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Using low-saturation black and white pictures to narrate the story period after the death of the father, which reflects a sense of coldness and vicissitudes, while recalling the father and mother. In the story period of the film, brightly colored pictures are used to reflect a sense of romance and happiness, and through the use of such high-contrast colors, the time and space of the film are naturally distinguished and given emotional color.
Zhang Yimou, who was born in photography, is very good at using color and has a soft spot for red. From "Red Sorghum", "High Red Lanterns" to "My Father and Mother", we can see his red complex. The red cotton jacket and red scarf on the mother Zhao Di is extremely eye-catching in the picture. In the scenes of delivering dumplings, looking for hairpins, and waiting for a husband, Zhaodi's running is like a splash of red, showing the shyness and beauty of the young girl's love incisively and vividly. impressive.
Second, the overlapping method of the film
Dissolving is a feature of the film and is used frequently, but with different effects. Some are for the transition of time and space, such as completing the time and space transformation of narrative by overlapping the road from the photo frame to the entrance of the village (13'); some are for expressing the sense of time passing, such as the multiple overlapping of the dining table during school (23') to express Zhao Di. The delivery of meals day after day highlights her urgent concern, as well as the process of carrying the coffin back to the village at the end of the film (74'). In order to express her emotions, for example, the person looking for a card to issue a card goes out early and returns late (50') for several days, which reflects Zhao Di's perseverance and tenacity, and highlights her frustration and loss that she couldn't find a "token of love" to issue a card; The association of time and space, and play the role of time and space interlacing, such as the most wonderful fusion at the end of the film, which is also the climax of the film (85'), a set of time and space interlaced montages are used to superimpose time and space, color, sound all together, condensed It captures the essence of the whole film, reflects the vicissitudes of the years, the sense of right and wrong, and also reflects the mixed feelings of the protagonist.
3. Camera usage
1. In the short-shot montage
, the facial close-ups of the father and mother are frequently assembled, and the vivid expressions of the faces are used to convey the inner emotions of the characters and the communication between the two people outside the words, depicting the meeting, acquaintance, The whole process of falling in love. In the scene where the two met for the first time, a lot of upgraded photography and telephoto lenses were used to lengthen the picture time, in order to create a detached atmosphere and to highlight the effect of only father in the eyes of the mother.
In addition, montages of short shots are also used to reflect the tense rhythm. For example, this group of shots (45') for the dumplings running, used 21 short shots in a row, without music and dialogue, all of them were fixed camera positions, Zhao Di entered from the right side of the screen and exited from the left side, and finally the shot fell on Mr. The panorama, Zhao Di's cry sounded outside the painting. This set of shots cleanly accounts for the more complex changes in the space and creates a sense of silent tension. There are many other wonderful applications like this, so I won't go into details.
2. Frequent use of fixed scenes
There are many frequently used fixed scenes in the film, such as the panoramic view of the road at the entrance of the village, the back view of the mother weaving cloth in the door frame, the distant view of the school building, etc., all of which have deep meaning behind them. For example, the road at the entrance of the village is not only the clue of the whole film, but also the concentrated expression of the love with father and mother. Its panorama appears no less than ten times in the film. The film starts from this road and ends on this road. Wearing a red cotton jacket and running on this road, the camera is raised, the picture stretches into the distance, the bright red is frozen in the picture, and the film ends. This not only echoes the opening and the title, but also refines the theme, that is The love of father and mother is like this road, tortuous, long and profound.
Fourth, the finishing touch of vocal music
The soundtrack written by Sambo for the film greatly enhances the appeal of the film. Not only that, the sound of reading is also the finishing touch of the film. Many narrations are triggered and promoted by the sound of reading. At the end of the film, the superposition of the sound of reading by father and son transcends the limitations of time and space, making the sound of reading in the entire film. The emotions of beauty, expectation, and hope are mixed together to create the climax of the film.
The narration in the form of voice-over avoids the procrastination of the picture, speeds up the process of the film, and makes the film full of documentary feeling.
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