"Clover Archives": The Road to Monster Films

After "Godzilla", the monster invasion movie seems to be in desperation. Pure follow-up movies like "Alien vs. Predator" have begun to appear. There are few low-cost, high-quality monster films like "Dark Strike", nor can they become a universal template. The routines commonly used in monster movies are actually very similar to police and criminal movies, except that the villain becomes a monster. New Hollywood has undergone many years of development, and many monster movies have also been developed into anyway movies like "Bonnie and Clyde." However, due to the limitation of the subject matter of the monster film, it cannot gain more room for further development. It wasn't until the advent of "Clover Archives" that monster films seemed to find a better way to innovate-video experimentation.
Because the subject matter and plot are very monotonous, mainstream monster films can only innovate from images. The method used in "Clover Archives" is very risky: the whole film uses a DV machine as the first perspective, all characters can only move within this perspective, and the conversion of scenes and perspectives is very rigid. All things must be naturally "happened" in front of the camera instead of deliberately using the camera to "see" the story-the domestic masterpiece "B Area No. 13" made countless mistakes when using the DV perspective, leading to horror films Become a comedy film-not to mention, for the use of full-scale handheld photography for monster films, a little carelessness will have devastating consequences: people cannot see the clear image of the monster and the whole process of the monster’s injury. This is very disappointing, and it can even be said to deviate from the purpose of the monster film.
However, "Clover's Archives" is perfect in both scripting and editing. The DV is converted into the hands of several protagonists at a very precise time, using the DV switch to erase unnecessary parts, and at the same time inserting the cause and effect of the story during the rewinding process. It should be said that it is difficult to have a first-perspective film as detailed as "Clover's Archives". The rough photographic style on the surface coincides with the theme of dogma95. The operation behind the scenes of the film provides a new way not only for monster movies, but even for all low-cost commercial films. From this perspective, "Clover Archives" Contribution cannot be measured by awards and word of mouth.
It is also necessary to pay attention to the direct impact of the "Clover Archives". These influences are mainly the imitation of the image style, and most of them appear in the monster invasion movies of the same theme. "The Ninth District" should be regarded as the most famous work among them. The highly controversial "Skyrim" and the "Battle of Los Angeles" which advertised and added money also have traces of "Clover Archives". The most widely recognized is the handheld Photography application. For a science fiction film, perhaps the greatest achievement is to find a new path.

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