(1) Concept clarification
Viewpoint, that is, the angle from which the content of the story is observed and narrated in a narrative work. The viewpoints of films are usually divided into pan-viewpoints (full viewpoints), single viewpoints (subjective viewpoints) and multi-viewpoints. Different choices or use in combination.
Compared with objective pan-viewpoint and subjective single-viewpoint, multi-viewpoint is more comprehensive, and "Assassination Base" is such a multi-viewpoint movie. As Wallace Martin pointed out: "In most modern narrative works, it is the narrative point of view that creates interest, conflict, suspense, and even the plot itself." The use of viewpoints has completed the foreshadowing, turning point, climax and ending. The viewpoints have played multiple roles in the narrative of the film. The following will be interpreted from three aspects.
(2) Functional Analysis
l Suspense delay
"Delay" originates from literary creation, which means that when expressing the desires and purposes of characters, stagnation at one of the key nodes leaves readers with imagination space between plot points and plot points, resulting in an unexpected and implicit art. expressive effect.
As one of the narrative methods, delay is also widely used in film creation. The alternation of viewpoints in "Assassination Base" has the characteristics of delay. According to the viewpoint sequence of "reporter-bodyguard-police-passers-by-president-pan-viewpoint", the film gives a multi-angle description of the terrorist attack that occurred within 15 minutes. In the first five stages, the suspense can be summarized as "Why does terror happen Attack + Who is the terrorist + Is the President dead" - "Where is the real President + Who is the terrorist" - "Whether the terrorist escaped successfully" - "Whether the little girl survived + Whether the terrorist successfully escaped" , and when it came to the fifth point of view "President", it answered the suspense in the bodyguard's point of view, and threw new suspense "How many terrorists are there?" "Will the president be rescued?" How will we respond to terrorist attacks?” From the above list of suspense, we can see that the suspense about the identity of the terrorist and the life and death of the president runs through, and all the suspense does not come to an end until the pan-perspective stage, which is based on the perspective of terrorists. Answer, thus completing the delay of suspense, so that the film narrative has been gripping.
l Boot information configuration
The choice, organization and emphasis of narrative content are different when choosing different narrative viewpoints. The information the audience obtains from the film comes from the narrative viewpoint, which is also limited by the narrative viewpoint. In "Assassination Stronghold", the information configuration of different viewpoints presents a pyramid shape. The reporter's viewpoint reveals the least information. The audience only knows that a major accident happened at the scene, and that there is a loyal bodyguard by the president's side who once held a gun for the president. As the viewpoint changes, the amount of information gradually increases, but the panorama of the event is not revealed to the audience until the final pan viewpoint. The creators took advantage of the restricted feature of a single point of view, prudently presented information to the audience step by step, and withheld key information until the end of the film, enhancing the impact of the climax of the narrative on the audience.
l Invert characters
The narrative viewpoint guides the audience's attention and emotional response. Under a single viewpoint, the audience can understand its psychological content and mental state, and thus more easily identify with the viewpoint character, which makes the viewpoint character directly affect the audience from the film. Character image, and the degree of emotional contagion.
From the bodyguard's perspective, we'll see his companion as a reliable, friendly captain, switch to the police's perspective, and we'll see his girlfriend as the murderer, and from the passerby's perspective, we see him talking to a brown-skinned young man, But they won't pay too much attention to it, and until the end, the audience's first impression of knowing them has been deviated. The originally reliable captain is actually one of the terrorists, and the irrelevant young man dominated the entire terrorist attack. Originally hateful. The Bomber Girl actually has a good heart, and such a reversal enhances the drama of the story.
The plot design of "Assassination Stronghold" is not uncommon, and even a bit cliché, but the flexible use of viewpoint narrative is an outstanding springboard, from which the tense rhythm and dense suspense come from. It can be seen that fully grasping the viewpoint is often the advantage of the film. necessary prerequisites.
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