There has always been something to say about Wen Ziren's "The Conjuring" series. After being addicted to Lin Zhengying's zombie films in elementary school, he began to have a great interest in horror films.
The existence of the "Conjuring" series is not only an independent film, it is more like a historical documentary. When I saw the title of "Adapted from real events", my heart was actually more nervous. The degree of restoration is really nothing to say. Before watching the movie, I also learned about the British "Enfield Incident". The comparison pictures are really close to history. In this way, the audience can really restore the most real events and get the most immersive viewing experience. experience, and create a terrifying and depressing atmosphere!
The second is Wen Ziren's technique. Since it is the most terrifying horror film, it naturally has unforgettable and most immersive lens language. It is different from the western evil spirit films, where the ghosts rampage and the oriental ghost films. , illusory, but panic everywhere, Wen Ziren skillfully combined the body of Western evil spirits with the soul of Eastern ghosts to form something that can be seen and touched, which has both the dramatic tension of the rampage of primitive demons, and the solitary soul. Gloomy like a wild ghost, between movement and stillness, Wen Ziren brought out the terrifying atmosphere to the extreme. It also captures the emotions of the audience.
And a series of switching back and forth with the camera, counter-attack, and subjective perspective, creating a kind of evil spirit behind, the protagonist does not know, but the audience knows it, but they don't know when it will appear when they are nervous and afraid. This kind of subjective The use of the lens makes the audience fear the unknown, which really tickles the audience's appetite. There is also the frame drawing. I always thought that the frame drawing can only be seen in the French "new wave" movies, but Wen Ziren at the beginning of the film , but used in many places. In a gloomy room, a gloomy woman sat on the bed and looked ahead, but the next second suddenly injected you in front of the camera, breaking the fourth wall! This kind of cutting time frame drawing did not make the audience feel very dramatic. On the contrary, this strong visual impact can create a terrifying effect and also reflect an extremely unreal scene.
Wen Ziren is also dedicated to horror design. On the basis of Soul Conjuring 1, Conjuring 2 incorporates more horror elements, nuns, translucent things, including dialogue with spirits, and the last layer of demon resentment. Behind the demon in the show, there is a bigger demon strategizing in the dark. This kind of plot design is very thoughtful on paper, let alone presented on the screen!
Other horror elements have already been said in the previous film review, so I won't repeat them.
Now I want to talk about the design that I think is a bit redundant
The first is the appearance of the hunchback man. The hunchback man has nothing to do with the demon nun and the old demon Bill. Its appearance has no direct connection with the protagonist including the little girl, nor does it promote the development of the story, but has been with the supporting roles. The little boy has a connection, and the little boy is also a marginal role in this film, so the original intention of the character design of the hunchback man has not been accurately grasped, and the way the hunchback man appears, not only is it not scary, it seems a little venomous a feeling of! Including the design of this character is also too facial, its original purpose is not clear, only know that it is to scare people to scare people! And the scary way is to grin. Too pretentious.
The second is Wen Ziren's arrangement of the scene. Wen Ziren has a high degree of reduction of the scene, but in these two films, there is a lack of life in the house, and the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere is too strong, a little deliberate, the first film can be I understand because I just moved in, but the second part has lived in the house for so long. The furniture, wallpaper, wood and stairs in the room are very messy, like a dilapidated house that has been deserted and uninhabited for decades. , This kind of design is actually a little out of place for the plot itself. If a family has a woman and there are many traces of living, there will inevitably be a breath of life, but this kind of breath rarely appears in the "Conjuring" series. , so this kind of setting is also a bit too deliberate.
Finally, I want to say that the movie is very beautiful and scary, but in this movie, you can still gain a lot of movie skills. Please watch the movie carefully, it is scary, but it is not the devil that is scary, but behind the demon, behind the camera. Wen Ziren.
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