You can't get rid of Babadu if it's briefly or skipped.
If it's in a word or ti's in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook.
This is a horror movie. The director used a symbolic approach. As for the interpretation of metaphors and symbols, some articles have very detailed interpretations, which can be referred to. Here we mainly talk about the film from the aspects of film shooting skills.
After watching this movie, it can be said that the cost of this movie will not be high, which is really bad. Many parts that seem to be special effects can actually be done with special photography.
The first half of the movie feels raucous. The director amplifies the loud noise of the little boy, whose voice often drowns out ambient sounds, loud and continuous. At this time, the mother's response was indifferent, neither comforting nor stopping her, and her expression was irritable.
The indifference and alienation between mother and child naturally creates an atmosphere of suspense.
Next, the little boy also behaved strangely, behaving erratically, and making weapons.
Although there is nothing scary in the film, the abnormal interaction between mother and child is already unpleasant.
Unusually a monster. The director skillfully used the actors' performances to make the audience feel disharmony. People have an instinctive aversion to discordant things.
The dissonance between the two continues until the film's turning point. The book "Babadu" appeared inexplicably at the door and was read by the mother.
This is where the dissonance of the film reaches its extreme.
The director used such a picture: the child is crying hysterically in the arms of the mother, while the mother recites a warm bedtime fairy tale with a blank face.
Then there are the routines of normal horror films, special effects and monsters.
The director skillfully used the subjective lens to observe the mother from the perspective of the monster. This is a very tricky approach. In the first place, there is no need to create a specific image of the monster, and terrifying things are more terrifying just by imagination. Second, it can save a lot of money.
In fact, there is no specific image of the monster in the film. With the help of books and imagination, sound and performance are used to create a terrifying atmosphere.
The director was very successful. We can see that there are few special effects, not many actors, and few scene transitions. However, the entire film, with its depth and suspense, not only creates a terrifying atmosphere, but also tells a story in its entirety, leaving a controversial ending.
The director is the soul of a movie. As long as the director knows what he wants to shoot, the team can provide the best service within a reasonable budget.
This film can be regarded as a textbook-level work of low-budget horror films. I really should let all directors in China learn it, and stop making a terrible horror film with a rotten toothache under the pretext of budget and censorship.
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