"The Umbrella of Cherbourg" is a classic movie worth pondering. Lenses, music, colors are all carefully designed.
First of all, the matching of the music is very close to the characters. The sweetness of love in the first act corresponds to the cheerfulness of the music, the separation of the lovers in the second act corresponds to the long sadness of the music, and the music is mixed with a few notes of jumping to express the mother. The idea of shows the director's delicate audio-visual design. The music in the third act starts low, it seems that the mood is no longer, with a little hesitation and helplessness, and then when the former lover meets, it starts high, very atmospheric, but it feels very biting, like The catharsis of the soul. The movie still looks great, and musicals generally seem a bit dated and boring right now, but The Umbrella of Cherbourg excels in both storyline and visuals. The story is a standard three-act play, but there are many lines of the story, between lovers, between mother and daughter, between friends. The scale of each line is not shallow, and the shape of each person is angular. Of particular concern here is the use of color in the film, which is quite bold and excellent. All three primary colors appear in one shot, the most original color impact. The colors are quite rich, and the colors change accordingly in expressing the emotions of the characters. Most of the time with the mother, the color of the environment around the heroine is usually blue, and there is an indescribable feeling around her. The icy and melancholy atmosphere. When you are with your lover, most of them are red and pink. In the second act, when she reconciles with her mother and prepares to accept the boyfriend introduced by her mother, her color gradually changes, and both of them are dressed in red. When the male protagonist and another female protagonist are together, the color is also very particular. The two walked through the blue house and stopped at the rich and quiet orange cafe. After that, the development of the story was that the two were together. Color also plays a foreshadowing role.
I like two shots of the movie, one is the opening shot of the movie, it is very beautiful, the shot of colorful umbrellas, but in the end, there will be Yangguan Road and a single-plank bridge. On a rainy day, you and I both held umbrellas, I saw you, and you noticed me, we fell in love with each other, but just like raindrops, each has its own destination. I also like the last scene of the movie. It is no longer heavy rain, but heavy snow. The world is pure and white, and everything can be erased and started again.
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