-A brief comment on "The thin red line" ("The thin red line") 1
:00:01:02—00:01:33
Content: The crocodile swims slowly into the water full of duckweed.
Photography: Photography is a single soothing motion lens, pan→push. The tone of the picture is dark, creating a quiet and infinite mysterious effect.
Paragraph meaning: As the beginning of the film, the appearance of the crocodile has a symbolic meaning. The cruelty and violence of the crocodile is based on its instinct rather than evil. Crocodiles are hunters, and their purpose is to survive.
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00: 01: 34-00: 02: 21
Content: Show all kinds of trees in the forest, or use powerful roots to occupy the territory to absorb nutrients, or entangle each other for mutual benefit and symbiosis.
Photography: A combination of a sports lens and a fixed lens, using atmospheric perspective effects to express the elusive inner confusion.
Narrator: "Why are there so many wars in the world? Why do things kill each other? Land and sea are against each other? Is nature full of hatred? Does good and evil exist at the same time?" Five questions lead to the content of the film.
3. 00: 02: 22-00: 02: 54
Content: Indigenous children on South Pacific islands use raw food and flint.
Photography: Documentary style, follow-up, long lens, handheld photography.
Subject: Individual→Group→Individual
Paragraph Meaning: Use the most primitive life performance to return to the basics and return to the truth, seek the intention of returning, and compare it with the following story.
4:00:02:55—00:03:21
Content: Indigenous children play in the water.
Picture: The tone is pure blue.
Excessive: Use a shot of a child going up the water to a shot of the American deserter Witt rowing on the water. The transition is natural.
5:00:03:22—00:03:50
Content: Wittur rowed a boat on the sea to greet the local residents passing by.
Paragraph meaning: Through Wit, the eyes of a deserter, to reflect the beauty of this primitive island, a person who was once a war puppet seems to have got rid of the shadow of war, and everything seems to be heading towards the light.
6.00:03:51—00:05:05
Content: Aboriginal mothers and children bathe in the water comfortably . Witter observes and recalls from the perspective of a bystander and a narrator.
Photography: The order of shooting is fixed lens → horizontal shift → front and back shooting → horizontal shift, always based on Wittur's angle of view.
Narrator: "I remember my mother's face was pale and wood-like before her death. I asked her if she was afraid. She just shook her head. I didn't dare to face her death, nor did I think she was honored by the Lord. Good thing, I heard that the spirit can be immortal, but I haven’t seen it.” This paragraph of self-report shows that Wittur is also a majority of ordinary soldiers. Ordinary humans’ view of death is that death means death. There is no such thing as whether it is glorious or great. Definition, so in the following wars, the glory of death won’t seem so valuable. The war itself is not great.
7:00:05:06—00:05:47
Content: Dramatic scenes, meaning religious rituals. It seems to be showing the mother, and it seems to be remembering something. Finally, the camera rises, and the room is topped by the sky. It seems that the director intends to show a hypothetical scene.
8:00:05:48—00:06:49
Content: A set of freehand shots.
Narrator: "I don’t know what will happen to me when I die. When you know that it’s the last breath, I don’t know how it feels. I hope to face him and her as calmly and as her... calm, when the mind is calm, the spirit will be Immortal" I think this narration contradicts the previous narration. Since it is said that peace can immortalize the spirit and the mother is calm when she dies, why do I say "but I haven't seen it". Or what he wants to express is that the immortality of the spirit does not exist.
9:00:06:50—00:08:08
Content: Wittur has a dialogue with indigenous women.
Photography: Follow the lens → play front and back.
Dialogue: The question and answer sentences in this dialogue have extended meanings
"The kids here don't fight?"
"Sometimes. When they play, they always fight." (Fights happen naturally, and Not deliberately, for a purpose, such as war)
"Is he afraid of me?"
"A little bit" (for strangers, fear from the unknown)
"Are you afraid of me?"
"Fear."
"Why?" "
Because you look like a...soldier" (The scent of the war left on Witte can no longer be erased, so let alone the pain that the war left in people's hearts, how can you forget it and forget it.)
" I'm like a soldier?"
"Yes"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Is the child tired?"
"Yes, he sleeps when he gets tired."
