Analysis of the camera lens
(1) The first feature of "Food Men and Women" on the camera lens is that "things enter first, people enter later".
For example, introduce the main characters of the movie. When the eldest sister, the second sister, and the younger sister appeared, the items that appeared in order were: a twisted Walkman player, a computer screen, and a frying pan, and then the shots of the main characters appeared in sequence. When the image appears, the close-up view is often used, which clearly shows the expression of the character and the emotional state of the character. So from the beginning of the film, we can basically see the three sisters' very different character traits and their relationship and feelings with their father. It can be said that the director successfully used only six short shots to show the work, identity, character and emotional status of the three people, which is refined and accurate.
Secondly, no matter how time and space are transformed, the first thing that enters the lens is the protagonist's object or hand. There are three such effects. The first effect is to make the audience feel curious, and curiosity will capture the heart of an audience, allowing the audience to tap the emotions of each character with lasting curiosity, so that the audience's emotions are always under the director's control. The second effect is that the actions of a character can often reveal a person's emotions to the greatest extent. A person's expression may be disguised or concealed, but the information revealed by a person's actions cannot be concealed. The third effect is that the first shot of the "object" can make the effect of time-space transformation more obvious, and let people feel the transformation of space at the first time, which makes the time-space context of the whole film clearer. Especially the shot conversion of "object" is more conducive to the director's use of similarity editing. For example, when Lao Zhu was cutting vegetables, he sometimes used similarity editing when the shots were switched to make the shots look coherent and beautiful.
(2) The second feature of "Eating and Drinking Men and Women" on the camera is that an empty camera is used every time the plot takes a major turn.
For example, there are cloudy mountains and rivers in the empty shots in the film, and that night, the second daughter faced her failed emotional life alone. There are noisy streets, there are nights full of traffic, and each shot is a foreshadowing emotional foreshadowing of the development of the next episode.
These empty shots allow viewers to follow the director's tone and watch the movie following the director's imprints and clues. The mood of the movie and the rationality of the plot development are well controlled.
(3) The third feature is that when a panoramic shot is used many times, plot hints such as color and frame are implied in the shot.
Let's take the death of Uncle Wen as an example to analyze. One night when Lao Zhu and Uncle Wen were drunk, they walked in the corridor with each other's arms. Uncle Wen joked about death to Lao Zhu. Uncle Wen was pushed to the wall. At that time, Uncle Wen had a red jacket hanging on his back. At this time, Uncle Wen happened to be leaning on the red jacket. We know that red represents death and terror, which foreshadows Uncle Wen's later death.
There is also the shot of the young daughter and her boyfriend developing photos in the dark room. The whole shot is immersed in a kind of red and black, and then the camera gives a close-up of the pool where the photos were developed, which is full of red water, which implies The strong love desires of the third daughter and her boyfriend appeared in the dark and humid environment like taking pictures, suggesting their later sexual relationship.
Let's take the dinner at Lao Zhu's house as an example, and take the episode when Aunt Rong came to the house as a guest. Aunt Rong wanted to marry Lao Zhu, and thought that Lao Zhu liked her, so she was rude in front of Lao Zhu, but that day At night, there is a shot of the kitchen window looking into the dining table. We see that the whole family is framed in the large window frame on the right, and only Aunt Rong is framed outside the window frame, which implies that Now, Aunt Rong will not have any results with Lao Zhu, nor will she eventually enter Lao Zhu's family and become a part of Lao Zhu's family.
This is also a feature that the director makes full use of hints in the film, so that the plot development of the whole film has always been in a reasonable, smooth and in line with thinking.
(4) The fourth feature is to speak with the camera. This is what I personally think I like most about "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", which is that when watching the film, I can reach a kind of communication with the director from the camera. This kind of communication makes people feel quiet, stable, refined and beautiful.
Let's take the section where Lao Zhu cooks in the kitchen as an example: a complete set of knives, a group photo with celebrities, skilled knife skills, beautiful dishes, certificates, we can feel from every shot that the director wants to tell us This is a kind man with great cooking skills and love for his family, a man with hope and beauty.
For another example, we know that Lao Zhu is a widower because at the beginning of the film, Lao Zhu was standing in the kitchen, the camera was outside the kitchen, and then the busy figure of Lao Zhu and the portrait of Mrs. Zhu when she was young were framed at the same time. , this one shot shows the identity of the widow of Lao Zhu, and also explains an obvious concept of time. We can see that Lao Zhu's aging and the youth of Mrs. Zhu's portrait have formed a contrast, so we know that Lao Zhu Yes, he has been a widower for many years, and his life is a bit lonely.
