Close-up: Shooting movie pictures above the chest of the characters. It can make the audience see clearly the facial expressions of the characters, or some kind of body movements, which is conducive to the detailed description of the characters' looks, demeanor, clothes, instruments and so on.
Mid shot: Take movie photos above the knee of the character. It is beneficial to show the body movements of characters, to explain the relationship between people, to deepen the sense of depth of the picture, to show a certain environment and atmosphere, to describe the process of a conflict in an orderly way through the combination of lenses, and is often used to describe the plot.
Panorama: a movie screen that captures the whole body or the whole scene of a character. It can fully show the whole movements of the characters and their relationship. In the panorama, people and the environment are often integrated, which can create a vivid picture of people and scenery.
Foresight: refers to a scene that represents a vast space or an open scene, and it is the one with the longest sight distance and the largest range of performance space among all scenes. In TV programs, it is often used to express geographical environment, natural features and open scenes and scenery.
Panorama: usually shot from a high angle, used as a fixed field of view lens or as a hint of a wide and open space. Sound: including human voice, background music and sound.
Voice: explain, publicize the plot, and publicize the characters.
Background music: setting off the atmosphere, rendering the atmosphere, deepening the theme, and being good at lyric.
Sound: increase the sense of reality, set off the surrounding atmosphere and express your feelings.
Picture: including characters, scenery and props.
Man: the center of vision and the carrier of thought.
Scenery: express feelings, promote plot development and deepen the theme.
Props: Depicting characters, connecting story lines and expressing feelings.
Combination of sound and picture: including sound and picture correspondence, sound and picture separation and sound and picture comparison.
Sound-painting correspondence: without pictures, there is no sound.
Separation of sound and picture: sound and picture are narrated separately, and there is no obvious conflict between them.
Contrast between sound and painting: Sound and painting form a strong contrast in meaning and emotion.
Color: shaping characters, creating environment and atmosphere, and forming creative ideas.
Tone: divided into cool tone and warm tone.
Cool color: The color on the blue-green side of the color ring is called cool color, which can give people a feeling of cold, quiet, backward and far away.
Warm colors: The colors of red and orange in the color ring are called warm colors, which can give people a warm, exciting, enterprising and harmonious feeling.
Light: a long lens for modeling, ideographic function and external painting: a lens that takes up a long film for a long time, usually more than 30 seconds. The long lens can keep the overall effect and the complete unity of the plot time and space; It can faithfully and completely reproduce the real image and increase the credibility, persuasiveness and appeal of the film; It can also render the atmosphere and express the psychological activities of the characters.
Empty shot: also known as "scene shot". A scene in which no characters (mainly those related to the plot) describe natural scenery or scenes. It is often used to introduce the environmental background, explain the time and space, express the feelings of characters, promote the development of stories and express the author's attitude. It has the functions of explanation, suggestion, symbol and metaphor. In the film, it can produce artistic effects such as lyricism, scene blending, artistic conception rendering, atmosphere contrast and association. , but also has a unique role in the time-space transformation of the picture and the adjustment of the film rhythm. The comments of film reviews can be made from the director's unique ideas, audio pictures, profound truth, the significance of the times of the film, film music, film content, film lighting, film shooting skills, roles in the film and so on. In the process of commenting, the author puts forward his own views in combination with the specific content of the film and the highlights of the film in terms of conception, structure, technology and characters, so as to further demonstrate.
To write a good film review, we must first watch the film carefully, record the important people and shots in the film, and find out the highlights and innovations in the film. Whether a film review can attract people depends on whether it has a different point of view from others and writes something that others generally can't think of. You can sum up "novelty" and "strangeness" in two words.
