
The special effects are really perfect. The whole film is basically completed under the green screen, and there is a huge difference between Avatar and this film. The special effects of gravity are very similar to the special effects of the Junior School. They are mainly for the story, not the dazzling special effects of the magical blockbuster. It’s really awesome to achieve this level of special effects, because you don’t notice the special effects at all, and you really think that everything is happening in space. This is also a state of special effects.
It can be seen that the dialogue is very attentive, with a lot of echoes, which makes the heavy movie have a little humor and emotion. For example:
"I am brown eyes" appears twice, once when Sister Sang tells Clooney, another time when Clooney tells Sister Sang
Clooney always nags that his ex-girlfriend ran away with a man with a lot of hair. When Ryan tried to contact him by radio, he mentioned "Tell me about the man with a lot of hair".
"It's gonna be a hell of a ride" appeared twice. The second time obviously improved a lot of meaning. It reflects the transformation of the protagonist.
This is a movie that must be seen in the cinema. So don’t hesitate
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