10:00:08:09—00:09:56
Content: Wit and the indigenous people live and play together, see the scenes of the indigenous people’s daily life, and listen to their original chorus.
Photography: Most of them are fixed lenses, and use a small amount of lateral movement.
Paragraph meaning: At the end of this paragraph, there is a vision of American warships, suggesting that the peaceful and beautiful scenes before are about to be broken.
11.00:09:57—00:10:50
Content: US warships appeared on the sea.
Photography: Camera movement, first follow the child running around and follow the direction of the child's movement, and naturally transition to the deserter. This kind of photography has the effect of separating the individual from the group in order to highlight the theme.
12.00:10:51—00:14:24
Content: The dialogue between Wittur and the deputy company commander.
Photography: All close-up shots, showing the delicate expression changes of the characters. The side top light effect uses smoking action to create a smoke effect that is sometimes absent. It conveys the inner activities of the characters, which is unpredictable. At the same time, it increases the level of light and reflects the director's aesthetic philosophy.
Dialogue: This dialogue shows two values.
"Witt, you haven't changed at all, you haven't learned anything. When others trust you, you are willing to fight for him. How many years have you escaped? You have been a soldier for six years. If you want to learn to be smart, now you should It's time." (In the eyes of the deputy company commander, being a soldier means getting honor.)
"We can't all be smart." (In Witte's eyes, war is cruel and meaningless, and so is honor.)
"Yes, What a pity. Look at you, you can't serve in my company obediently, you can't be a good soldier in this world. This is Company C, I am the deputy commander, and Colonel Stalos is the company commander. Here I have said. Forget it, no one can defy. You are just a mouth to eat. You were going to accept a military trial. If you are lucky, I will make other arrangements for you. I will send you to the disciplined forces to serve as a stretcher to take care of the wounded. "(Witt, as a deserter, is trying to get rid of the shackles of high civilization on the human spirit. He does not want to be reduced to a war machine.)
"I can accept any punishment, and I am twice as good as you alone." (Witt agrees with self-worth and freedom The
self is more meaningful than the bound puppet.) “In this world, a person is insignificant at all, and there is only this world.” (The words of the deputy company commander are equivalent to ignoring the value of the existence of a person as a person, and the value of the individual Erase it, thinking that everyone exists for purpose and for the purpose of this world. For example, soldiers exist for war, and there is no world that exists purely for existence.)
"You are wrong, deputy commander, I have seen another world, and sometimes I think it’s just my imagination.” (This world refers to the world on the island. It is too beautiful and too close to the original ecology of nature, so it becomes unreal in the eyes of highly civilized modern people. .)
"My view is different from yours. This world is self-destructing. You can only open your eyes and close your eyes and think for yourself. I may be your best friend, and you don't know it yourself." Responsible, what the current situation in the world is, it is not the fault of human beings. Human beings only need to live to serve themselves and don’t have to consider other things.)
13.00:14:25—00:15:42
Content: Dialogue between two deserters.
Picture: Top metering to make the characters produce yin and yang effects and express ambivalence. Borrow matches as a prop to create a visual center. Dialogue: "He
hates you so much" "I don't think he hates me because I don't hate him. I love the brothers of Company C. They are my family" (Hate is relative, there is no unilateral hatred. )
14.00:15:43—00:20:07
Content: The general and the colonel discuss the upcoming battle.
Photography: Natural light effects during magical hours, mostly panning and stationary.
Dialogue: "This island is called "Stubborn Rock". It was originally unoccupied by the Japanese army. Later, the Japanese army built the airport. The main battle zone is here. This is the way to attack Australia and the sea lanes of the United States. If you want to prevent the Japanese army from occupying the South Pacific, We have to start the war here. The Marines have tried it. Now it’s our turn." (General) (Explain why we fought this battle)
"We will work hard to cater to the general and lower our status for them, for my family, and for me. Home." (company commander)
"I admire you very much, Colonel."
"Thank you, sir."
"An officer at your age has already retired. You are a good soldier. The army needs a mature officer like you. We have Good sergeants and lieutenant colonels, they want to be generals once they become colonels, so they become politicians, they can only flatter their superiors, and it is difficult to adhere to principles." (points out that the colonel adheres to principles)
"You are right. Sir."
