In this shot of 51 minutes and 29 seconds of "Play Time", Tati shows his ingenious associations and reflective criticism with exquisite shots and mise-en-scene.
This is a long-range shot, the position and direction of the lens are fixed, and the foreground is the sidewalk and the green flower belt by the wall that occupies the bottom third of the frame. The middle shot is of two large juxtaposed glass windows and the two families behind them, including huluo, with the back wall of the house in the background. Before this shot, the audience was shown people in two rooms watching TV, the two families were separated by a wall, and their TV sets were mounted on this wall, so the direction between them was face to face . Back in this shot, the camera is set so that both the TVs and the wall where the TVs are located disappear from the shot, the two families are sitting face to face and seem to be able to see each other, but we know there is a wall between them Across, they are watching their respective TV, they can not see each other. Then the scene scheduling began to dominate. First, in the house on the right, the man with a broken nose came home, and her wife was surprised; at the same time, in the house on the left, everyone leaned forward and looked at them seriously, as if they were being attacked by the injured man. absorb. Then the man on the right got up and walked back, while the man on the left turned his head to speak or ask Luo, as if wondering what the man on the right was going to do. The man on the right took a sip of wine, and the man on the left looked at each other as if he had an answer. Finally, the man on the right began to undress, and the family on the left began to send their daughter away, as if to prevent the child from seeing pictures that are not suitable for children. Finally, this fantastic shot ends, and the wall separating the two houses and the TV on the wall reappear in the shot.
Why did Tati take this shot? This shot consists of multiple frames. The entire shot is one frame, and the two large glass windows side by side are also two frames. The roles are limited in it, and the audience can spy on the two families. In the background, the back wall of the house also has a square frame, and the character is restricted again. The TV they are watching is also the frame, which tightly confines the characters and fixes them on the seats. The TV allows the characters to spy on them, and it also allows us to spy on the characters. The actions of the two families echoing each other will make the audience unconsciously think that they can see each other. They have staged a scene for us in reality. The boundaries between them seem to be broken, but it is all an illusion. illusion. They have always been estranged from each other, each independent. The director used a wonderful method to break down the barriers between them, allowing them to interact, expressing his thoughts and expectations on the relationship between people. Let's talk about the set in this scene, the whole picture is surrounded by squares and straight lines, windows, chairs, lamps, TV sets, cabinets, walls, paintings, etc. are all composed of squares and straight lines, which are in line with the overall silver and gray tones It conveys rigid, dull, and depressed emotions to the union.
In this scene, Hu Luo is the only person with a lot of action. He got up several times to try to leave, and slipped once. Compared with the slowness and sluggishness of the others, it shows that Hu Luo is not suitable for such an environment, so that life.
This scene closely follows the theme of the movie, showing the influence of modern cities on people, and the ingenious shots and wonderful scene scheduling also show the master style.
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