After watching this documentary, to be honest, I was deeply touched, and the whole incident made people feel a lot of emotion. Perhaps it is resentment at the sloppiness of the American police and judiciary in this case, and the absurd irony of the lack of legal institutions, or perhaps it is a kind of truth and innocent people implicated in the truth. Helplessness and sympathy... This inextricable combination of emotions makes people have to review this documentary again to sort out the detailed interpretation of this documentary on "how to detect cases that are difficult to distinguish between true and false". "The Thin Blue Line" is a criminal investigation documentary released in the United States in 1988. Director Errol Morris deliberately broke the stereotype in the selection of core events, shooting methods and narrative angles. After reading the entire documentary, you will find that his shooting and editing tend to be the same as the style of the film, and it is a semi-documentary technique commonly used in American series films. And this semi-documentary method has a successful aspect, that is, the use of the retelling method. Compared with traditional narrative documentaries that are highly professional and monotonous, audiences are more willing to accept a more intuitive visual effect. Using a game-like and simulated narrative strategy to make the case public is also the highlight of this documentary. At the same time, this documentary, which resembles the film, is regarded by the critics as a masterpiece that marks the birth of the "new documentary film". The focus of the film is to state the incident and reproduce the facts. Through the interweaving of these two points, the whole process of the case is sorted out and the truth of the incident is discovered. In the process of stating the case, the director basically invited the parties to restore the truth through their oral complaints in front of the camera. In addition to the suspect David Aarris, the suspect Randall Adams and the two police officers who dealt with the murder case, the relevant characters appearing in the film also include many of David's friends, judicial officers, and the person in charge of the case. , jurors, legal lawyers, etc., many characters interspersed, and they were comprehensively sorted out from all angles, which played a powerful role in the statement and analysis of the entire incident. At the same time, in this presentation process, in order to better interpret the development of the incident and the process of the trial, the director combined relevant news and newspaper manuscripts and relevant formal cases to sort out the documents, and used the words of past facts to restore the handling of the case at that time. In order to better restore the facts, it is impossible to attract the public’s attention only by speaking and writing. The most prominent shooting method for this documentary is the events shot by director Errol Morris through the simulation of the scene. reproduce. The most important of these is for the police officer Robert A mock-up of the night of Wood's death, as well as mock shots of Adams' interrogation and case handling. During the whole shooting, the director can also capture some specific things to connect the scenes, and also play a role in creating a better atmosphere, such as: the ashtray full of cigarette butts appeared during the investigation of the case; The clock on the wall; the shaking clock that appeared during David's interrogation; the flashing red warning lights of a police car on the highway; a drink with a straw held by the policewoman... The appearance of these things does not seem to work, but it plays an unpredictable role in the description of the event and the contrast of the atmosphere. With the music background in a suitable scene, the film and television effects presented give people a sense of immersion. Contextual effect. The director's selection of documentary materials from all angles is enough to show his intentions. At the same time, let us focus on the shooting of the whole film, and there will be different harvests. The film's sorting out steps for the case are very orderly, and there is a degree of relaxation, and it is also well grasped in different scenes. Because it is in the form of a documentary, the scene rendering and emotional contrast cannot be achieved like a movie, but the director added a unique artistic effect to the simulation and restoration of the scene. Throughout the documentary, there will be constant scene switching, and the size of the scene will also be changed. Medium shots, long shots, close shots, and close-ups are perfectly matched all the time. When a character speaks or analyzes a case, the close-up view given by the camera effectively demonstrates the interview style of the documentary. At the same time, when the important event scene is restored, the long-range view is used to present the process of what happened at that time, and at the same time, it cuts into the personal medium shot, such as: Wood police Shot down to the ground. And continue to capture details through close-up depictions, such as: the policewoman's hand holding buckwheat juice, Adams' flying beard, the suspect's iconic curly hair, and the blue Vega and Comet logos. Different angles will have different associations, and this, in turn, will have different assistance for the investigation and development of the case. In addition, the film has a special finishing touch in the shooting is the use of time effects. The viewing experience presented in the entire video very accurately conveys the key events that the director wants to highlight deliberately. The scheduling in this way can effectively attract the attention of the audience without causing the divergence of consciousness. In the simulated restoration scene of the case, the movie-viewing feeling formed by the headlights creates the atmosphere of the massacre of the shooting, and at the same time pays attention to the fixed frame of the characters, such as the scene of the policewoman getting out of the car and shooting when her companion is killed, using a close-up view The object is placed in the center of the picture, and the bright light is concentrated on the person, which plays an emphasis. And when a couple in the jury testified that Adams was the murderer, they portrayed the movie viewing in this scene when they simulated the flow of vehicles on the dark road and the lighting and visual angles. The embodiment of these details is enough to demonstrate the restoration of the event itself and the appeal to the truth. Based on the murder of Police Officer Wood in Dallas, Texas, USA in 1976, the semi-documentary method reproduces the entire process of the case and trial through the lens while highly restoring the past of the incident. In this semi-documentary shooting method, there is no narration of the teller in previous documentaries, and there is no obvious event outliner and inductive person. Therefore, when I first saw "The Thin Blue Line", I couldn't figure out the specific character lines at all. One of the important shortcomings in this film is that I am not clear about the identities of the characters that appear on the scene. The characters are all so complicated that when I first started watching, I really watched the beginning several times. Although the style of the film tends to be a movie, the presentation of the characters should not only be the presentation of events, but also a specific character introduction. In addition, some scenes in the film are constantly repeated, and even the repeated burdens do not play the role of the finishing touch. I think that a simple statement may be closer to the public than a professional description. "The Thin Blue Line" is a very documentary documentary, and it was also a novel and rare documentary at the time. It used a documentary method to track an unjust case of killing a police officer and clear the suspect 11 years ago. The accusation successfully restored the truth of a fact. This is the charm and strength of a kind of art, not in grandstanding but in the essence of life and respect for facts. "The Thin Blue Line" is a very documentary documentary, and it was also a novel and rare documentary at the time. It used a documentary method to track an unjust case of killing a police officer and clear the suspect 11 years ago. The accusation successfully restored the truth of a fact. This is the charm and strength of a kind of art, not in grandstanding but in the essence of life and respect for facts. "The Thin Blue Line" is a very documentary documentary, and it was also a novel and rare documentary at the time. It used a documentary method to track an unjust case of killing a police officer and clear the suspect 11 years ago. The accusation successfully restored the truth of a fact. This is the charm and strength of a kind of art, not in grandstanding but in the essence of life and respect for facts.
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