The narrative sequence may be...

Lue 2022-01-19 08:02:43

The reason why the narrative angle is switched between roles does not seem to be to show the conversion itself. Although there is basically a main character in each episode, there are constant changes within the episode. I feel that these conversions are not just showing off skills, and showing off skills is not very meaningful; and at the beginning, because of the constant conversion, I didn't really understand it. In addition, because the transition between the characters is not complete, "changing the individual and changing the story" does not seem to be the theme.

The conversion should be quite functional.

There are three parallel main lines, that is, three stories. If the main lines (extremely generalized) are arranged in time sequence, they should be like this:

1. In 1711, the devil gave a boat of alchemist wine for immortality, and the first batch of undead was born and happened. Devour and riot.

2. In 1930, Szilard was refined into the wine of immortality, and the finished product was leaked, and the second batch of undead (Firo gang, Luck gang, strange thief couple, Dallas) was born. Among them, Firo and others cooperated with Maiza in the first batch of undead and swallowed Szilard; Dallas opened a line of affection. The production of the undead is interrupted here. For gangs, there are only general distinctions and introductions.

3. In 1931, the gangs fought in a melee; here the confrontation between the family and the family is described in detail, and 1931 is also the part with the most characters.
1. Firo and Luck get rid of Gustavo, add Ennis, and meet at the train station-Firo's companion Maiza will pick up Czeslaw, Luck will pick up Vino, and Ennis will pick up the strange thief couple.
2. Czeslaw wants to devour Maiza. Vino is employed by Luck. See Firo by the way. The strange thief couple came to Ennis. Huey's followers in black, among the first undead, intend to threaten the government to release Huye. White Ladd (another family Russo, not very important), blackmailed the government to kill people by the way. The bad boy led by Jacuzzi asked Jing to come to the train to steal explosives. The group of people got on the same train and fought endlessly. In the end, Vino got rid of the white clothes and Jacuzzi got rid of the black clothes.
3. Get off the rest of the car and find each mother.
The follow-up is not shown, mainly the Dallas family love line, and Vino's love line (?).

The narrative angle is very unstable. At first, I thought it would be the same as the Rocky Horror Show, with the vice president as an outsider, running through the whole line, but no. The narrative angle is indeed changed one by one between the characters, but there are too many characters, and everyone's experience is very thin. Most of the conversions are camera switching. If the goal is really to "retell a story with a different character", then it seems that it's not quite right. That's how it was shot from the perspective of God. I am so skeptical, and I still need to further organize the plot to prove it.

I also don't think this is the only way to tell a story (assuming this story was originally intended to be restored like "intelligence"). If the story is told according to the sequence, the whole story can be told. However, I imagined it myself. It should not look very good. The three lines climaxed one after another, but it didn't make much sense to follow it. You may feel aesthetic fatigue after seeing half of it.

I think the purpose of disrupting the timing is to eliminate this fatigue. My own feeling is that how the timing is disrupted, it seems that there is no logic or structure. But every time it reaches a climax, it will definitely be chopped off; or the climax of another line will be chopped off. It's very interesting to use resources and come back again and again. This is the reason for adopting such a broken narrative structure. I think this is the same as an episode of tv that often ends when the climax or suspense arises. But at the beginning, this method was not used to please the audience so much; the fragmentation at the beginning caused confusion, so that when the burden was shaken later, the pleasure would be stronger.

Of course, this is also a suspicion...It is too late to sort out the plot. If it is sorted out and there are discrepancies, this article will be deleted immediately. Please correct me.

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  • Ezra 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    It's messy... it can also be said to be a very bold narrative structure... it requires considerable patience and rationality... but an animation that will feel very wonderful when you see it...

  • Sydnie 2022-03-28 09:01:12

    The storytelling is very special...