Light and shadow changes in the jungle and city

Sam 2022-03-25 09:01:06

I was staying at home on the weekend, and my mobile phone pushed me the movie "Captain Fantastic". As a sci-fi fan, I was surprised when such a "sci-fi" movie was released. With curiosity, I clicked on the movie, and finally found that it was not only the title that was magical.

At the beginning of the film, a panoramic view of the jungle in the Pacific Northwest is given. As the camera pans back, the scene is based on a jungle. In a documentary-like hidden shooting form, the upcoming hunt is shown nervously and excitingly to the audience. The appearance of the father and the children surprised me. After the father gave the eldest son a unique coming-of-age ceremony, the proud expressions of the children in the film and the bewildering me outside the film formed a strong confusion. What kind of movie is this?

Start thinking about why and how they live in the jungle. Next, I will analyze the changes of light and shadow in the movie for everyone.

After taking the prey back to the jungle home, the director used the soundtrack of "Boy 1904" to complement the camera. land. The use of light in the jungle is vivid and vivid, showing the happy and full happiness of the family in the face of the sun. Every time the light hits the face of the characters, there is no shadow. This is what the director wants to express the positivity and joy of living here, and it is also the contrast of light shown in the back to the city.

There is this scene, when the father and the eldest son go to the store, the light is different when the eldest son and the girl of the same age collide.

A girl of the same age and her friends in society
And the eldest son who lives in the jungle is afraid to communicate with the opposite sex

Later in the film, it begins to gravitate towards a road movie, largely obscuring the bright tones of the sun in the city. like:

Choose to wear a hat to block the light

When it seems like hunting in the jungle, the light gives full

The changes of light and shadow in this film are not only reflected in the city and the jungle, but more importantly, it shows the changing emotions of the characters in the film, the change of the father, the compromise, and also more for the deceased wife and the lover of him. children.

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Extended Reading

Captain Fantastic quotes

  • Ben: It's a beautiful mistake. But a mistake.

  • [first lines]

    Ben: [family gathers around the slain deer] Today, the boy is dead. And in his place... is a man.

    Bo: [rips off a bloody bite of the offered morsel]