Fritz LANG's "M, the Cursable Man"
is his first sound film (1931), also as a classic One of the film’s templates, the film’s shooting skills and the film language expressed are quite wonderful,
so I intercepted a few small pictures to share with you~~
Lens 1:
1, (Story background: due to repeated child murderers When committing the crime, people in Berlin are in a state of panic. The streets are full of bounty notices for the capture of "Murderer." On the post of the notice, the camera stayed on the notice with the movement of the ball, cleverly bringing out the key points, and it was made by a "little girl". )
2. The audience finished reading the content of the notice within a fixed time frame. As the little girl's ball was looming, there was a sudden and spontaneous sense of tension in the atmosphere. It seemed that the little girl had come to the tiger's mouth like a prey!
Sure enough, a black shadow appeared. Please pay attention to the place covered by the black shadow (yes! It is the German "murderer" of "Morder")
3. The black shadow asked the little girl: "Your ball is so beautiful, what is your name? What's your name?" When M (Shadow) asked what your name was, he bent down and just revealed the "murderer" he had just covered. Even in silence, he also introduced himself~ ~
Shot 2:
When the little girl falls into the mouth of a tiger, the movie uses a set of "empty" shots to show the death of the child, such as a
wonderful window shot of an empty plate where a mother is waiting for the child to come back for dinner
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1. Cleverly used the reflection of the window to create the effect of mise en abime. (Story background: Mr.M is wandering on the street again (kind and ignorant face), but at this time the city has secretly organized a "guerrilla team" to capture him), the knives and forks displayed in the reflection, the handles are framed He "enclosed" it, it was completely foreshadowing~
2, and then Mr.M found the "prey" (also surrounded by knives and forks, danger!!) in the mirror of the shop window, so he became addicted to drugs. "It's going to happen again. Then the camera retreats behind him, please pay attention to the image of him displayed on the window, which represents the appearance of his dual personality at this moment "Mr.M~~Transformation!!"
3. The innocent little girl walked through another window. , She didn't know that there was a big bad wolf behind~~, there was a "rocket" that kept moving up and down in the window, and it stuck straight at her, DANGER! ! ! , There is a turntable on the right that flickers yourself, be careful that you have become a target, be careful of being "fudged" by the big bad wolf~~~
Shot 3:
1, (Story background: Mr.M finally found his prey tonight, "Fudge" In the process, the children are going to be soft, so they are strolling in front of the dazzling display windows. The person who follows him has taken the opportunity to very cleverly mark his back (the first hand), so that "guerrillas" "Tracking.) Please note that the director gave us a little surprise. The legs of the toy in the window just appeared in the movement of an M shape, and there was also an M on the wall in the distance, and the actor's walking position was also correct. Being directly below the toy leg indicates the arrival of a double danger. Later, when M found the M-print on his shoulder through the mirror in the shop window, his bad luck began (the actor's huge eyes are also the highlight of the film).
In fact, this Mr.M is a mentally ill person, and in many cases he is not aware of his crimes. In the end, he was also a victim when the citizens wanted to execute Mr.M without passing the fair justice. The script is also very particular about the handling of this character. In the first half of the film, when he is a criminal, there is almost no clear picture of Mr. M, nothing more than his voice, shadow, and back. In the second half, when he became a victim, the focus of the film was given to him. The metaphorical meaning in this is quite important.
The 31-year film can have such skill and depth of thought. Fritz LANG is indeed the pioneer who has been imitated the most by modern filmmakers~~ I am so patient to see the last person~~55
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