Frequently asked questions: digressing, telling stories, covering everything, having no opinion, writing "tofu block", putting the cart before the horse, common sense questions, no details. Thought comment:
1. Comment on the topic. Strive for original insights and dig deeper. Most articles in Autumn Harvest Uprising think that this film reflects the history of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, successfully portrays the image of Mao Zedong, combines Marxism-Leninism with China's revolutionary practice, takes the road of encircling the cities from the countryside, and finds the direction for China's revolution. According to Lenin's exposition on leaders and the central government's definition of Mao Zedong Thought, I realize that the film reflects the growth process of Mao Zedong as an outstanding revolutionary leader in the struggle, and also reveals the historical reasons and process of Mao Zedong Thought's formation and development, and comments from this new angle (see "Silver Pearl").
2. Comment on practical significance. It is also related to the theme, but it pays more attention to the practical role. The evaluation of realistic movies such as Kong Fansen and I Tell You focuses on party member cadres' honesty and love for the people, while the evaluation of capital people such as Days of Leaving Lei Feng focuses on the positive significance of learning from Lei Feng in the new period. Reviewing historical films should also take reality into account.
3. Write a review. We should integrate ourselves with reality, or praise the advanced, criticize the backward and criticize the current disadvantages; Or self-observation, find the gap, encourage and spur. Most of the film criticism articles of primary and middle school students belong to this category. One thing to note is that it can't be written as "story introduction+self-comparison", and the other is to stick to the film, instead of taking a topic out of the film and leaving a comment on the film. For example, "Smoke Crossing the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895" does not talk about "being beaten backward" in general, but about the political, economic, military and other aspects of the film, connecting with historical facts and combining with world-famous naval battles, and appealing to the current social unhealthy atmosphere. Comments on the Nanjing Massacre, the key point of thinking about the city is the word "city", which is tightly buckled, released and closed from "massacre city", "paper city", "unprotected city", "Great Wall of Steel" and "national defense city".
Character review
This is a common comment style, which is divided into single comment, similar comment and comparative comment by different people. The comments on "Carrying Dad to School" by four characters in Silver Pearl have their own characteristics. Detailed description and magnificent image have launched a comparative review of Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. Snow Lotus Rising in the Fire captures the personality characteristics of the image of Danzhu in red river valley and makes a profound analysis from the outside to the inside. In the writing of people's comments, it is best to try not only to evaluate the meaning of people's images, but also to grasp the unique personality of people, such as their unique behaviors, actions, ideals, interests and talents, so as to dig deeper into the meaning of people's images. For example, the artillery professional's comments on A Lonely Fire changed the enthusiastic praise of heroes in the past, and more integrated the feelings and thoughts of intellectuals' fate in the new era.
Aesthetic review
1. artistic style review. For example, "Where did it come from?" Comment on the movie "Party A and Party B" in combination with comedy style; The documentary tide on the surging screen analyzes the reasons for the success of excellent documentaries from their aesthetic characteristics; A visual symphony that shakes the soul-comment on the symphonic poem structure of the film.
2. Artistic style review. For example, the poetic battlefield freehand brushwork, through the analysis of the different poetic connotations of several main battle scenes in the movie "The Great Turn", gives people a thrilling audio-visual experience by splashing ink on the film. For The Red Lover, which caused great controversy, the image beauty in poetry and movies was affirmed from the perspective of film style and innovation.
3. Comment on aesthetic characteristics. Calling for Family and Interpersonal Relations starts with the aesthetic characteristics of contemporary tragedy, pointing out that contemporary tragedy pays attention to exploring the complexity of human spiritual life and arouses people to cherish valuable things in life such as family and interpersonal relations. Comment on the analysis of the article "Why is" cute "combined with children's aesthetic psychology".
Film characteristics
This kind of critical writing has a strong professionalism, such as comments on the language, structure, rhetoric, suspense, sound, color, music, photography, special effects, performance and director of the film. Try the following example:
1, film language review. < Red Sorghum > The Starting Point and the Road to Success for China's Movies to Go Global.
2. Review of film structure. Compound blending, skillfully weaving the structural art of Jingwei jujube ".
3. Rhetorical comments on movies. Film rhetoric includes many techniques, such as contrast, exaggeration, symbolism and personification. Such as appreciating symbolism in novels.
