Lens usage: too many natural scenery, too many empty mirrors (such as the scene in the church), too many dolly, too many panning (40% of scene openings are panning to panning), too many hand-held lenses, too many too Shoot too much upside down, too much shaking following the movement of the characters. Is this film completely lit by natural light? The director has a weird obsession with light and shadow on objects, and in many places he has added this kind of lens that is completely aimless (pictured). The most uncomfortable problem is that the position of the lens often changes illogically.
After the protagonist was beaten in prison, two shots turned out to be vertical and horizontal (pictured). This is a bit funny. Is the aspect ratio of 2.4:1 really good? (Classic diagonal composition "I am Cuba" Is 1.37:1)
In addition, does the whole film only use one lens (breathing effect is still a bit serious)? Why is it all wide angle? Wide angle + upside down shooting is really uncomfortable
Generally speaking, this DP is very amateur, but doesn't the director intervene? Confusing
Editing: There are too many editing problems. Shots and shots often even have different locations (the same scene, this shot went to the valley after the next shot on the plain). There are too many fragmented montages, too many jumps without logic And why should the lines that are clearly connected before and after have to be skipped? Frequently remembering good times is a bit annoying. Too many J-cuts (many times there will be human voices and the main body of this sound will only appear after many shots, but this may be to create a dangling sound effect, whatever) There are two consecutive shots with completely different colors (pictured). What are you doing?
Summary: Editing is also quite amateur. This technique is comparable to mine.
Narrative: First of all, it is known that English is spoken all over the world. Secondly, the director wants to achieve a certain degree of authenticity, so German is used as a superficial noise. Only when the military officer talks about the villagers quarreling, the time does not flow. The unity except the first hour is from the season. The change can reflect that after the time flows, you can only resort to subtitles. The very minimal narrative style except for the main story line. Everything else is fragmented. The way of using the soundtrack and the parallel sentence type of narration are really too American. The story itself is actually not very dramatic and I was not moved by some excessive force, but most of the time it is not expressive enough. If you edit it well, it can be compressed to at least two hours.
OK Except for these technical moans, there is really nothing to say about this movie There is no reason for the protagonist’s insistence at all. Does a person who lived in an Austrian mountain village in a family era really have a world view of "the world is sinking"? If god gives free will? Will God really give free will? The judge of the military court would really ask the question "Do you think your actions will change the situation of the war?" Is this really a typical Hollywood line? Are these officers not all Hitler followers? And this is what the plot lawyer said before, why do you repeat it? Does he know what he is doing? Pride! That's it. If the director only highlights his personal heroism against the dictatorship, then he is not a qualified humanist attitude (this is Terrence Malik!)
Apart from the first time, there is nothing left to say. Austria is so beautiful. I am free, in my little prison cell; but you are all bound in the vast world.
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