Friday's words: By our side, whoever has a more casual relationship life will be accused of shamelessness and moral corruption, and the whole public opinion will also attack. If this person is still in adolescence, it is even worse; secondly, we have a "selling old culture"-older people always like to step on the younger ones to educate to get a certain pleasure (non-equal communication) It can be seen that minors always face a situation of being suppressed by education whether at school or at home; third, in the current Internet age, according to the law of conservation of energy, any suppressed emotion must always find a way to vent. , One can imagine what happens when those suppressed and distorted emotions are released into the network society! In this way, minors in adolescence are definitely a disadvantaged + high-risk group! What can we do about this-condemnation? Is it preaching? Or increase control and suppression?
Having said that, HBO in the United States launched a season of "Euphoria" (10 episodes) in 2019. In the drama, those boys and girls who are in the period of excitement range from drug use, promiscuity, self-abuse, to violence, Internet pornography spreads...everything, they have done everything without a bottom line! It seems that their problem is also quite serious!
Obviously, this American drama didn't use the control methods we used to treat young people, but it blazed a new trail. What path, this article will talk about it. Maybe it can give us some reference.
In addition, I have to say that this is still a high-quality video work! It is worth learning from filmmakers.
1. What exactly does this play perform?
Many viewers said that they couldn't find North when they watched this play, and they didn't know what to say. This is mostly due to the narrative style of the stream of consciousness and the MV-style editing rhythm. At the same time, this also determines the anti-type of the play-it will not be as compact as those pure genre films, and the drama is full of tension.
If the plot is loose and the conflict is not exciting enough, it doesn't mean that there is no creator's logic. Let's first sort out the structure of the whole show in sections, and then it is not difficult to see what it is talking about.
First transverse direction, we will "extreme" the first quarter of the whole set into 10 1-7 sets , sets of 8 , in particular chapter 1-2 sets of three parts. Why is it so divided? Let’s look at it in sections——
* 1-7 episodes:
These 7 episodes have one thing in common, that is, each episode begins to explain the family and childhood background of a teenager, such as Rue in the first episode, Nate in the second episode, and Kat in the third episode...
If we can find this, it is not difficult to see that the character of "Hyper" is not based on the traditional genre film protagonist and supporting role structure. It is closer to the "group play", which means that at least seven people in the play are equal and juxtaposed. , It’s just that a minor representative (Rue) was selected to tell it in the first person. We call these 7 episodes " presentation " and " deconstruction ".
From this we can come to the conclusion that this is a movie that tells people rather than stories. To be precise, it refers to a group of people in a specific group. This group is obviously those "adolescent minors", or more accurately, those "problem teenagers."
(Note that the special groups in the movie also have their special social identities—they belong to the middle class. Teenagers outside this class are placed in secondary roles, such as the drug-trafficking brothers, for example, another Nate threatens to beat the people, they are not under the focus of the first season of this show)
* Episode 8:
This episode is a concluding chapter, which means that the director selected a parent representative to make a concluding statement about education (or how you feel about getting along with your child) .
It is worth noting that the mother's speech is like the main theme of the song, which strung up all the story lines of this episode, which shows the intention of this episode.
* Special episode 1-2
These two episodes are called "New Crown Special", and it is said that they were rushed during the epidemic. The special thing about them is that their plot and structure are completely separated from the other 7 episodes, and they were filmed around the conversations of the two girls, Rue and Jules. As for the people they talked to, one was a black uncle in a drug rehabilitation center, one was a psychologist, and the two were both adults.
Therefore, we can call these two episodes pure " listening ."
It is worth noting that this listening took two full episodes of nearly 120 minutes (equal to the length of a big movie).
So far, we combined the three key words of the whole play into one sentence and came to this conclusion: "Excitement" is a TV series that presents, deconstructs, summarizes, and listens to a special group of teenagers with adolescent problems. That's right, this is what the whole TV series will do.
