1. Aerial photography, but aimed at the ground, wobbly and unstable. The composition is uncomfortable and the view is not pretty. Equally unstable and not pretty city after skimming the ridge. The chimney that stands in the middle is reminiscent of a cross or a gallows. The tense and suspenseful music continues right up to the first shot. It is followed by a voiceover, "Baby Baptism."
2. A close-up of the baby. The baby did not show an innocent and cute look, but looked confused and nervous. Involuntarily, he was manipulated by his mother and handed over to the "priest". The two protagonists just flashed by in the picture. At the end of the shot, the backlight from the window sprinkled behind the baby. In addition, this lens should be fixed on the baby basket or basket, and the lens will always follow the baby's face and move with the baby. It's weird...like a horror movie approach.
3. A medium shot of the family and the pastor, explaining the characters and what is going on. Although the light is bright, people are placed in the foreground, making the picture in an unstable state. (There is also a sense of peeping and being watched.) There is also a side backlight of a very bright window outside the foreground, and the characters are all squeezed into a small space, which is very cramped. Although it is a shot with a narrative function, it still takes care of making the picture uncomfortable.
4. A complete picture of the transition lens, slightly down. As the game ended, everyone stood up. In the distant view, the already small family was almost submerged.
5. The sound of the truck whistle leads to this shot from the end of the previous shot. The director directly put the cross and the chimney together this time. An empty mirror. The whistle continues until the next shot.
6. Empty mirror, the truck is coming, used to explain. The oncoming big truck, the shrill whistle. nervous.
7. A close-up shot of a truck driver. Mainly the efficacy of the lines, the prejudice against their sect.
8. The truck driver is subjective, the role of the lines, and the prejudice. The "christening" ceremony ended.
9. Another image of the truck driver, as the object of the radio conversation. The role of the lines continues.
10. The onlookers of the local residents at the end of the ceremony... The special and alternative nature of "their" can be seen. They are not integrated with the general public, but isolated.
11. Ken can be regarded as the "subjective" of the onlookers. The actor used a tripod to take a group photo with his family and himself. The screen is slightly down, and the telephoto is also very cramped. Then a red truck whizzed past the foreground. After the lines are over, the sound of truck whistle bursts into the screen from far to near. Cut out a mirror.
12, big special, sewing lace edge. Red, base, white lace trim. The impact of the sewing machine and the needles are clearly visible.
13, big special, big scissors cut the lace edge. The scissors are also too strong!
14, account for the camera, Streep sewing clothes. The refrigerator in the foreground (the refrigerator is too clogged) and the bar and there is actually a table or something on the bar... It still squeezes people into a small space.
15. Streep took his clothes, barely showing his face (hidden by the white veil of the crib after a flash). In the center of the picture is the red dress that was just sewn. (Pricked by a needle, the small red clothes cut with large scissors)
16. The camera is comparing the size of the baby inside through the white gauze. Voice-over, there are guests visiting.
17. Transition shot, two women talking, opening the closet.
18. Black baby clothes in the closet. Weird. There is still a foreground in the shot, making the picture unsettled. The black clothes are also faintly exposed between the two women. The female visitor's line emphasizes "black", but they take it for granted. Unusual in ordinary life, strangely emphasized!
19. The younger son interjected, it was the newborn baby.
20. The counterattack in dialogue with the younger son is the same as the 18 mirror.
21, Close-up of carrying an empty coffin, voiceover preaching. Weird.
22. Close-up of the male protagonist (side! Not front!) Sermon!
23. Medium shot, audience reaction to the carrying of the coffin. (surprised, panicked, disgusted...the reaction is very strong)
24. The close-up is only after the coffin is lifted, and the same as 21, showing the text of persuading to quit smoking.
25. Panorama, slightly down, people throw cigarettes into empty coffins. In the scene, there is a black background, dark chairs, and dark colors occupy a large area in the picture.
26. There are a few children watching and laughing at the crack of the door. (Let the actor act differently)
27. Empty cutscenes. Night, the main character's home exterior. Part of the panorama of the house is blocked by trees, making it impossible to see the whole picture and the surrounding environment.
