Professional Interpretation of the First Act of the Film Kung Fu

Chapter 1: Crocodiles make a scene in the police station, while axes dominate the beach.

The official start of the film is another long shot. From the close-up of inspector Chen, the camera began to move back.

The long shot of the film is like a pair of eyes of the audience, peeping at the layout of the police station. At the same time, the ear was accompanied by the sound of screaming, which further stimulated the audience's interest. Attract the audience to follow the swing of the long lens to discover the story behind it-how did the sound come from? What happened? What happened? Who was beaten at the police station?

Finally, the camera is fixed on the plaque of "evil nemesis".

Before long, a policeman was thrown over. This picture is actually ironic. A policeman who was supposed to eliminate violence and evil forces was thrown on the glorious plaque of the evil nemesis and fell heavily. This kind of injury is not only as simple as a person's body, but also an insult to the face of the police station, which directly and humorously reflects the disorder and darkness of the society at that time.

It also left suspense for the audience. Who dares to hit the police like this? I have to admire this kind of lens language for telling stories.

Behind the next picture is the man who just hit someone. I saw the crocodile gang in Xiaogang Feng shouting "Who else". That kind of domineering can make the audience have a sense of pleasure across the screen. It is not surprising that someone who can say such domineering words in a police station dared to hit the police before.

Here I want to analyze it from the lens. This is a close-up shot. The lens focuses on the face of the crocodile gang leader. His domineering eyes, ferocious face and sharp teeth convey the temperament of the crocodile gang leader well.

The second sentence of the crocodile gang leader is meaningless-such a beautiful woman was caught here because she spit on the ground. At the same time, the camera cut to the woman he said.

Is there a royal law? Is there any pattern?

This sentence of crocodile gang boss is obviously a thief shouting to catch a thief and hit him in the face It is obvious that he is arrogant and makes a scene in the police station, and he has the face to say that the police are complaining about their dissatisfaction with this society. The audience who understand the logic behind this must be amused to see it here.

Next, the camera caught everything, aiming at the shoes of the crocodile gang boss. At the same time, the line he said-your director has to give us crocodile help face. This sentence let the audience know that these people who make a scene in the police station are crocodile gangs.

In addition, we noticed that while the crocodile gang boss said this, the camera was aimed at the crocodile gang boss's shoes. Let's see if these shoes have crocodile style. Just like the logo of the axe gang that came out later is an axe, then the logo of the crocodile gang may be crocodile shoes. This shot is really rich in language.

The photographer used zoom shooting technology in the scene of crocodile gang boss's shoes and the scene of the next policeman being beaten in the picture. If we look closely, we will find that the focus of the camera shifts from the shoes of the crocodile gang leader to the face of the beaten policeman. Let the audience pay attention to the shift of sight, so as to replace the editing of video images with zoom. The lens transitions naturally to avoid abrupt.

After all kinds of torture and insults (spitting, scalding with hot water) to the police. Crocodiles seem to have the upper hand and are aggressive. When you leave, don't forget to praise-what are you looking at? Haven't you seen such a handsome boss? Next, this shot is very interesting-Inspector Chen closes the door slowly and calmly. I think this plot of closing the door is a metaphor for the police and the axe gang closing the door, beating dogs and strangling crocodiles. It laid the groundwork for the subsequent plot.

I don't make movies in any industry. In fact, it is a very common line, but the reason why the audience feels meaningless and can't help laughing is because the leader of the crocodile gang who said this sentence is the great director of Xiaogang Feng. Coupled with this sexy and sultry picture, it can be regarded as the last glory left by the crocodile gang to our audience before he died.

With the sound of heavy footsteps coming, the door of the police station seems to have been locked in advance. In a dilemma, the axe gang boss thinks things are not good. At this time, the camera is a close-up. The crocodile gang boss changed his previous domineering side leakage and his eyes were dignified.

The composition of the following shot is very interesting. The gang members of the axe gang are in the upper part of the camera, and the head of the crocodile gang leader is in the lower part of the camera. This up-and-down composition position actually shows the power level between the two.

We can also analyze the power between the two from the perspective of the lens.

The lens of the crocodile gang is tilted. The tilt lens will let the crocodile gang show which side is weak. In addition, there is only one crocodile gang in the lens, which means it is difficult to be alone.

Let's take a look at the elevation lens used by the axe gang. Contrary to the overhead shot, the elevation shot increases the height of the axe gang, thus showing a stronger side and giving people an aggressive feeling. Besides, talk about the fireworks background behind the axe gang. This is a distress signal sent by the crocodile gang, but it has become an ornament of the axe gang. I'm going to digress here. I wonder if you think this picture is particularly beautiful like me? )

From the overall narrative point of view, the crocodile gang exists only to show the strength of the axe gang, which is to play soy sauce in plain English. From the social point of view, it also reflects that it was an era when eat small fish was a big fish, the winner was king and the loser was the enemy.

The appearance of the axe gang is due to the crocodile gang. The introduction of the axe gang was made by the crocodile gang, not a monologue in the movie, nor was it recommended by the axe gang.

Before the crocodile gang boss said "Axe gang, I'll fight with you", there was no axe and there was no word "Axe gang". It was not until the crocodile gang leader said this that our audience knew that another gang, the Axe Gang, was more awesome.

In the scene where crocodile Wang Gang escaped, the director used slow motion. Slow motion prolongs the drama time, and general violent scenes often use slow motion to increase the aesthetic feeling, showing scenes of terror, limb amputation and blood spatter.