So, what is the goal of the director to perform these things, or what is the motivation of the creator? A small subtitle after each episode of the TV series may give us some hints:
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2. The vision first, the human setting hides behind, the story takes the second place
From this point of view, this American drama seems to be a bit "academic", but the question is, can it be like the American drama "Mind Hunter"-can it set up a crime and respond to it?
You know, this is a group of adolescents with unsound mentality. Their behavioral thinking is full of sensibility and randomness, not to mention drinking alcohol and knocking on medicine. They should be summarized into a 123 and be discussed in writing. That will only drop the book bag, and thus lose its practical significance and authenticity.
Speaking of this, the visual and auditory advantages of the film are reflected! This is also another highlight of the play-it can be said that the entire audition effect of "Extreme" is extreme and avant-garde!
Its ultimate is reflected in the fact that almost every plot paragraph is connected by MV (a song or a theme music), which can be as large as a flashback narrative and an introduction of a key character; as small as a party, a passionate relationship Close-up of the play; even inner monologues, hallucinations... full of rhythm!
Its avant-garde is reflected in the creator's visual embodiment of those abstract illusions, emotions, and emotions.
These two things (referring to sight and hearing) allow viewers to feast their eyes on the chaotic and fast plot and the relationship between the characters even if they can't understand and understand the chaotic and fast plots. I call its structure: visual first, human setting hidden behind, story second.
So, are the creators doing this purely for the sake of creating new ideas and gaining the audience's attention? I don’t think it’s necessarily, at least this kind of unconventionality is in line with the character characteristics of the characters in the TV series, and it is in line with the preferences of the group of well-dressed, impulsive, and moody young people. For example, the popular rap music, electronic music, and love songs selected by the director are all music that the characters in the film love.
From this perspective, when we accept those visual and auditory senses, we are also listening to "this group". And listening to this group is tantamount to accepting the characters and stories hidden behind it.
I have to say that at this point, the creative team of "Hang Xian" is clever.
Third, the attitude of watching movies determines the attitude of reality
Why does the attitude of watching movies determine the attitude of reality? Imagine:
If we gritted our teeth at Nate in this TV series, thinking that he is really a rich second-generation scumbag, thinking that he should die soon, then, in reality, what will happen to us when we meet this kind of person? Will we still listen to him rationally, dig into his childhood, and see his heart?
If we watch this drama disgust at the fat Kat in the play and sneer at her online "selling meat" behavior, then what will happen to us in reality?
Not to mention the addict Rue who broke the hearts of his family, that green tea on the surface, Casey with a slutty heart, and the wayward and selfish McGrady...
Here is a reminder that all these people who may disgust us are also a group of fragile minors. In reality, how would we react if we encounter such a person?
Of course adults have the right to despise disgust. But if this attitude of contempt for special minors becomes the attitude of the whole society, the attitude of parents, teachers, and schools, then its vicious circle will burden the whole society too terribly. That is equivalent to the evil consequences of pampering and pampering.
Therefore, when film creators tirelessly express every aspect of everyone in the play, they also show an attitude of introspection and error correction. And as for the audience, to insist on watching the drama, trying to understand each character of the play, is also to put a patient attitude that may arise in reality this group.
And if one person has enough patience with another person, the chances of conflict resolution and defect remedy will be greater, right?
5. Video works about deconstructing teenagers in the West
In recent years, there have been a lot of Western movies and TV dramas on underage themes. These films are rarely pure genre films. In other words, the creators are focusing on people rather than things, all with a certain degree of seriousness. Sex (not entertaining) to create. This shows from a certain angle that the West is becoming more aware of the seriousness of the juvenile problem. This seriousness has reached the point where they have to reflect, analyze, and correct errors, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
However, these current youth problems have a certain globalization trend, because those problems are all related to the Internet and social media, and they are all related to the alienation of values and interpersonal alienation. Although adolescents have different nationalities and races, the hormones in their bodies are the same. Looking at the mistakes made by Western teenagers is like looking in a mirror. Learning from the shooting methods of such films is like learning from their attitudes and educational methods towards young people.
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