Every scene in the movie is not given casually. There is a girl who pierces the blisters on her feet from the shoes at the beginning. I didn't understand it at the time, but I knew that this must be paving the way for some of the following plots. Sure enough, she has received a pair of shoes for her birthday every year since she was a child. She has not received it this year, and the shoes are already too small for her; it may also imply that something bad is about to happen (perhaps it is related to the person who gave her the shoes). ), but she'll work it out.
Voice: On one side is a birthday cake on the table, the candles on the cake have been lit, there is nothing else on the table, it is empty, there is no feeling of happy celebration, the light is dark, and it feels shrouded in an ominous atmosphere; the camera is zoomed in and out, I saw someone hurriedly walking around the table, and the sound of the picture was the sound of a car crash, the sound of a police car, the sound of a telephone, and the piercing shouts of people. At the end of the shot, someone took a transparent cover to cover the cake with the candles lit. (It's not the time to celebrate a happy birthday, the "good show" is about to start)
The simple scenes explained a lot, and the atmosphere was full.
Symbols and metaphors
spiders generally symbolize bad and evil things. Its appearance also implies that something bad is about to happen.
Key: The gift that india received at the age of 18 is not a shoe but a key. It was given to her by her uncle charlie to let her solve the mystery and discover the truth by herself. It indicates that charlie wants to liberate India's inner world and help her complete the "adult ceremony".
Wine: Charlie talks about wine, pun intended, it's still too tender, it's not the best time to open (to the effect). After dinner, charlie also said to india: "This wine is from 1994, the year you were born."
Who gave the shoe gift?
India always thought it was given by her father. Later, she found many birthday cards written by her uncle in her father's drawer, including a pair of high-heeled shoes given to her by her uncle, which can prove that the previous shoes were given to her by her uncle. The uncle told the butler, and the butler wrapped the gift and hid it somewhere for india to find it. Reason: 1 When the housekeeper first appeared to chat with India, she was holding a bouquet (lavender?) tied with a yellow ribbon. India noticed that the yellow ribbon was the same as the ribbon she received every day for gift wrapping. 2. The housekeeper is very concerned about whether India has found a gift, and his expression is mysterious. 3. The housekeeper and uncle said: "I have been your eyes, ears and hands all these years."
Lens space: I like a few scenes, one is a conversation between charlie, india, and india's mother in the kitchen. The three people occupy their own space fields, and they do not appear in the same shot; the three people stand in a triangle shape. Very independent relationship, and India and the two are in an antagonistic relationship, and the relationship between the two is tense.
Another scene is the scene where the three of them eat and chat at the dining table after the conversation in the kitchen. The three of them also occupy a space, and the relationship is still estranged, not getting closer.
In another scene, the three of them had dinner with Aunt Gin. Aunt Gin was sitting next to India. Gin wanted to protect India from being hurt. They were on the same front against Charlie and Evie. During the four-person conversation, auntie gin was shocked to find that Charlie was hiding the truth from the mother and daughter of India. Charlie's expression was calm, he stepped back, and after entering the venue, he brought three cups of tea (coffee?) There is no gin in it, he has decided to get rid of her. The last shot of this scene, the camera is behind charlie's head, the back of charlie's head is in the center of the screen, the left side of the screen is india's mother evie, the right side is india, charlie's head just blocks auntie gin, charlie has made up his mind to kill gin . (I think this scene was filmed for the first time the three of them had dinner)
The police asked India in the corridor about her male classmate's disappearance. Charlie was eavesdropping behind the door. When C left the camera, she followed the camera, only to find that C was not behind the door but was standing in front of the mirror, which was an illusion of the mirror. Then when c and h were questioned by the police, the camera movement was so natural and smooth! So lovely!
Lens connection:
In the opening scene, India has a close-up of her face in the grass beside the road, and the superimposed india runs from the depth of the field to the camera in her garden. The face fades out a little bit from right to left.
On campus, charlie drives to pick up india. A girl in yellow walked by, and then India sat in the school bus.
The school bus drives towards the depth of field, and according to the last shot, the audience will think that India is sitting in the school bus. Then, india appeared behind the school bus and walked, then, the environment changed to a forest path, india was in front of the camera, walking towards the depth of the field, and uncle charile drove behind her. A few shots are superimposed, a few seconds, the space has changed, and the time has changed.
India flips through the picture book, there is a page of the sea picture and the next page of the conch (field snail?) picture, turn it continuously, the white spray part and the lower half of the conch are like ice cream. Great!
Voice: india peeks at charlie and mother evie making out in the restaurant, the soundtrack is summer wine (male voice). When charle and evie kissed and c put his hand on e's chest, the camera was aimed at india peeking out the window, and the volume of the soundtrack also became louder. When india turned her head and ran away in jealousy and anger, the music changed to a female voice and sang a summer wine. I thought it was great when I saw it. Including india finding that evie is attracted to charlie, and it is also based on the mp3 that e is listening to is playing this song.
Lens connection:
Parallel montage, the sound of the documentary on TV, just combined with charlie killing Aunt Gin, India finding the dead person in the freezer, and Evie finding that Charlie has something to hide.
In the india bathroom masturbation scene, the director is very bad. At first, I thought that India was crying while leaning against the wall in the shower. Why did she get tired of taking a bath and masturbating after witnessing that Charlie killed her male classmate who tried to rape her? According to the book I read a few days ago - "Human Sexual Fantasy", when I was defending myself, I kept thinking about the belt that my uncle strangled an Indian male classmate. The belt belonged to her father. She had a good relationship with her father. It was difficult for him to accept the death of his father. She put her missing her father and her lust for her uncle
before, india said to charlie why she didn't know c's existence, c replied: because you stand lower than me. When India revealed the truth, she was standing at the top of the stairs, and chrlie was standing under the stairs, one looking down and the other looking up. Echoed around.
At the end, india was wearing her mother's skirt, her father's belt, high heels from her uncle, glasses that her father and uncle had worn, dyed with their "color", and drove away in her uncle's car. At this time, she felt Be free.
I really like the scene where india is wearing a skirt, standing with her legs crossed, picking up a gun, aiming at the target, and the music of "becomes the color" is playing, so cooool!
The story itself is very simple and unattractive, but the director has done a great job of setting off the suspenseful atmosphere through the camera, music, and suspense. The audience's taste was swayed in the first 3 minutes.
The first time I saw the credits at the end of the film, it was from top to bottom.
What does it mean to have a few shots at the beginning of the film to be framed? Is it an alert message? Force the audience's attention?
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