The success of "The Sunshine" is not only due to the introverted and delicate performances of all the actors, but also some of the camera language skills used by the director are also quietly promoting the development of the plot, hinting at the inner activities of the characters, creating a warm and sad, depressed There is a fighting movie atmosphere.
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1. Composition
The director himself once said that he attaches great importance to the importance of composition. Before walking into the restaurant, Caitou asked Ah He a close-up shot of the side face of Caitou. While Ah He was outside the painting, he could only hear his unconfident voice. Then the camera follows Caitou from the back hall into the restaurant from Ah He's point of view. After entering the restaurant, Caitou waved his knife straight down without hesitation, followed by a close-up of Caitou's front and quickly pulled closer, while Ah He was behind Caitou, more like a bystander. The whole section shows the relationship between Caitou's dominant, Ah and passive, and also reflects the different reactions and attitudes of the two to violence.
The two fathers negotiated this part. The film uses a long-range shot. The side of the bridge in the picture occupies half of the space below the frame, while the two fathers are squeezed on the bridge, exposing only the upper body, so that the audience can feel that the two are in the middle. Non-compromise in negotiation and limitation of negotiating space.
For Ah Hao's suicide, the director did not show it directly, but used a hinted approach. One is a shot of looking up at the sky, the sun is gradually disappearing behind the clouds, and the other is Ahao walking into the bathroom, his body casting a huge shadow on the wall. Combined with the story Ahao told his classmates about Sima Guang smashing the tank and the text messages he sent before his death, it can be understood that Ahao finally chose death as a shadow that he could hide. The same scene also appeared before Caitou was killed, suggesting that Ah He was protected by his father.
What follows is a top-down shot from upstairs to the ground, as someone walks into the yard with a stretcher. The overhead shot is often used to show the devouring of the characters by the environment and the sense of humiliation and helplessness. Here, Ahao's death and the helplessness of his parents are shown.
2. Light and shadow
Most of the scenes in the movie are under the sunshine, except for A He and Caitou beheading people at the beginning, and Caitou instructing A He to deliver a package and being killed by A He's father, all of which are on a rainy night, which makes the tension more intense. Emotions of fear.
In addition, in the first half of the movie, the light in Ah He's house is always dim, giving people a feeling of depression and lifelessness. In the end, when mother and Ah He were arranging Ah Hao's things at home, it was the first time that the sun shone in Ah Hao's room, and the light of the whole house became brighter. This change in light also hints at the family coming out of the shadows.
3. Soundtrack
Music is also the way Zhong Menghong often uses to express the character's emotions and render the atmosphere in this film.
The opening scene of the movie is beautifully shot. The motorcycle drives over the ground where the colored lights are reflected, and the quiet and beautiful music makes the sudden violent scenes give people a strong impact. Ah He delivered the delivery for Caitou, while Caitou was waiting for him by the roadside, the soundtrack created a mysterious and sad atmosphere. In the end, Ah He knew that Caitou was dead. As he gradually picked up his pace, the rhythm of the music gradually accelerated, and he added powerful drum beats and guitar strumming, showing Ah He finally obtained the relief and innocence.
At the end of the movie, Ah He rides his mother on his bike, and the mother looks at the sunlight leaking through the leaves, and seems to finally understand why Ah He likes to sit in the back when he was four years old. At this time, the horn blew a beautiful and gentle melody, and with the beautiful and bright sunshine, it also showed that the life of Ah He's family had returned to peace, and the family members were full of warm emotions.
Finally, I would like to mention an interesting little detail in the movie, which is the "love" that appears several times in the movie. The words written on the car that Ah He pulled at the nursing home were love.
The second time my father finally came home and opened the bedroom door. At this time, there was a love on the door, which seemed to imply a rare moment of love in a family that was indifferent, emotionally isolated, and had communication barriers.
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