love beyond sound

Aletha 2022-04-23 07:06:19

On the silvery sea, a fishing boat gradually appeared in our sight. As the camera progresses, we hear a burst of singing from a fishing girl, Ruby Rossi, the protagonist of the film.

"The Listening Girl" is a remake of French director Eric Latigau's "Berry's Family". The remake of this film was very successful and won the 94th Academy Award for Best Picture and many more. awards.

The film tells the story of a hearing girl, Ruby, who needs to accompany her deaf father and brother to go fishing every day. But when she was appreciated by Mr. Wei and recommended to study at the Conservatory of Music, Ruby began to hesitate between her dream and her family.

The director's use of the lens is excellent. During one of Ruby's singing, the director used the rear camera to lock the focus on the back of Ruby's parents, and then zoomed in to focus on Ruby on the stage. What makes the audience notice is that the singing gradually disappears with the zoom lens, and penetrates into the perspective of the deaf. The camera switched between Ruby's father and other audiences many times, allowing the audience to deeply appreciate the confusion of deaf and mute people in this environment, fully demonstrating the charm of audio-visual appeal. Even though Ruby's family couldn't hear Ruby's singing at all, they stood up and cheered and applauded after Ruby's singing. I think this kind of love between relatives is beyond everything.

There was another scene that moved me. When Ruby sang, his father stared at Ruby's mouth seriously and put his hand on Ruby's vocal cords, trying to feel Ruby's singing through the vibration of the vocal cords, and Ruby also became popular with his father's actions eye socket. In this section, the director used a double camera to give Ruby and her father the fixed camera respectively, clearly showing their actions and demeanor in front of the audience.

This is a warm and inspiring film. Although the family expressed their reluctance to study music because they couldn't hear Ruby's singing, they were willing to support her dream. It's a love that goes beyond sound.

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Extended Reading
  • Gardner 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    The northeastern United States, which has been devastated to the end, finally has such a warm, moving and positive traditional family story. I'm used to seeing anti-climax, it's really time for an orgasm. In particular, there are two famous scenes comparable to "The Sound of Metal", the silence of the high school chorus when reporting the performance, and the deaf-mute father touching his daughter's Adam's apple on the pickup to listen to the song.

  • Garfield 2022-04-20 09:02:57

    FULL SPOILER#I have seen the Bellie family, so I know my dad will stroke her throat and listen to songs. I know she will sign in the final interview, but I can't help but feel the same way. The family members knew that life would be more difficult for Ruby after she went to college, but they still sent her for an interview without hesitation, especially since the elder brother did not want the family to trap his younger sister and wanted to support the family by himself. people admire. I feel that the heroine also has a good look at the song. Maybe it is English because it sounds better, but the lyrics are still good in the French version.

CODA quotes

  • Frank Rossi: The song you sang tonight. What was it about?

    Ruby Rossi: It was about... what it is to need another person.

    Frank Rossi: Can you sing it for me?

  • Ruby Rossi: [signing] Did you ever wish I was deaf?

    Jackie Rossi: [signing] When you were born, at the hospital, they gave you a hearing test. And there you were, so tiny and sweet, with those electrodes all over you. And I... prayed that you would be deaf. When they told us that you were hearing, I felt... My heart sank.

    Ruby Rossi: [signing] Why?

    Jackie Rossi: [signing] I was worried that we wouldn't connect. Like me and my mom, we're not close. I thought I would fail you. That being deaf would make me a bad mom.

    Ruby Rossi: [signing] Don't worry. You are a bad mom for so many other reasons.

    [They laugh]