The film "Visit of the Band" shows the unexpected journey of a group of strangers mixed with estrangement and understanding through the restraint of color tone, camera editing, music and other elements, creating a seemingly rough but delicate film in an atmosphere intertwined with melancholy and warmth texture.
The tone of the film is memorable. The whole film uses blue and yellow as the main colors in the low-saturation style. From the opening, it establishes a deserted, desolate and melancholy atmosphere, supplemented by red and green as embellishments. On the basis of the blue-yellow tone, the color of the band's clothing is also dominated by blue and yellow. The combination of this color maximizes the integration of the characters into the background color, allowing the band members to present a kind of The state of the transparent person echoes the self-report of the film leader, "They are a band, they are not so important." The band's debut is rough, there is no gorgeous and rich editing, only the absurd and absurd that appear out of thin air, and more It reflects their neglect and alienation.
Under this, the use of red is amazing. From the change of the black dress of the proprietress to a red dress, red has become a key element in several stories: the proprietress, the telephone booth, and the cousin. It is a warm and bright color carefully embellished in the melancholy atmosphere of the film, and it is also the emotional fusion point of the characters at both ends of the film. The addition of colors such as red and green makes the colors in the second half of the movie richer, highlighting the presence of the band members. Until the end, the band once again returned to the big background. The yellow and light blue sky, although still transparent, was also among the national flags on the performance stage. In front of the green trees, it looked bright and fresh. One accident could not change everything, but it also remained With a little understanding and touching, I dilute this melancholy in a delicate.
This roughness and delicacy is also reflected in the use of film footage and editing. The film's emotions are restrained and forbearing, and emotions are stacked arbitrarily, but they avoid falling into an overly depressed atmosphere. For example, in the scene where the proprietress and the captain are on the bench, the people and the environment are first shown through the panorama. The female boss introduces the park, and immerses the audience in the dialogue between the two by showing the actions of the characters instead of the scene they are referring to, and introduces the topic of performance. Several times After the shot cuts to the medium shot, it cuts to a close-up on the topic of fishing. This kind of progression seems to be a spiritual approach, and the female boss is approaching the captain's heart step by step. However, when it comes to the topic of his wife and children, the film ends with the captain's application to leave, and the screen suddenly switches to the perspective behind the captain, which immediately dissolves the depressed atmosphere, leaving behind the captain's expression and A real and deserted park without any reverie. There is no strong sadness, but a calm and desolate atmosphere.
This kind of texture is also fully reflected in the use of empty shots. The emotional feedback is not dependent on the lines, but is integrated into the picture. The film often uses multiple empty shots to jump cut, so that the mood of the characters is dissolved in the scene. For example, after the captain goes to bed near the end, rows of street lamps appear on the screen, neatly arranged, seemingly united but lonely, warm but inaccessible, a sense of distance that cannot be crossed between people. In the scene of the clarinet and the baby room, the players are distressed about the concerto. The host enters and expounds a personal view of music. After leaving, the picture shows the trajectory of the players, such as the solitary lamp, the bed, the photo, the crib, the audience and the audience. The team members reminisced about this foreign experience together in the room. There were no team members' expressions and actions, but the "collaboration" of other people's words in an unfamiliar environment. These empty scene scenes are undoubtedly rough when presented alone, but they add a kind of poetry to the emotions of the characters, and they become the perfect complement to the changes of the characters' moods, which are delicate and subtle.
The background music that implements the whole film also makes subtle changes in such monotonous repetition. It not only conforms to the character setting, a band, but also enriches the audio-visual enjoyment of the film. This melancholy minor has three versions of piano, piano and folk instruments, and variations of piano and folk instruments. It satisfies the mood of the characters in various situations, and further strengthens the film's film quality. The opening band came to visit, the lonely piano sound was lonely and helpless, creating a melancholy atmosphere, with a resistance and rigidity. With the contact with the proprietress and everyone, the music has added the style of national music. Although the whole still maintains a slight coolness, it cooperates with tacit understanding and gradually warms, as if the characters are shyly tempted, and slowly move closer to tolerance. In the film, the female boss brings the team home for the first time and the variation minor at the end of the farewell is the most eye-catching, and the feeling of joy is ready to come out. It is a moment of mutual help, and a moment of memory, yearning and existence between people. The joy that the audience hears, through the monotonous grainy melody repeatedly ground in the film, is hard-won.
Unforgettable at the end of the film, everyone in the band waved goodbye, and the screen turned to the proprietress to say goodbye. Turning around, the band has disappeared, as absurd and crude as the opening sequence. Did they visit? Did they matter? What the audience finally sees is the trumpeter playing his longing violin, the captain singing loudly and a lovely lively band. Compared with stylized performances, perhaps the real communication is this sudden adventure, a wonderful journey that can not be called perfect, but also gained a little abundance, returning to the film's purest tones and noise. The screen, touching the smoothness between the particles.
Rough but delicate, melancholy but warm, it is the common emotion between different cultures that is difficult to cross, winding through the gaps. The atmosphere and texture that the film strives to depict is the best portrayal of this group of strangers in a foreign country.
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