"The admiral pays attention to my performance. Someone must be staring at you, like a falcon. Someone always wants to take credit for you."
"Do you have a son, Colonel?"
"Yes, sir."
"Very well, you can't let your children and grandchildren fight this bad battle."
"Yes, you can't."
"Then attack the enemy with all your strength, kill the enemy, and take the airport."
"Yes, sir."
"Have you ever thought about it ." , Why did the Japanese build the airport here? We are not clear about the overall situation, what do you think?"
"I never wanted this kind of problem."
"You are very humble, no one wants this island...except you. How determined are you? "
I will try my best." (Paving the way for the next story)
"The sacrifices my family made for me are like being covered with water and hard to harvest. I could have loved them well, it was too late. My heart is dead, as slow as a tree Withering slowly. The greater the power, the deeper the fear" (company commander's monologue) (War turns a normal person into a cold machine, no matter which side of the soldier, there are countless families who sacrifice and give like this. Finally, sad and nostalgic)
15:00:20:08—00:23:55
Content: The soldiers of Company C in the cabin showed various reactions before landing.
Picture: Use the lines of the bed in the cabin to create the depth of the space, lengthen the depth of the space, reduce the plane space, and create a feeling of depression.
Dialogue: (A) "I just felt scared and couldn't control it. When I was young, my stepfather used bricks to beat me. I was so scared. He always hid and often slept in the chicken coop. I thought I would not be scared anymore. But now I am divided. I’m scared every second. I’m about to land and we’ll be attacked by air strikes. We will die on the beach. This ship is like a drifting grave. Only God and death are eternal. I only worry about these. This war is not you or me. The end of his life." (The way he relieves his fear is to find a place where he believes to be safe and undiscovered. Under the war, he has not found a place where he can sleep peacefully. "This "A war is not the end of you and me." I understand this sentence, even if we survive this war, who can say the next, the next, the next, can we escape, as long as There are endless wars, and there will be endless deaths. Wars serve politics, and politics serve people. The most basic right of man is the right to survive, but now because of war, the most basic right of man is strangled. This is one
(A contradiction) (B) "Will there be an air attack?"
"How do I know? The other soldiers said that there was no attack last time. The last time they were almost killed, what do you want me to say."
"Thank you, you Nothing. But I want to tell you that we are like dead ducks on the boat."
"I knew it a long time ago." (Unknown is fear)
(C) "I'm going to get that pistol . Only with a pistol can I deal with it. Japanese samurai sword.” (Use tools to comfort yourself)
Meaning of the paragraph: As the righteous side, the U.S. military did not show arrogant fighting spirit before the battle, and it was not a very superficial slogan. Fear is human nature, and it can be seen at this moment.
16:00:23:56—00:26:40
Content: Prepare to board the ship.
Photography: Hand-held photography, showing chaotic battle scenes through shaking.
17.00:26:41—00:29:14
Content: Landing
Photography: Multi-directional and multi-angle shooting. The transition between panorama and close-up shows both the details of the characters and the macro scene of preparations.
18:00:29:15—00:30:44
Content: Go forward after login.
Photography: Light effect during magic time. The front and back are interlaced with the lens to produce an observation perspective, so that the audience can have a 360-degree understanding of the surrounding natural environment.
19:00:30:45—00:37:54
(1) 00:30:45—00:31:03 showing natural creatures, the picture is like a landscape film in "Man and Nature", using the top light perspective produced by sunlight Effect, create a sense of sacredness;
(2) 00:31:03—00:31:51 marching scene in the bamboo forest. The vertical lines of dense bamboo are used to create an exaggerated perspective effect, which promotes the movement of the line of sight and creates a sense of tension.
(3) 00:31:52—00:32:34 The picture of the hills moving forward, backlit and metered, make the characters lose details, create silhouettes, and form a sense of sculpture.
(4) 00:33:13—00:33:37
Picture: When shooting army mountain climbing, curved lines are used to express twists and turns and movement, and the composition reflects the beauty.
(5) 00:33:38—00:35:40
Content: Everyone was advancing in the weeds and accidentally found a comrade in arms who was brutally killed.
Photography: Use a variety of photography methods, follow-up → subjective lens → follow-up → subjective lens, adding appropriate shaking such as, this shooting method makes the film have a documentary-like real feeling.
