Do you really think what you think?
The picture above is from the movie "Yokodo Seinosuke". We can see that this is a depth-of-field lens. The foreground is Senosuke and Shoko at the left and right points of the screen, and the main quilt at the third point (the center point of the screen) in the background. subject (for the two love touching nanny) is actually a position of confrontation with the audience but similar perspective of a third-party observer, with the lens slowly towards the third point, on the sidelines perspective completely dominated the screen, the audience Was brought into this perspective.
In the same way, the shot in this film is processed in exactly the same way (as shown in the picture above). The foreground is Alice and Bella at two points on the left and right of the screen, and the shot is slowly pushed to the center of the background, but the strange thing is, There is nothing in the background. As the lens advances and zooms, Alice and Bella draw the picture, and the picture becomes an empty lens. The third-party onlooker angle that should have appeared disappeared , and such lens processing has been repeated many times in the film. Appears, which makes people have to doubt that there is a special meaning, so we can make a bold conjecture. The third-party perspective that should have appeared in the center of the background image has not disappeared. It was just by the director Hausna. Hidden, in other words, there is always a pair of invisible eyes watching the protagonist in the film, and at the same time looking at the audience, and this hidden third-party perspective is Xiao Xiao Qiao .
Let's sort out the setting first: Xiao Xiao Qiao is a kind of artificially cultivated flower. Inhaling its pollen will make people happy, and it gradually has self-consciousness in the process of evolution, and people who inhale pollen will be alienated. ; Does it sound far from our lives? It's also difficult to put yourself in and experience what it's like to be infected with this kind of pollen? So how does Hausna immerse the audience in the film?
In the opening 6 minutes, the processing technique of "two points on the left and right sides of the screen talking, and the camera moved to the center point" appeared for the first time. The source of Joe’s name: Joe, and when the camera has completely focused on the bag of food, an editing point suddenly appeared. The existence of a tripartite perspective.
What is the purpose of this hidden perspective carrier? In the internal system of the film, Xiao Xiao Qiao can only live in a laboratory or a flower pot as a kind of flower, but its pollen can be everywhere, without a concretization. The carrier of, even as a spectator perspective, cannot become a specific subject. This is the main reason why it is hidden. On the outside of the film , Hausna takes advantage of this perspective that stands on the opposite side of the audience. The way the camera is pushed to the third point of the background allows the audience and the film to become one.
At the 20th minute of the film, Benmiao became the first person to be infected by Xiaoqiao’s pollen
Starting from this node, the hidden perspective gradually has a concrete carrier ; for example, in the shot below, at this time Joe and his girlfriend Selma have been infected by Xiao Xiao Qiao’s pollen, and the shooting method of the shot is still selected The camera is positioned and then pushed. The lens is symmetrical at first. The uninfected Alice and the infected Joe and Selma occupy three points on the left, center, and right of the screen. They are completely balanced, but as the lens moves to the left Slowly, Alice gradually came out of the painting, Joe and Selma occupied the dominant position of the picture, the composition broke the balance, completely clarified the difference between the infected and the uninfected, and the audience was slowly invaded.
The person possessed (infected) by Xiao Xiao Qiao eventually becomes a "third-party perspective" like it, examining the uninfected person, and the audience is dragged into the film, substituting the hidden perspective from the opposite side . From a complete bystander to the carrier of Xiaoxiaoqiao's pollen itself.
The last time in the film, "the characters on the left and right of the screen talk and the camera moves to the third point in the back" processing method appeared in 1 hour and 20 minutes, after which the three core climax scenes of the film appeared.
The first scene is the death of Bella. Hausna uses a lack of information processing technique to maintain a sense of suspense. For example, in the shot above, she shows us a looking up perspective, most likely to be the murderer Benmiao Looking down, it didn’t give any backlash or make the camera revolve in the reverse direction . The sound element of Bella’s death was preserved, but the amount of information on the visual level was missing and was hidden , because At that time, Benmiao had been possessed by Xiao Xiaoqiao, and became the materialized carrier of the third-party perspective that had been hidden, so the concealed person became a normal person standing on the opposite side; the perspective gradually changed.
The next scene after Bella's death is extremely critical. In the first hour and 27 minutes, Hausna used a lens that was completely opposite to the forward push. Starting with a close-up of the main subject, the lens gradually zoomed out to show the panorama , because of the plot. At this point, almost everyone has been controlled by Xiao Xiao Qiao’s magical powers, and there is no need for any intrusion. The point of view has been completely removed from a macro perspective, followed by a group of infected and uninfected. The player’s pros and cons were examined for the final review; then, Alice was finally infected by Xiao Xiao’s pollen under the gaze of God’s perspective, and the climax ended in 1 hour and 33 minutes; the connection of these three scenes was extremely complete.
In addition to Xiao Xiaoqiao and the infected person, there is actually another higher-dimensional perspective: rotating surveillance cameras
The first shot of the opening is to overlook humans and Xiao Xiao from such a god’s perspective , and the most frightening shots of the whole film also come from this rotating camera. This is the largest extraction angle in the whole film , and it is also the core climax "Alice" The perspective of the foothold of “infected”, which serves as the information node of the film, re-extracts the audience immersed in the film, and clearly declares that it is only a matter of time before the entire world is completely infected.
Starting from the angle of view, the angle of view is invading, and the angle of view is secondly removed.
The main purpose of writing this article is actually to talk about Hausna’s technical use and excellent lens language. All the sense of suspense and fear brought about by the film is not only from the paradoxical soundtrack, but also from her author’s attributes and attributes. Talent. As for whether the final plot trend of the film is HE (the director's own interpretation is HE) or BE, it is naturally different.
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