juxtaposition of serious environment (battle, congressional meeting) and daily life (reading magazines, getting drunk)
should be (mask, anticipation, righteousness, underground life-saving space) and reality (under the mask, actual, small) The juxtaposition of abacus and male-female ratio)
adds shortcomings/life breath to the glamorous and superior characters, reduces their ability, seriousness, intelligence, etc., reduces them to the same/lower level as the audience,
exaggerates the actual situation to absurdity The degree of
meaning (the conspiracy of fluoridated water) : Although simplified and exaggerated, the basic story is possible in reality, and the logic is also in line with the logic of reality (personal officer who fears communism, mutual suspicion and hostility between the two major powers)
dilutes Preaching atmosphere:
no lines or scenes jump out to tell the meaning of the story ("Cooperate, humans!")
Incorporate non-serious solutions (male to female ratio 1:10)
Add coincidence in every link (it happens that the receiving box is broken ), absurd (conspiracy of fluoridated water), and exaggeration (automatic apocalyptic device), making the audience think that the specific story cannot have a
devastating ending in reality and accompanied by relaxed lyrical music, without showing the
effects of specific destruction and death empathy Obtained: The ordinary team members are ignorant but dedicated to fulfilling orders and full of sacrifice, innocent but facing immediate danger to their lives. Contrast with neurotic conspirators, lecherous and militant air force commanders, mother-in-law presidents, and weird doctors. , Let the audience successfully empathize with the task team, and even hope that they can finally complete the task (even if the cost is the destruction of all mankind and all living things)
special techniques:
Most of the scenes are composed of long dialogues, but they still maintain tension, full of interest and smoothly advance the plot (the reason is probably: the dialogue itself is more important than the action (the two countries discuss how to deal with it), these dialogues are full of contrasting fun and conflicting rounds, It is a dialogue that naturally occurs according to the development of the plot (not for
understanding )) The dialogue between the president and the Russian prime minister only shows the unilateral dialogue of the president, but allows the audience to fully understand and supplement the other half by themselves, and the content of the dialogue is very natural. No explanation
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