Paragraph meaning: This paragraph has two functions: First, it is a transitional period, explaining the marching process of the troops, which meets the requirements of time logic; Real news meets the requirements of plot development.
(6) 00:35:41—00:37:54
Content: The scene in the barracks.
[Total] 00:32:35—00:37:54 Reminiscence scenes like stream of consciousness. Overexposure produces a dreamy effect.
Narrator: "You are incarnate as everything in the universe, and everything cannot escape death. You are also the source of life. You are full of glory, compassion, tranquility, and truth. You can comfort people, give people understanding and courage, and make people satisfied. Maybe everyone All have a common soul and the same destiny. Each face is the same person, a self, and everyone wants to be redeemed, burning life like a charcoal fire." (In this narration, "you" can be nature, It can be God, it can be faith. For the universe, thousands of people together are one human being, one species. They have brains and walk upright. No matter how they look or feel inside, they will all be together. In order to survive, even if the same destiny goes from birth to death, it is particularly important to live freely and unfettered in this life course. Spinoza said, “It’s not because we restrain our lusts that we are Enjoy happiness, because we enjoy happiness, we can restrain lust.” And here, it is not because we are afraid of death that we love life, it is because we love life that we are afraid of death.)
20.00:37:55— 00:38:12
Content: The distant view of the mountain.
Photography: Shift the lens horizontally.
Paragraph meaning: as a transitional period, first move horizontally to take pictures of the mountain, and finally set at a point, and then turn to the characters in the mountain in the next shot. This transition method is naturally connected, as if adding a touch of lyric to a tense narrative .
21. 00: 38: 13-00: 38: 48
content: before departure, the company commander and the colonel's dialogue.
Dialogue: "We're going to attack that mountain."
"No, Colonel, we can't outflank the enemy."
"Under the cliff on the left is the river. The Japanese guards the jungle. We have to make a head-on raid."
"What about the water? There was no clear water in the mountains, and my brothers passed out because of dehydration."
"They can fight if they can complain."
So far, the contradiction between the colonel and the company commander has gradually emerged. The colonel takes victory as the reward for everything, while the company commander takes human life as the first element of consideration. The former loses his mind for victory, and the latter has emotions. So still stay sane. A red cordon has been drawn between madness and reason.
22:00:38:49-00:40:21
Content: The vanguard sets off.
Picture: Use the silhouette effect many times. Among them, the silhouette of the mountain and the dense cloud fill the picture, creating a sense of urgency that "the black cloud is pressing against the city and the city wants to destroy".
Editing: It shows both the U.S. army and the Japanese army's stronghold, with a close-up of the silhouette of the machine gun. This kind of editing increases the tension of the audience, just like watching a horror movie. Everyone knows where the ghost is, but the protagonist does not. , This arrangement is even more worrying, causing worries
23:00:40:22—00:41:11
Content: Soldiers face the prayers of candles at night.
Photography: Use profile silhouettes to produce yin and yang effects, express the inner conflicts of the characters, and match the sound content.
Picture: A picture like a prose poem, the only candle in the dark that gives light, the faint flame wavering in the air, as if fate is hanging. How to reduce the fear of death, find a dependence, give yourself an illusion, and make yourself believe in the most true and widespread lie in this world, and the Lord will bless you.
Narrator: "Lord, are you there? Don't let me betray you, don't let me betray my brother. You
fill me with confidence and hope." 24. 00: 41: 12-00: 44: 29
Content: Prepare for war, ready to go.
Dialogue: "We are selected, we have no choice, we have to go." (In fact, many of us have no choice, not just death and war. We have no choice when we come to this world, and we have no choice when we grow up. Choices, we have no choice but to breed troubles. Who is making choices for us? What we have experienced, now that we look back, seem to be destined, someone made a choice for us long ago, no matter choice A or choice B, we all feel the same regret or joy. In the war, whether we choose the winner or the loser, the outcome has already been chosen and it is sacrifice.)
Paragraph meaning: there is no main character, scan one by one, everyone is the same but different person, some will have stomach cramps, some will keep chewing gum, some will talk to themselves, under the shadow of war, human nature has been liberated, The pretense of strength no longer exists, but this kind of freedom is so sad.
