——Analysis of the short film "The Secret of the School Choir"
True to the title, "Bodzavirágból" translates to "elder flower" in Hungarian. In "Secrets of the School Choir", "elderberry" appears many times as a key image. Taking the chorus of "elderflower" as a clue, and relying on the flower language of "elderflower", it connects children and adults in a chorus. The secret war is eloquently said, with a pun, which means that the choir's "lipsticking" is a secret among everyone; it also expresses that the "stage resistance" is the children's secret struggle against vocal teacher Erica. It shows the fierce collision between "utility" and "right and wrong", and expresses the collectivist thought of "reducing utility and fair competition" that director Christopher Dick hopes to convey.
Stories about music have always been loved by the public. They are warm and inspirational: "Spring in the Cattle Class", which enlightens the soul; "The Sound of Music", a joyful classic, delicate and long; pianist". They all combine music and screen organically, bringing the audience an audio-visual feast. And so is this film. At the beginning of the short film, it grabs the attention of the audience, and the children's chorus precedes the picture, slowly unfolding the title page, laying the foundation for the performance of the film with the theme of music. At the same time, the storyline and background chorus are changed in detail from the perspective of the film's protagonist, Sophie. "Our singing seems to be able to fly and help us realize our good wishes. All pain and anxiety, all sadness will disappear." This is the general idea of the lyrics of the children's chorus. In terms of sound processing and camera movement, the director followed the protagonist Sophie's footsteps with a follow-up camera. First, the footsteps were the main sound source, and then the children's chorus was slowly introduced. The author is quickly brought into the development of the plot of the story. Later, in the selection of the repertoire of the chorus competition, the director chose the song "Bodzavirágból" in an ingenious way, using the flower language of elderflowers to convey his thoughts. This point will be emphasized in the analysis of the main theme of the article later.
In the plot, the vocal teacher Erica will "snow" the classmates with outstanding timbre, congenital deficiencies, and unsuitable chorus, and let them sing silently. At the beginning of the short film, in the dialogue between the principal and Sophie's mother, a sentence is very striking: "Anyone can join, this is my consistent principle." On the surface, the film is conveying to us the principal and Ellie The inconsistency of educational concepts between teachers, but with the development of the plot, the other two dark lines gradually surfaced.
First, there are differences in educational philosophy. As a teacher, there is no class to teach. Obviously, Teacher Erica did not do this. She chose the wrong way to deal with it, and also instilled the "interests" from the adult world to the children. This is also the beginning of her failure, and it is also reversed step by step later in the film. bedding. Secondly, the second layer of meaning that the film is eager to convey is also exposed: democracy and freedom, individual and collective, participation rights and interests. Reflecting on today’s Western political stage, the children’s right to sing in the film represents their right to speak and participate in politics; the sugar they can get after each rehearsal symbolizes their capital in the “chorus” The benefits that can be obtained in the company - although they have been neutered their only right to speak and participate in political power; and what Lisa, the second woman, promotes is the determination to participate in politics fairly under the democratic and free system. In short, the second meaning of the film is to express the so-called Western political arena under the banner of "liberal democracy", behind the banner, the castrated fairness, and the Asura field where greed and capital are rampant. The last layer means revolution. Historically, there are three basic conditions for revolutions: the ruler cannot rule as usual, the people cannot live as usual, and have mature organizations and parties. In the reversal at the end, all three are met. First of all, because of the conversation between Sophie and Lisa, Lisa learned about the hypocrisy of the ruler, Teacher Erica, and she openly opposed it in a chorus class and confronted Erica head-on, which also means that "Lifting" is a thing of the past. Second, it was Teacher Erica's mishandling, which subtly hurt the children's self-esteem, leaving them with only interests in the choir. Third, at the end, we can see that the children headed by Lisa fought back during the chorus competition, and used collective strength to overthrow the rule of the "Erica government", in order to achieve democracy, freedom and fair participation. Purpose. In the last few minutes of the film, the director used nearly half of the space to feature Lisa's singing, which also reflected the director's affirmation of this value.
The flower language connotation of the chorus competition "Bodzavirágból" is also a major feature of the short film. Elderberry has the connotation of not asking for return and helping others, and the director asked Lisa, the second female, to sing this song, which is also a tribute to Lisa's excellent quality. However, in Western Europe, elderberry is also a symbol of bad omen. This also implies the exposure of Erica's affairs and interests. On the stage, the children resisted silently, and Erica was furious and left the irony of the stage. Erica's exit from the stage actually means Lisa's success in leading the revolution. Lisa opened her throat to sing first, and actually expressed this point of view, conveying the director's own disgust and rejection of utilitarian and greedy political concepts. "Holy pollen, elderflower in the sky." The last lyric makes this short film slowly fall and fly with the finely broken petals of elderflower. Although it is small and inconspicuous, it is always accompanied by huge Energy, in the dim environment, light up the shimmer. And this Hungarian short film, like the elderflower, is only 25 minutes long, but it contains profound energy. In today's dark political environment and complex interpersonal relationships, exploring its essence will bring us different psychological impact.
"Children can distinguish right from wrong, adults only see the pros and cons" This is the most superficial emotional transmission, "There is no fairy tale in the world of adults, neither do children", I think, this is a deep emotional expression, reality is not a fairy tale, children can There are no fairy tales, but one cannot walk on thin ice. We always inadvertently pass out lame and false lies to the world to whitewash the tiger-like ambitions under the fox's skin. But the huge damage to the world around them is unknown, but they believe that their compromise is deserved, and even they are self-inflicted. In fact, we have long since annihilated our original intentions, breaking one fairy tale after another with a self full of nonsense, hypocrisy and self-confidence, and in the end, we will eventually find that the devil in fairy tales is domineering and hateful. , was actually a cowardly, timid, self-pity self...
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