The above help to the film is artificial or from a technical point of view in the later stage, and the technique that really leads the audience by the nose is the director's narrative strategy of delaying the plot. As the name implies, "delay" is the formation, maintenance and strengthening of suspense, and it also needs to rely on the artistic techniques of "suppression" and "delay". The good use of delay is twists and turns, and if you miss it, you will fall into the notoriety of delaying time. When Paul Greengrass narrates, in order to delay the effect, he details every twist and turns of the story, and tries his best to explain each twist and conflict clearly. For example, a paragraph of a 100-meter run could have used three shots, starting point, 50 meters, and ending point, but subdivided by the method of delay, the running process falls on a smaller unit, which can become the starting point, 25 Meters, 50 meters, 75 meters, the last is the end point. Of course, the high court brought about by the dramatic conflict must be gradual, and the audience cannot be overwhelmed by the middle paragraph.
To give an example of the delay in the film, before the pirates hijacked the freighter, a scene where the pirates discussed which ship to rob was specially added, but for the audience, they already knew that they wanted to rob the male protagonist. There is no doubt about this. , and this scene played a role in explaining the fulfillment of the plot. Similarly, before they officially hijacked the pirates, Philip also cautiously prepared for a play, but in fact there was no problem with the pirates directly hijacking, but after adding the play, the tension before the crisis was prolonged. Double the time. There are many paragraphs that follow that are similarly detailed to achieve the effect of delay. At the same time, it is handheld photography and attention should be paid to the drama. The footage in the film is very small, and the montage (lens assembly) is also very functional, making the audience sweat and the sense of presence that cannot be relaxed at all times has a quick editing tape. Come. Everyone is accustomed to saying that the appearance of montage makes the value of the lens 1+1=3, then under the delayed narrative strategy of Paul Greenglass, the value of the lens becomes 0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5>3.
The specific performance of the conflict between the crew and the pirates is actually quite valuable for exploration. In the two scenes of the pirates hijacking and boarding the ship for the first time, the director's narrative method is similar to the castle attack in the war movie. , the intellectual struggle between you and me on both sides, Captain Philip is like a strategist doing an invisible fight with the pirates on the freighter. After the pirates boarded the ship, the movie came to the theme of kidnapping before the hostage negotiation. At this time, the highest requirement is the grasp of the dialogue. The dialogue must not only promote the development of the story, but also bring a tense atmosphere to the audience at all times. Precisely this is Paul Greenglass' forte. In his "In Flight 93", he uses only a few dialogues in the control room to sweep the audience's whole body with the helplessness and powerlessness brought by the 9/11 terrorist attack, while in "Captain Philip". "In the show, I also have to thank several actors for their performances with a strong sense of presence, especially Tom Hanks.
Tom Hanks' performance is absolutely vivid, from calm at the beginning, to panic, fear, and the collapse of the psychological defense line at multiple levels, and these processes are also several important atmosphere transitions in the film. Because after the confrontation between the pirates and the crew, the scene in the film is very noisy, and the unpredictability of the road ahead keeps the character's psychological state constantly in a state of ups and downs. In the last paragraph of almost escaping, Tom Hanks secretly wrote a suicide note to his family, and the screams after hearing the gunshots blindfolded people couldn't help but exclaim from the bottom of their hearts. In the end scene, after Tom Hanks avoided death, the complex emotions from inconceivable to happy and fearful, with tears in laughter, tears in tears, and happiness in between, can directly make him nominated for this year's Oscar for Best Actor.
The opening chapter of "Captain Philip" seems to be out of tune with the style of the whole film. The fixed shots and the life-like dialogue reveal a rare steadiness. But in fact, this is the thread of the film's "survival" theme. Through the dialogue between Tom Hanks and his wife, we can find that their families have various problems, the growth of children and the pressure of work. These problems are also believed to be in civilization. A problem that every citizen in society is bound to encounter. The next scene is the poor and turbulent environment of Somalia, and the style of lens photography at this time has changed to shaky handheld photography. There are still a few lines of dialogue that outline the living conditions of Somali pirates (no, it should be said that fishermen). The mysterious big boss should bring them the pressure of survival. Similar to the local rules of collecting protection fees, every fisherman is scrambling to go to the sea. To hijack a freighter, such a state of competition for survival is unimaginable in our environment.
The contrast between the two scenes seems to be explaining the truth of "being in the rivers and lakes, involuntarily". In order to survive, they have to bear huge pressure to move forward. The theme of this point is also very clearly emphasized in two subsequent plots. After Captain Philip used intimidation to scare away the first wave of pirates' attacks, when everyone was arguing about escaping the sea quickly, Philip shouted loudly what about the signed contract? ! It's not that he doesn't want to leave here, it's that he has to continue this route because of his livelihood. The same pirate head muse also had such concerns. When Captain Philip persuaded him to quit many times, his answer was: "I have no way to turn back!" And the line keep going was used by many actors in the film. performed again. The most salient line of dialogue should be "There are people above me." "Yes, there are people above us!" Under the pressure of social competition, whether it is a seemingly advanced and comfortable civilized society, or a turbulent and violent "barbaric society" , the desire for survival has become the only driving force for survival, and this desire is also the focus of the second half of the film, and is the source and support of Tom Hanks' Oscar-level performance.
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