Sound effects, soundtracks, composition, scenery, photography, editing...the basic skills of these films are well done orphanage. In addition to the rhythm, it should be faster....
The horror section of the film belongs to the most common scenes in traditional horror films, such as the sudden sound, the feeling of slowly approaching, the child behind, the horror mask, the inexplicable movement in the dead of night, etc. Wait... The film as a whole is quietly and slowly, explaining the clues step by step, connecting all the foreshadowing in the second half, pushing it to a logical and inevitable consequence, and then ending with a high-profile sensationalism. The narrative style is also traditional, but shows mature control.
Most of the horror scenes and visual effects do not sell bloody stimulation, but create suspense in a leisurely manner, let the tension stretch to a certain extent, and then release it in a mode that is in line with imagination and audience expectations. Although there are not many new ideas, the scene is well controlled and basically achieves the expected reaction that a horror film should achieve (except that the corpse of the old woman in the car accident and the scenes of "deception" are a bit too much). As far as these horror links are concerned, the scene scheduling of the orphanage can serve as a model for similar traditional horror films.
The director did not show more ideas and ambitions in this horror film, just to tell a simple story of a mother and son. The whole movie serves to express the story well, and if there is any ambition, it is just an expectation to scare you from time to time and make the audience shudder for a while. This purpose is simple and direct, and the result is successful~~
In the process of unfolding the story, because there is no more intention to express the existence outside the theme of "the present home, the past", even the scene outside the orphanage Things are rarely involved (limited segments, such as a meeting with bereaved parents, the police and the hospital, with few scenes)... Therefore, the plot of the film is compact and practical, and almost every scene is "useful" ”, which is directly linked to the coming of the ending.
Therefore, orphanage reduces the redundant expressions that are outside the plot in order to highlight the character or highlight a certain emotion.... The impression left by the whole movie to the audience is intuitive and happy, but the impression left by the characters is not full enough. The traditional stereotyped characters like traditional narrative lack bright spots... In terms of performances and themes, the film can play a little more....
But the expectations of ordinary audiences for a horror film can almost be met in orphanage .
Special mention is the scene of the conjuring, which is the most tense scene in the film, and has not appeared in recent horror movies for a long time... It can be regarded as one of the most classic horror scenes of last year!
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