28. Streep in the door is waiting for her husband, and the dark and cold tone outside the door occupies most of the picture. The husband enters from outside the painting, and the camera follows the house. Does not explain the environment of the house. The white veil reveals the black of the night. The unexplained space also makes people uncomfortable with the unseen and dark parts. Contrasted with it is the warm and unaware conversation between the husband and wife. The lighting in the house is also very special. The husband leaned in front of the vanity mirror when he entered the door, with the mirror behind him. The husband himself is in shadow, and the light is getting darker and darker from the dresser to the outside of the painting. Horror movie way. What cannot be seen is the darker part that extends out. The darkest part of the drawing to the right has a curtain, implying that there is a dark window on the unseen side. The husband then walked to the highlight next to Streep and the two kissed, but the lamp still cast a huge shadow on the wall. Streep stood out with a big red blanket over the quilt! Unsettled colors!
29. The husband points out the location on the map. Communicative.
30. A conversation between husband and son, ready to go on vacation. The control of the picture is still very cramped, there is no complete relationship between characters and space in an independent scene, and even the car is only partial. The lines also mention that animals are food for humans, an unknown fish.
31. Point your finger to the location on the map, where the big rock is, for transition.
32. The aerial shot rushes to the big rock, and the voiceover is a continuation of the last father-son dialogue. The sky is cloudy and the picture is unstable, with large rocks emerging from the horizon. There were crows in the voice.
33. In the crowd, the male protagonist took a photo, and the color of his clothes highlighted him. Backlight, but the performance is a bitter face. Everyone else was holding a camera, but he was using a tripod.
34. The wife and children are in the triangular shadow composition formed by the huge rock. The (dangerously) pulled back shot shows the enormity of the environment and the insignificance of the characters. The stones seemed to be piled up unsteadily there.
35. The sports camera sees the people playing from behind the rocks. "Voyeur" before noticing a wild dog looking at the crowd. Wild dogs were also found.
36. Close-up of the wild dog
37. The heroine is in the middle shot, and there is another tourist in the background. People's reactions to dingoes. (not afraid).
38. The camera movement is like tailgating and peeping. After following the protagonist's family, move to the tree trunk to cover. The trajectory is like a wild dog following, but the altitude is not. (Deceiving tricks, specious shots)
39. People who climb big rocks up the mountain, big vision.
40. The wives watching at the foot of the mountain.
41. The man who fought back and took the beer up the mountain. (The way up the mountain is dangerous)
42. The front, the wife and children who are watching. Looking through the binoculars, a man is running.
43, counterattack, vision, the man leaves the mountain trail, in a dangerous place.
44. Streep medium shot, viewed through a telescope. found out that it was her husband.
45. The husband is in close-up, telephoto, looking at the watch, anxious.
46. Same as 44.
47. The whole family is taking pictures.
48. Husband takes a mid shot. The background is an empty horizon in an isolated prominent position.
49. The object of the photo, the wife and the baby, are also on the sloping rock, and the background is the empty horizon, which is dangerous, isolated, and exposed.
50. Everyone is full. The husband holds the baby and guides the wife to take pictures.
51, close-up, wife holding the camera. The wife looked behind her husband. Groups 48 to 51 are all 90-degree front and back shots.
52. The two boys climbed to a high place, indicating danger.
53. Aboriginal people appear around tourists. Unexplained inexplicable footage. (Therefore, it is used for the formation of doubts.)
54. A close-up of bathing the baby, with side backlighting and edging.
55. Medium shot, evening, with a little environment, the mother is bathing the baby.
56. Put the baby on the towel, big, the baby has no expression.
57. Streep writes, motherly love, kindness.
58. Baby close-up, lying down and getting dressed.
59. Close-up of socks. Emphasize the baby several times, making people faintly disturbed.
60. Confession, the son talked with another family with a baby.
61. Close-up, detail of dressing the baby. Keep on emphasizing!
62. Medium shot, the husband and wife are talking, the husband is a little absent-minded. Watch the sunset.
63. The wife stayed in the car with the baby and two sons. The wife looked tired.
64. In the crowd, the husband is taking pictures. The lens processing is the same as the 33.
65. The large rocks in the camera are superimposed into blood red. Fade out, transition. 8'38 "
Night... Then the tragedy happened... I
used a lot of horror movie techniques to pave the way for a layer of unease before the incident.
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