4. Review of movie rhythm. On the Rhythm Art of Affectionate Rhythm Films
5. Suspense reviews of movies. Suspense is so exciting —— On the suspense skills of American movies
6. Movie audio review. The Voice in Jujube is full of affection when copying the voice.
7. Film color review. Why does Zhang Yimou prefer red? Strengthen the formal meaning.
8. Review of film details. The intriguing Yin Na Zhang Mi and A Shining Necklace.
9. Film performance review. The charm of eyes
10, movie music review.
The angle of the above comments is not absolute, but mutual penetration, intersection and compatibility. The angle of criticism can be complicated, such as commenting on people. In addition to the above-mentioned comparative analysis of judging a person, a class of people, or opposing characters, we can also make a comprehensive analysis of similar characters in several films or a certain type of films, or comment on a certain creative tendency. For example, the sense of hardship and heroism, analyze the universal theme of American movies; Topics such as "Analysis of the screen image of soldiers in the new era", "Why can't young actresses last forever", "Why should everyone jump into the bathtub" and "Why are ugly stars popular" are all selected based on a certain film creation tendency.
The style of film criticism can be varied, mainly in the form of prose, letters, dialogues, questions and answers, essays and so on. There is also prose style, which is mainly to express emotions, lively and beautiful, but generally lacks rigorous argumentation, less logical power and thinner theoretical color. Film criticism garden should allow all kinds of styles. Close to "movies" and "reviews".
The content of the review must be provided by the film, not from the instructions and newspaper stories.
In order to grasp the characteristics of film art, the object of comment is the sense of picture and movement. Let people who haven't seen the movie have a general understanding of the movie and agree with your point of view.
It is necessary to make comments, be clear about the center, be strict in reasoning and argumentation, and avoid "stories plus feelings" or opinions that ignore evidence.
Grasp the whole and break through the details.
First of all, we should have a correct overall evaluation of a film, and on this basis, we should choose a smaller perspective for in-depth excavation, so as to achieve a strategic and meticulous evaluation. Avoid covering everything, and others will follow suit.
On the other hand, avoid turning a blind eye and not seeing the forest. Try to write penetrating monographs, don't generalize, and don't write essays. All kinds of newspapers and periodicals, including professional film newspapers and periodicals, engage in "hype" in order to seize the limitation. Most of them published the comprehensive evaluation compiled by reporters according to the materials distributed by directors, and fell into the formula of "storyline+theme+artistic features+actor introduction+shooting tidbits".
Unity of ideology and artistry.
Comments that pay attention to social significance should pay attention to the artistry of the film and use the screen image provided by the film to explain and demonstrate. A student wrote a film review about the burning of Yuanmingyuan, only expressing his feelings about this historical event. The full text has nothing to do with the film. Strictly speaking, such an article is not a film review.
Pay attention to the comments of artistic value, and grasp the ideological connotation embodied in artistic expression.
Pay attention to the artistry of commenting on the article itself.
Pay attention to thinking and literary talent.
Try to have your own unique opinions, try to be novel and profound, instead of "deep one-sided, big prejudice and creative misunderstanding", and say some "correct views" that everyone knows. Conception is like a strategist's strategy, "Seeing the sun and the moon is not for the eye, hearing the thunder is not for the sound", "Surprise, attack it unprepared", and win by surprise.
Pay attention to the vivid image of the language, pay attention to the appropriate length of the sentence pattern, and be harmonious in phonology. It should be both theoretical and clear, so that theoretical articles can give people linguistic beauty and emotional strength.