25.00:44:30—00:47:00
Content: Go forward, the first sacrifice, two.
Photography: The color is not connected, the light is not connected. The front part seems to have deliberately lowered the saturation, and the color of the grass tends to grayish green. After the two soldiers sent out were killed, the grass on the hillside became brighter as if the clouds were seeing the sun.
26.00:47:01—00:47:20
Content: Another batch rushed forward.
Picture: Sunlight seems to appear.
27:00:47:21—00:50:50
Content: The offense has entered a state of anxiety. ,
Photography: Combination of close-up and middle shot.
Picture: The sun disappears and the picture turns dark.
The meaning of the paragraph: The U.S. military has been attacked violently, which proves that a frontal attack will inevitably lose a large number of personnel. The colonel insisted on a frontal attack, and the company commander began to question this plan. As a result, the contradiction between the two sides has further intensified, and the red warning line between madness and reason has been tightened.
28.00:50:51—00:51:02
Content: Birds on the verge of death after being burned by shells.
Paragraph meaning: Under war, war is no longer just a matter of human beings, and its influence affects natural creatures. This clip uses an unmodified realistic lens to show the last few dozen seconds of the bird’s death in front of the lens. With the bloody intuitive feeling of the audience, the victims in the war are not only humans, but the weak and small lives in nature have made a vain sacrifice. This almost cruel picture is cut into human activities, it seems so shocking, the destruction of weak lives heralds the beginning of destruction. Such sacrifice is not a natural destiny, but a blatant departure.
29.00:51:03—00:56:25
Content: The Japanese army was discovered and approached.
Photography: Simulate the subjective perspective and use follow-up photography to restore the real war scenes.
Paragraph meaning: The director attaches great importance to the detailed actions in the combat environment, such as soldiers raising their hands to touch the mimosa, the mutual scolding between the U.S. and Japanese soldiers, and the soldiers’ self-questioning. Such detailed shots show the personality characteristics of the person. More like a real person. In this war movie, winning the battle does not seem to be the primary task of this trip. Survival and preservation of life are the most important and most hopeful things.
Narrator: "I hit him. I killed someone. Killing is more serious than rape. No one can do anything to me." (Killing was originally a crime, but the war gave him a legitimate reason Under the protection, the murderer is not guilty, but it becomes a kind of proof that can be used to show off and honor a lifetime. The war tells us that the murderer is not guilty, what a ridiculous paradox.)
30. 00: 56: 26-00 : 59:34
Content: The deputy company commander died unexpectedly.
Paragraph meaning: The death process of the deputy company commander is particularly delicate and complete. It is the first time in this war that we have been so close to death for so long. The ambulance soldier Witt showed a relieved smile when facing the death of the deputy company commander. This seems to go against common sense, but it is actually rich in connotation. At the beginning of the film, Witt said that he did not dare to face the death of his mother. Leaving, he seems to have understood something. He seems to have understood. Leaving in such a peaceful life may be a misfortune; and in this cruel and crazy war, living is a difficult challenge. The spirit is highly tense, and being alive is more like a torture, it is better to go home. As for the deputy company commander, what he thinks before death is not faith, not responsibility, honor, or country. What he thinks about is his own wife, but only a small piece of desire in people’s heart, sex, at this moment, in such ordinary Even in vulgar words, the person's original face is restored again, and good and evil exist at the same time and disappear at the same time.
Dialogue: "Where am I?" (Why did the deputy company commander make such a question when he was still dead? Didn't he know that he was on the battlefield with the roar of artillery? I understand that his sentence was actually a rhetorical question. The meaning of this sentence is, why am I here, in a place so close to destruction. At the moment of birth and death, the world is the purest in his eyes. In such a world, people have never brought Nothing will be taken away. Without giving and receiving, people will not breed so many worries and desires. War is the epitome of human desire. On the battlefield filled with gunpowder, human desire is rising. The originally kind people have been soaked in the smoke for a long time, the original morality, the freedom that they hoped for, the fairness that they have maintained are wiped out one by one, and finally become cold madness.)
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Picture : 03 : A faint blue butterfly flies by among the advancing soldiers, among the green grass butterflies, the soldiers seem to be an unnecessary burden. Such deliberately arranged composition elements, like an exaggerated oil painting, are shocking.
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