The appearance of this picture waved by Chen Dage is very iconic, and there are several such actions behind it. Chen Dage's action indicates that he is going to kill someone, and let the audience know such an inertial thinking-Chen Dage waved his hand and the consequences were very serious.

The first characteristic of the axe gang is ruthless. This point is vividly shown in the film. There are many plots that show the arrogance and indifference of the axe gang, and there is no room for manoeuvre. In this plot, when crocodiles help Wang Lie on the ground to beg for mercy, they want to talk about their feelings and seek a way out. However, the hammer cut off his head without saying a word, without mercy and without room for manoeuvre.

The second characteristic of the axe gang is brutal violence. The camera didn't directly show how badly the crocodile gang leader was chopped and how bloody the scene was. By describing Chen Dage's backache and sweaty silhouette, it indicates how long and hard Chen Dage has been cutting. As for how miserable the crocodile gang boss died, the director asked our audience to make up for it themselves.

What I want to mention here is that an audience friend said in the barrage that the way is so tired without a few cuts, which is an empty performance. I don't quite agree. Although there are only five or six diagonal lines in the picture, this is actually the director's pull-tab technique. Replacing or omitting the horrible process that we didn't see in the middle with visible sweating.

The boss is dead. What should the old lady do? It's too easy for the second master to shift the focus of the camera with one look. I feel that the axe gang is concise, without too many malicious words. If you don't need to talk, try not to talk, and use actions and eyes instead. In this scene, zoom shooting technology is adopted. The focus of the camera is adjusted from the leader and the second leader of the axe gang to the lady of the crocodile gang behind him. Let the audience pay attention to the shift of sight, so as to replace the editing of video images with zoom. The lens transitions naturally to avoid abrupt.

Next, this is a close-up of Mrs. Crocodile's facial expression, especially her tears. Explain how scared and scared she is at the moment. In order to highlight the ferocity and violence of the axe gang.

The axe gang, which has always been concise, is self-evident. The way said, don't be silly, sister-in-law. I don't kill women. Let's go

We can understand the mystery of this sentence: Brother Chen said this sentence in the background that Mrs. Crocodile was begging him for mercy to let her live. And through the following story, we also know that it is almost impossible for the axe gang to let her go without blinking, so when the way said the first half of the sentence-don't be silly, sister-in-law. We viewers will subconsciously think that the axe gang means-want to leave? Don't be silly. No

However, the second half of the way is very peaceful and serious-I don't kill women, you go. Seeing this, our audience, probably like Mrs. Crocodile, believes that Brother Chen will give us a chance to live.

But what happened? He was shot and killed before he took two steps. He died miserably. This abrupt plot surprised our audience and subverted their thinking. So that is to say, the words of the way aroused the audience's reverse thinking, and then reversed. It can be seen that this line is cleverly set.

Here, the way of waving again. With a weird and suspenseful soundtrack. Let the audience guess what his next step is. Mrs. Crocodile is going to die soon.

This exaggerated action lens magnifies the shooting effect, which is unreasonable. Although the picture has no lines, it is meaningless. I have to admire the director's ingenuity.

Stephen Chow's nonsense lines, coupled with Chen Dage's absurd dance steps after killing. Let the original tense and bloody massacre scene become very relaxed and humorous. Making fun of others before he died shows the hypocrisy of the axe gang.

The second husband said this when he left. This also implies that this strangulation was done in collusion with the axe gang and the police station. More precisely, it was the police who paid for the help of the hammers. The police can't hold their heads in front of the crocodile gang, let alone the axe gang. As the second boss said, they played the role of handyman and floor washer.

Next, inspector Chen's sweating and rushing to count the money explained everything.

This story of mantis catching cicada and yellowbird comes to an end. Next, the Axes performed a Hollywood dance full of the charm of Los Angeles Secret and Chicago. The lens is cross-edited, with messy crime scenes, black-and-white photos and the click of old-fashioned flashlights on one side. On one side is the collective dance drama of the axe gang, which is violent, absurd and dark. It makes people feel funny, but they have to be afraid.

In the first scene, the way is dancing on the floor. The pattern on the floor is exactly the shape of a flower, symbolizing beautiful things, and dancing on it is a trampling on beauty. Later, hidden weapons, an evil spirit, was also a golden flower with a poisonous needle in the middle, which unfolded like a pattern on the floor. Brother Chen, who is dancing on the pattern at this time, symbolizes the poisonous needle in the middle of the golden flower, which shows that the director has good intentions.

The increasing number of people also symbolizes the expansion of the axe gang's sphere of influence, which is hot and powerful.

The picture changes between the big brother of the axe gang and the younger brother with an axe, the black and white photos of some people hacked to death by the axe gang, and the casino run by the axe gang. These cross-edited pictures really express the fiery power of the axe gang to the extreme.

Parallel montage seems to convey a message to us: Axes seize social resources by violent and improper means, occupy Shanghai's economic market, open casinos, dance halls and restaurants to do business, and naturally get rich.

Restaurants, dance halls and other places of entertainment.

Gambling field

And then make a fortune, a table full of countless bills.

In particular, this last stop shot made the audience feel scared across the screen.

The first chapter mainly shows the chaotic social background of Shanghai in that era. Gangs are prevalent, especially the axe gang.

In addition, according to the normal movie role arrangement, the audience can probably guess that the axe is the villain of the movie!

So how will the film develop next? Can the hammer keep bullying like this? How do real people play? What role will Master Xing play in the movie? Please listen to the next breakdown!