Just talk about structure.
"Relationships are tens of thousands" is a point of view to interpret history under the concept of big history, and it is also a summary of historical research methods. The three parts of the film are independent, and cause and effect to each other. The beginning of one story is the end of the next, and the end of the other is the beginning of one of them, giving the audience an experience where the beginning and end are cyclically intertwined. At the end of the film, it is found that it is a ring.
The structure itself realizes three-layer fusion, the structure itself serves as a framework for narrative support, and the structure serves as a more unique, reasonable and forward-looking image technique, in which characters are shaped and themes are sublimated.
For events that occurred in different time and space, the film adopts a complete narration of the events that occurred in one space, and then transfers to the next space. The connection of different spatial plot relationships is realized by the transfer of characters. The mission of the characters is not completed in the previous part of the narrative, and is carried into the next part, so there is an inseparable logic between the two parts of the story. As space changes, time also changes.
"Heavy Rain" is a subversion of the time and space structure of film. But just from the statement of the content of the story, it will be found that this is not only a reshaping of the time and space structure, at least, it is also a reorganization of the relationship structure of the characters. In the play structure system, the time-space structure, the character relationship structure and the narrative are inseparable, and it is usually necessary to reach an agreement between the three to make the film have a complete and smooth narrative and comfortable visual experience. That said, if the film doesn't have existing character relationships, it probably doesn't make sense to use a ring structure.
After connecting the time-space structure and the character relationship structure, the scene structure follows. In the film structure system, the scene structure is sometimes overlooked, but as an important unit that composes the film, the scene has an independent function. The same ambient scene that appears during the conversation between the bishop and Kilu about the impending rain in the monastery at the beginning and end of the film. It is to complete the idea of the theme of the film through the reappearance of the scene. At the same time, it gives the meaning of unity of the three parts of the film.
At 3 minutes and 36 seconds, the turtle appeared, and the key line of the film appeared for the first time, "Time does not pass, the circle is not round." The end of the film appeared again, echoing the beginning and the end, becoming the core idea of the film, that is, the application of scene structure and language structure.
If the content doesn't have enough depth, don't consider complex structure. If there is no ring structure, time does not pass, and the circle is not round, there is no foundation to rely on. When we want to express such a theme about an uncontrollable fate and a chaotic world, the structure of the film itself is already expressing the subject.
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