In this article, let's talk about the role of music in movies.
The overall narrative of the film is flat, and the director uses a very objective lens to express this sad and warm film. This kind of movie is not to make you sympathize, but to bloom in a desperate place and be moved by it. Not pretentious or whitewashed, it is temperate and powerful.
For such a peaceful and soothing movie, the background music is also restrained.
The first time the background music appeared was when Ali had just lost his sister Zahra's shoes. The two of them were doing homework together. The sister secretly asked her brother what if she didn't have shoes for school tomorrow? This story is started by this pair of lost shoes, and it also explains the poverty and poverty of this family. Facing the proposal of the elder brother who lost his shoes to wear his sneakers to school, the younger sister complained, dissatisfied, and aggrieved, but had to accept it. The camera captured the younger sister's tangled, hesitant, hand holding the pencil tightly, and the background music sounded. The melodious music was accompanied by a touch of sadness, and the older brother, like a bribe, gave the younger sister a brand new pencil, even more so. Deepening this sadness, other children have all kinds of toys, but my sister hesitates for a small pencil.
The second background music is when the brother and sister are washing shoes in the yard, a pair of shoes, running for two sections, turning the white shoes into dirty gray shoes. The two brothers and sisters then washed their shoes in the yard. Different from the sad music before, the background music history sounded briskly and joyfully. Brother and sister, each with one shoe, looked at each other and smiled, happily blowing soap bubbles in the sun. Under the rendering of the music, the whole atmosphere became better, the brothers and sisters also forgot the embarrassment of shoes, and also made the audience suddenly realize that they are just young children, and they also have a childish and innocent side. Besides poverty, there is also happiness, which is the optimism conveyed to us by the director. Can not help but envy such a plain happiness.
The third time the background music sounded when my sister and Ali exchanged shoes, the shoes accidentally fell into the small ditch, the water was running fast, and she kept running forward with the shoes, and the sister was chasing the shoes anxiously. The background music is fast and flustered, reflecting the panic of the little girl, and she couldn't help but sweat for her. The importance of this shoe cannot be overstated.
The plot keeps moving forward, with the sister and brother constantly running between the two schools. At this time, there was a little change in the middle, and it was my sister who found that her shoes were on another girl. My sister was looking for the girl in her shoes on the playground after class. At this time, the background music was brought in with some anticipation. The camera swept across the shoes of various colors, and finally settled on a pair of small pink shoes. After school, my sister followed the girl to find her home. Later, when my sister came to Ali and wanted to go to the little girl's house to discuss it, she found that the girl's house was even more difficult. The girl's father was blind. Although they are poor, their kindness has not been lost. This is what moved me in the film. Like a faint light, they struggled faintly, but in order to fulfill the beauty of others, the two thin children turned and left. The background music sounded, which was different from the previous pure music. This was an Iranian religious music. It sounded leisurely and seemed to praise the simple and kind nature of this nation. The essence of kindness is that it may not have much to do with the environment in which people live, but a beautiful character that people are born with.
These details are so warm and peaceful. And such "peace" actually does not need the "harmony" that we hold high to correct. And this kind of detail is all over the place in the film.
The background of the film is a social background with a large gap between the rich and the poor. In the film, the journey of Ali and his father to a wealthy family in the city takes up a long time in the film. Compared with the previous restraint in the use of music, I went to the city with my father to find odd jobs and used the background music four times at once. A series of hilarious plots and actions relieved me from the mundaneness of life. Music everywhere, joyful music with a hint of surprise when entering the city, jumping cheerfully when I go to a wealthy house to ask if employees are needed, peaceful and carefree music in the garden with the rich young master, and finally hitch a ride, after getting hurt His father slept in his arms, and the music did not hurt, indicating the end of a novel journey. This episode reflects the director's kindness and warmth. Although the rich young master has no worries about food and clothing and has an enviable big house, he is extremely lonely and eager to communicate. Although Ali's family is poor, they are happy in life. The director's warmth is reflected in this, so this film is not a means to win cheap sympathy, but a kind of respect.
The appearance of two pieces of music is also another turning point in the film. A notice appeared in the school to hold a marathon. The third prize was a pair of shoes. In order to get shoes for his sister, Ali asked the sports coach to give him a chance. Ali runs at full speed on the playground, and the soundtrack plays. The other is that Ali was happy to tell his sister the news, and the two of them smiled knowingly, which was very touching.
The final film pushes to the climax. The final marathon is arguably the most exciting part of the whole film. For the next seven minutes or so, it was running. The winding mountain road was long and did not know the end. The camera shot from different angles, running and rushing forward. There was only one posture, that is, running forward. It started with the footsteps of a large group of people, and gradually I heard the footsteps of a small group of people, followed by heavy breathing. The conversation in Ali's head with his sister seemed like an encouragement to him. In front of life, the director only opened one eye, calm and objective. However, life is also unfair. Even a seemingly egalitarian long-distance race has a vicious hand tugging at the back. But Ali got up again. A long road ahead, there is a pair of shoes waiting for Ali.
At the end of the long run, the exhausted Ali rushed to the finish line like a little leopard, all other sounds disappeared, only the heavy kicking sound was pressing on my heart, the audience could not predict the ending, just pinched for him sweat. The background music sounded melodiously. At this time, the music no longer followed the mood of the film, but was contrary to the intense and tense emotions in the film, and sounded melodiously. Here, relieve the sense of urgency that rushes out of the throat, and relieve the mental stress of yin and yang. With the sound of running breathing, the cheers of the crowd, and the sound of the whistle, Ali rushed to the finish line to take the first place.
Won the first, but missed the third prize small shoes. The scene of Ali crying under the camera, a pair of big eyes full of tears, makes people both funny and sad. It also proves the simplicity of Ali. It can be said that sometimes we just blindly pursue the first place, but all we really want are those little shoes.
Ali returned home disappointed. His sister went from full of expectations to disappointment and anger, and finally calmly and silently went into the house to take care of her sister. Ali did not explain what happened. The two little actors didn't say a word. Say what you need to say. The younger sister did not open her mouth to accuse her brother of being unbelievable, but instead silently accepted the truth. And they have poverty, the silent bearing spirit of the children at the bottom, and a tolerant heart.
The last piece of music goes to the beginning of this article. Little Ali takes off his tattered shoes, takes off his socks, and sticks his blistered feet into the sparkling pond, where the fish gracefully hear the news and kiss from the bottom of the pond. Little Ali's injured foot seemed to be a kind of emotional comfort. The music sounded, and the melodious and soothing music made everything extra beautiful under the sunlight.
This is a bland movie, and there are no scenes of ups and downs in ordinary movies. It has almost a kind of pride, that is, it disdains to modify life. Life itself has a faint light, like the sparkling water in a pond. Quietly glittering in the sun, dazzling light. Life is real, it's there, like a stone in the yard, hard and silent, no need for whitewashing. But whether it is positive or negative, it will appear coquettish and distorted.
And although "Little Shoes" is unremarkable, the ripples it stirs up give me a feeling like the water ripples in a pond, rippling all around. In your eyes it is a pair of broken shoes, it doesn't matter, in my heart it is a whole garden.
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