Sensen Dajun Film Critic Lecturer Screenwriter
Answer the following questions from fans
1Is the theme of the film related to drunk driving? What does the director want to express?
How do the beginning and ending of the 2 episodes echo? About the push-pull panning technique and the message conveyed by a lot of body language
The film has also won several awards at the Austin Film Festival, Silicon Valley International Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, and Kitzbucher Film Festival (all are Official Choice Awards).
Award-winning short film "Escape" by a young British director v.youku.com
Woman: I still don't understand why your "Four-Dimensional One Theory" can accurately determine the ideological theme of the film?
Anyone who has studied geometry in high school knows that two intersecting straight lines can determine a point. If a hundred straight lines are all intertwined with a point, which is mutually supportive, why should we question the director's true thoughts and creative intentions?
Four-dimensional integration is the theory of film creation. If you are an expert, you are indeed making films and engaging in art, and you want your work to be recognized by the masters and recognized by the industry, you must follow this theoretical system... This is the so-called academic !
Woman: Then I don't understand this short film, why is it recognized by the industry? Just such a short film that reflects drunk driving, what is so surprising that the judges paid attention to it?
There are a lot of people who don't understand, and there are only a few who understand. If they can understand this set of knowledge, it will be worthless, right? Everyone is a film master...
Not much to say, you can understand the truth, I will tell you where this short film must be...
The title, every time you have to remind, where are the movie symbols hidden?
Female: This should be the picture of the male protagonist's girlfriend being rescued. After that, the plot was not advanced from the perspective of his girlfriend...
Yes, after that, all the messages revolved around the male protagonist's picture and the content of his phone call. When watching a movie, what you think about is the picture and the language of the lens. Especially in short films, every dialogue, only a few words may reveal the director's creative thinking...
Let's think about a question: When a person encounters a crisis, such as this male protagonist, what does he do?
Woman: In a panic, I thought of calling a friend for help and telling him about it...
That's good, the first time we encountered an unexpected or life-threatening event, that kind of panic, fear... This series of psychological processes is as nervous as the male protagonist, and panic is inevitable... Right?
The key is: Who else is in fear and embarrassment in this film... Want to call someone to discuss?
Woman: Of course it's the heroine. She's in the hospital, and it's her first time giving birth, but her husband isn't by her side. I didn't expect to face all this independently...
Continue to think, who else calls for help, hurry up and help?
Female: By the way, and the mother of the male protagonist...
Yeah! It should be said that the mother of the male protagonist is also facing this kind of thing for the first time. She is in a panic. Although she has given birth to a child herself, it is the first time that she has become a mother-in-law. Grandma for the second time...
Woman: At this time, she naturally thought of calling her son, because she knew that her son had to come to the hospital, and her daughter-in-law also needed a husband by her side...
When encountering a crisis, the first person that comes to mind is a relative , or a friend, or the person closest to you— Zhijiao
Female: It is necessary, find someone to discuss and solve the problem... Otherwise, what should I do?
If there are no such people around, we will think of him, God, God!
Female: These all show that the parties need to communicate and communicate at this time...
The key point: phone calls, prayers, and the male protagonist and friends communicate in the car...
All callers are one-on-one, understand?
Woman: What are you trying to say?
These are all one-to-one relationships , private spaces, heart-to-heart exchanges and communication!
If you think of the confession room, it also means facing the godfather or praying to God...
Woman: Oh, no wonder black people want to stress: get back in the car ...
See, all these dialogues are emphasizing this point, but ordinary people can't see it, especially the scene where the two appear in the title sequence, remember?
Why two doctors?
Woman: Help each other. One is holding a drip bag and the other is comforting the patient. There is negotiation.
This is what the director wanted.
In addition, the upside-down shot taken here , is there any wood? We get a message from this screen:
face!
This element is critical and closely related to the theme. Let's take a look at the shooting method later...
Overhead shot, follow shot, camera panning...
Female: Show the panicked state of the client
Thinking: Why take a follow-up shot...?
What are the characteristics of follow-up? Characters with their backs to the audience...
Look here, when the black man asks the male protagonist, where are we going?
