Watching Notes 61: Several very beautiful treatments

Idell 2022-03-23 09:01:39

1 As soon as the shot came up, it was directly strangling the victim, which was very impactful, putting suspense and conflict on the stage at once, making the audience unable to take their attention away. (The person who actually pulls the rope is the second male who has a worse psychological quality. At first glance, it seems wrong but it is actually more reasonable. In this case, the male protagonist will ask the second male to "practice", and he will "assist" him)

2 After the banquet, the camera is aimed at the box, one side is the guests politely saying goodbye, and the other side is the maid cleaning the "table" in an orderly manner. Great tension and suspense with such a daily & smooth shot.

3 When the teacher recreated the crime scene, instead of filming the crime, the narrator's line of sight was shown by moving the camera. Simple, elegant, very immersive, full of imagination.

4 The "criminal solver" chosen by the male protagonist is his former teacher. In the words of the second male lead, he said, "You are the same as before, and want others to see how smart you are". The underlying psychology of wanting the teacher to praise himself is very convincing, and it greatly explains the biggest contradiction that the story may exist-why did the male protagonist specially invite a smart and suspicious person to this banquet (if it is just for excitement, this story It will be one level lower than it is now, pure psychopath).

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  • Brandon 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The rotten sees the basics... There are still traces of the stage play in the camera and the position, but they are also cattle, but I prefer the Twelve Angry Men; the discussion of advanced homicide in the middle is the essence; I don't understand the meaning of using Brandon's back as a transition.

  • Coby 2021-11-13 08:01:22

    Xi Pang also likes to be innovative in technology. The first color film is so experimental. The seamless connection of the long shots makes this closed-space indoor play more like a stage play, and the smooth movement of the shots is breathtaking. It's a pity that the typical "bomb under the table" suspense story is not fascinating. The two gay male protagonists are boring, and they can't enter the plot except waiting for the ending. Looking at it today, the tendency towards homophobia is a bit obvious.

Rope quotes

  • Brandon: Now look, I'm not going to get caught because of you or anyone else. Nobody is going to get in my way now.

  • Brandon: What are you doing?

    Rupert Cadell: It's not what I'm going to do, Brandon. It's what society is going to do. I don't know what that will be, but I can guess, and I can help. You're going to die, Brandon. Both of you. You are going to die.

    [opens a window and fires three shots]