Photographic Techniques in Zhang Yimou's Movie Hero

The film Hero made full use of the photographer's shooting skills in many places and completed beautiful pictures, which not only brought endless visual enjoyment to the audience, but also added icing on the cake to the theme expression of the film. Let's take a look at some examples in 23art

1. In the scene of flying snow broken arrow stabbing the king of Qin, rows of green yarn in Qin Gong fluttered like waves, which fully reflected the soft texture of silk. The three men appeared in blue gauze, adding mystery to the assassination of the king of Qin. This erratic aesthetic feeling is the result of the photographer's skillful use of the shutter. Generally, when shooting a movie, the shutter is closed, but at this time, the photographer uses a high-speed shutter to shoot, and then plays it at normal speed, so that the wave feeling produced by silk at the moment of slipping is easy to reflect.

There is a beautiful scene in the movie. I believe that anyone who has seen Hero will never forget that China's landscape-like waterfall added romance to the scene at that time. This is the effect of the photographer shooting slowly, which will make the waterfall very hazy and remove the fierce feeling of the waterfall.

3. Use of indirect skills. At the end of the film, the king of Qin ordered the killing of Wu Ming, and immediately all arrows were fired and the city gate was wide open. Here, he did not show the audience a bloody unknown, but left a blank on the city gate. This indirect shooting technique gives people a kind of psychological comfort, but also shows that the king of Qin is unwilling to lose his hero.