Theme comments: 1, the anti-Japanese struggle, exposing the crimes of the Japanese aggressors, and praising the people's indomitable spirit, broad mind and lofty humanity; 2. Life value and national destiny; 3. Appeal for peace and expectation for social development; 4. The collision and blending of different cultural concepts on the basis of human love. Character comments: 1, single character; 2. A certain category of people; 3. Compare figures; 4. Analyze the relationship between characters, such as Chinese and foreign, father and daughter, nationality and clan. Scene details: several arguments; The appearance of grenades; The use of knives; Several characters' choice of death; The role of photos. Suspense setting: With the fate of the characters as the main line, the characters are always fighting to the death and are closely linked. Conflicts: 1, progress and reaction, national liberation and fascist autocracy; 2. Concepts of the East and the West; 3. Clans. Narrative clues: three tenses, the present tense focuses on the contrast between war and peace, adjusts emotions, deepens the theme, and gives the author a free narrative time and space; The past tense shows the main line of contradiction and plot development; The focus of the past perfect tense is to expose the sins of the Japanese aggressors. Plot and rhythm: the climax of the battle and the setting of lyric paragraphs; Tension, ease the ups and downs of emotions; The conversion between the fast and slow rhythm of the camera. Comparison between Chinese and foreign films: Compared with Saving Private Ryan, it tells the story of saving people and returning home in the form of memories, but The Lost Love in the Yellow River avoids the debate on why to save people, avoids preaching and contains more connotations; Various contradictions and conflicts; Group characters have distinct personalities; The two clues of war and love are advancing, which are more lyrical. Compared with red river valley: the rationality of the clash of civilizations: the narrative characteristics strengthen the story; Characterization shows the development of character in contrast, and pays attention to the richness of character. Many people think that watching movies is watching movies. What's your comment on this? By what? But in fact, while you are writing a film review, you are also letting yourself go back. What did you see in this hour and a half? What did you get? No matter how bad the film is, there are hard-working staff. What are they looking at? No one wants to make a bad film that everyone spurns. So what are the merits of the bad movies that everyone is talking about? Do producers, directors and actors have different shooting ideas?
These, when you start writing film reviews with your heart, your thinking will become clearer and clearer, and the scope of thinking will become wider and wider. Not only can you have more experience than others, but you can also bring your own experience to everyone.
In one film review after another, you will find that your writing style has improved. When watching movies, you can see more details and touch your heart. Then, you will succeed.
Of course, no one can do it overnight (unless you are a literary creator). Looking back at the original article, I also feel that the writing is crude and the vision is not deep enough. However, in one article after another, I naturally find myself talking at length. Of course, it's not good enough.
The best sentence is "profound one-sidedness, great prejudice and creative misunderstanding".
You don't have to write film reviews in a proper way. Both sides of the argument are original. Simplify the complex, simplify the complex, and the words are wonderful. subject
Headlines are the first highlight of any writing, and film reviews are no exception. The key to a good film review topic is whether it can be used to convey the information that the author wants to express in the film review. When writing a film review after watching a movie, we should first find a good starting point. Of course, this starting point should start from the topic. The topic of film criticism pays attention to innovation and novelty, which makes people want to see it at first sight. In addition, the shorter the film review topic, the better, and 6-7 words are appropriate.
begin
Teachers who read college entrance examination Chinese compositions have a habit of marking papers, that is, the title-the beginning-(the middle)-the end. If a candidate writes well in the middle part, but poorly at the beginning, the marking teacher will at most look at the content in the middle of the candidate, and some even don't look at it. So the beginning is undoubtedly a very important part.
At the beginning of the film review, you can directly introduce the highlights of the film you want to write, or directly write the climax of the film, thus arousing readers' interest; You can also use the technique of "xing" in the six arts of the Book of Songs, that is, connect what you want to express with other things that can represent your content; You can also insert a famous movie quotation, such as Bazin and Eisenstein. This will add icing on the cake to your film reviews.
middle
This part is the core content of film criticism. In fact, writing film reviews is writing argumentative essays. Therefore, when writing a film review, you should pay attention to more analysis and less narration, put forward arguments around what you want to express, and deduce them layer by layer, but be careful not to stray from the topic, that is to say, everything you analyze in the film review should focus on your center.
final result
After we finish the main content of the film review, we can't end there, but we should have a resounding ending. At the end, we should summarize the main contents of the film review before expressing our feelings and understanding of the whole film; You can also quote famous sayings to express your wishes and let the film reviews have a good ending.