(5) The action of the camera lens is rich and meaningful when it expresses the characters.
Let's take the scene when Lao Zhu first went to work in a hotel as an example. The lens is constantly changing between close-up and panoramic. When the lens is close-up, we can feel that the director wants to express Lao Zhu at a very close distance. Zhu's emotions, and then the camera pans to a panorama, it feels immersive, as if we were standing next to Lao Zhu as a chef watching him. At this time, the director's shot almost showed Lao Zhu as handsome and stalwart as a hero who saved the end of the world. I think this should be the director's intention.
Let's take a group of shots on the day when the eldest sister found out her love letter and wore pink clothes and permed her curly hair to go to work as an example. The director used the method of "following" to film the march of the eldest sister. In which, the close-up and panoramic shots are constantly switched. The director changed the usual static shots, highlighting the speed and body shape of the eldest sister when she shuttled through the school, and suddenly magnified the uneasiness and anger in the eldest sister's heart. The director uses rich camera language to accurately express the inner entanglement, anger and anxiety of the characters.
Sound Analysis
(1) In "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", there is a feature of "sound enters first, picture enters second". Every time the transition is made, the sound of the next shot enters first, and then the picture enters.
This feature has been shown from the very beginning of the film. For example, in the scene at the intersection, the title of the film is released first, and at the same time, the noisy traffic at the intersection has already entered, and then the scene of the heavy traffic emerges. And when Lao Zhu went to the hotel kitchen for the first time, the sound was connected first, the sound of pots and pans entered the picture first, and then the picture of Lao Zhu entering the kitchen was connected.
In this way, the role of voice first entry has three points. First, grabbing the curiosity of the audience is similar to the "things come in first" that I just emphasized. First let the audience wonder who and where the next picture will be. For example, the next picture of the eldest sister is singing the bible in the church, and the sound in the previous picture is the church bible. This section of the bible makes the audience feel the appeal of the music and makes the audience curious about the content and scene of the next picture. Second, to pave the way for the transition of the picture, so that the transition becomes smooth and not abrupt. We can find such examples not only from "Diet Men and Women", but also from many films, such as "The Lover" and so on. Third, it allows the audience to more objectively experience the changes in the environment and the mood of the characters, so that the audience can feel an emotional resonance. For example, when Lao Zhu went to work in the kitchen, the sound of pots and pans entering the first paragraph and the busy appearance of Lao Zhu in the next paragraph can make the audience feel nervous.
(2) Subjective voice. What I mean by subjectivation of sound here is that the director directly lets the voice of the characters in the film be applied to the audience, amplifies the emotion of the characters in the film in the music, and then applies it to the audience.
Let's take the shot of the eldest sister standing at the school gate watching the physical education teacher riding a motorcycle from the school gate as an example. At that time, the eldest sister had headphones in her ears and could not hear any sound from the outside. The director also only played Bible music at this time. Add any environmental noise in it, and then use a close-up to magnify the expression of the eldest sister, as if each of us can suddenly stand in the heart of the eldest sister to experience the pounding of the eldest sister when she encounters love, the same kind of first love of tension.
Take the scene where the elder sister sings duet with the physical education teacher in the karaoke classroom welcoming the new teacher as an example. Can't hear it, showing the eldest sister's inner desire for love and the expectation of love to break the eldest sister's inner peace.
(3) The emotional tone of the music and the mood of the characters. In the whole film, the music used by the director can not only represent our national characteristics, but also is very appropriate to the style of the whole film and the mood of the characters.
Taking the part of Lao Zhu cooking at the beginning of the film as an example, the music is lighthearted and humorous, full of rhythm, showing Lao Zhu's inner happiness and his expectation for Sunday dinner, and can also attract the audience's interest in the film. This is the director's use of music and the characteristics of grasping the heart of the characters. Taking the scene where Aunt Liang came to the old Zhu family as a guest as an example, the director used funny and humorous jazz music to express the influence of Aunt Liang's arrival on the entire Zhu family. That is to say, the music implied Rong Some kind of "embarrassment" and "farce" carried by the aunt.
The above is my analysis of "Diet Men and Women" from the perspective of camera and sound. In general, I think the director's emotional manipulation of the audience is in place, and the pictures throughout the film are full of meaning and beauty without redundancy. The sound can make the audience get hints in the transition and feel the emotional resonance. Music can appropriately express the inner activities of each character, in line with the style of the whole film.
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