I dedicate this document to the muscles that never give up

Alivia 2022-04-21 09:01:14

The first time I saw a camera shake movie was "All About Lily Zhou", I thought I was hypoglycemic again; the second time was "Dancer in the Dark", I felt like I met the greatest filming invention in the world ;The third time was "Suzhou River", because of the foundation of "Dancer in the Darkness", I insisted on expressing my appreciation psychologically, and I felt nauseous physically as a last resort; until the time of "The Cloverfield File", I couldn't help but want to Shout out: Is it over? Still shaking.

Four or five meters away from the screen, there was a mass of people who were slumbering. I couldn't help but applaud, thinking that their actions were actually the same as what I wanted to shout out.

However, using DV to record a disaster to highlight its authenticity is a matter of course. The problem is, for that authenticity, the director himself destroyed its authenticity. Based on our general knowledge of DV players and DV enthusiasts, we are curious to ask, what makes a person use that strong muscle to support it all to death? What kind of sense of smell made him think that if he chose not to escape in order to shoot the monster's face or even go deep into the monster's body, he would not be summed up as a neurotic? What kind of eyesight made him buy a DV player with huge power consumption or a powerful DV battery? Ah, the great spirit! Great professionalism! Therefore, we also expected that one day the director will stand up and say: "N years ago, I made a professional ethics education film for photographers, but the audience regarded it as a disaster blockbuster. It seems that there is nowhere to misunderstand. not in..."

If this day does come, I think the history of film should remember the director's magnificent self-save, but I worry that we can only keep regrets. Doubt arises spontaneously: Is the disaster blockbuster really dead? Already at the end of the road and have to shake the camera to find the difference? I would rather believe that the director is just trying to taste something new, otherwise it can only be said to be superfluous. The reason why "Dancer in the Darkness" is good is that it is comfortable and accurate. The director Lars von Ter signed the "Ten Commandments" is not a joke. He has certain movie beliefs, and he practiced them seriously and well. Just right. (Content of the Ten Commandments: 1. It must be shot on the spot, and sets and props cannot be used. If props must be used, they must be shot at the place where the oil props appear. 2. Additional sound effects cannot be added beyond the influence, unless The music is playing during the shooting. 3. Hand-held photography must be used. 4. Color must be used. Special lighting effects cannot be created. If the scene is too dark and the exposure is insufficient, you can add a dome light to the camera. 5. Cannot be used Any filter. 6. No surface treatment scenes, such as murder, etc. 7. The story must take place in a modern environment. 8. No genre films are allowed. 9. The film format must be 35mm. 10. The director's name It cannot appear at the beginning and end of the credits. This is to resist the "harm of Hollywood style to film art.") Moreover, the main contribution of this film is that he maximizes the charm of singing and dancing, so shaking the camera as a means, also Appears to be charming.

What about The Cloverfield File? Although I didn't see anything new until the end of the film, the director still conveyed a spirit: he would rather torture himself and the audience to death than be in the company of Hollywood disaster movies. This is respectable. The more I went on, the more I thought the director was cute and smart. He didn't tell us that the man was holding the DV player, but he actually ordered it. So I can only think of another scenario: they are all dead. One day, a researcher walked through the ruins and was very emotional. Suddenly, he found a DV machine. There was a small note next to the DV machine, which wrote Author: The photographer, the brother who has received muscle training all the year round, so that he can lift the DV machine for N hours at a critical time. Shooting content: Monster invasion. Filming time: 6:42am, Saturday, May 23rd. ... I would like to dedicate this film to the major video sites.

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Extended Reading
  • Dwight 2021-10-20 19:01:05

    I read an article about the promotion of this movie, saying that before the movie was released, many websites were created, and the characters in the movie were constructed in real life with real backgrounds, such as the employment company, blog homepage, etc., to create a reality The feeling of the documentary, this method is simply too smart.

  • Alexandro 2022-03-23 09:01:13

    Although it feels like a DV shot, there is still a need to watch high-definition. I remember that before "Blair the Witch", Steven Soderbergh’s debut film "Sexual Lies" was the first movie I had ever seen that was inspired by DV, but this "Cloverland" is obviously not a DV work, it just uses Storytelling in the form of DV made many people shine. But those firefighting scenes that seem to be a glimpse are not something ordinary people can manipulate.

Cloverfield quotes

  • Rob Hawkins: My name is Robert Hawkins. It's 6:42 AM on Saturday, May 23rd. Approximately seven hours ago, some... thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. If you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this right now, then you probably know more about it than I do. Whatever it is, it killed my brother Jason Hawkins, it killed my best friend Hudson Platt and Marlena Diamond, and many many others. We've crashed into Central Park and we've taken shelter underneath this bridge. The military has begun bombing the creature and we're caught in the middle. Okay, ready?

    [Rob turns camera to Beth]

    Rob Hawkins: It's okay.

    Beth McIntyre: I don't know what to say.

    Rob Hawkins: Just tell them who you are.

    Beth McIntyre: My name is Elizbeth McIntyre. I don't know why this is happening. And we're going to wait here until this passes.

  • Beth McIntyre: [sees monster] What is that?

    Hud: It's a terrible thing.

    [while trying to get to a flight of stairs, Rob encounters a parasite and kills it]

    Beth McIntyre: Oh my God! What is that?

    Hud: I don't know! Something else! Also terrible.