Then the male protagonist got out of the car suddenly and made such an action...
Female: I seem to cover my ears and don't want to listen, don't want to answer, don't know what to do...
The subtext of these body language is actually:
Refuse to face the problem! ! !
Woman: Oh, I understand, putting your hand behind your head can also be understood as refusal to act, refusal to think... In short, refusal to face!
So the heroine was in the delivery room, facing the doctor, and went through everything alone...
And the male protagonist began to refuse to face it, from escaping from the scene of the car accident to avoiding contact with his relatives... In short, he has always chosen to escape and avoid problems!
Woman: Well, after being persuaded by black friends, I calmed down and finally went to the police station to surrender... At the end of the film, what does the ringtone of the phone mean?
At this time, the girlfriend called again, whether to answer or not?
What echoes? I said at the beginning of the film that the heroine is facing (the doctor and nurse), then at the end of the film, this is for the audience... Can you understand?
subtext here
When we encounter such a problem, for the first time in our life, what should we do ?
Bravely pick up the phone, face her, face the problem!
At the same time, we also make calls to family and friends,
When you can't handle it alone, we need help, we need advice... don't run away, that won't solve the problem!
Female: Oh, it turns out that the phone ringing is still an alarm bell, and it is for the audience: The director wants us to think about how to face the problem when we encounter a crisis in the future!
And this shot, the window frame, the glass, the car going backwards, the top shot ... Pan to the side of the warm painting
Squares represent rules and regulations...
Overhead shot, high judgment, car backwards (the male protagonist decides to surrender himself)
These are the lens languages:
For the sake of love, for the happiness of the family, don't try the law by yourself!
Woman: Ha, it's interesting, it's true, the car backed up and they turned themselves in, they must respect the law , escape is not the way!
How, now you understand the theme of this short film? Do you think all the dialogues and shots that are foreshadowing are playing?
Woman: Really, I only understood when you said it. There is a huge gap between many directors here and international masters, and I can't even read it! In addition, I think the black actor in this film has good acting skills and is also very handsome!
Female: I have checked the information: the two leading actors are also rising stars. The protagonist Jack Brett Anderson has appeared in the British drama "Wolfblood" and the supporting role Lucian Laversmont's works include "Skin" and "Supernatural". "Scream Queen", "London Beauty", etc.
It's not the same as commercial films. It can be said that a master director makes a film to convey his ideas. No matter how famous the actor is, he will not have much room for independent thinking and free rein...
Woman: Why do you say that?
" Lust and Caution ", you know, Tang Wei's bed scene, do you think she can do whatever she wants? Moreover, when Ang Lee filmed " Sense and Sensibility ", how many big-name actors were there, and who was obedient from the beginning...? But in the end, you have to be obedient, and you can act as you want, don't be shy... The producers who won't delay others wo n't agree!
You're watching this short... First of all, put your head in your hands, there's no way an actor can do this trick, right?
In another place, the black man was at the police station, and he clearly decided to surrender himself.
Woman: What is this doing?
Find someone! Isn't the theme of this film said, if you encounter problems, let you find someone , don't do it alone, you must have no idea at this time...
Look at how the black man persuaded him, the overtones are full of these words: You are a good person , and you know how to love , escape is not the way, so why not face it?
Looking at this picture again, putting the mobile phone and the photos of the two people together is to make you think about the one-to-one relationship between the two ends of the mobile phone . All of them are what I just analyzed, right?
Woman: Well, it's really amazing! In such a small short film, such a theme is summed up through the pictures, shots and dialogues.
Looking at a mountain is not a mountain , do you think this short film is really about drunk driving? Reminder to drive safely...and win? Is that thing called art?
Woman: I'm thinking, if everyone can't understand the way here, then so many international awards will not be focused on this short film! It shows that the art of film still has certain rules, and there are rules to follow... but we didn't find it!
This is the gap , so I always say: it's not easy to make a fool of yourself!
You have to figure out a truth: a ten-minute short film is like this, and the long film has more details. So much information is used to interpret a theme. Can the theme we summarize with the Four-Dimensional One Theory be inaccurate? Do you still have doubts?
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