Light and shadow in day37 "Spring of Cowboy Class"

I started watching Spring of Cowboy Class for the fourth time on the crowded subway. Every time I watch it, I will feel different. Cheerful music, children's pure and innocent eyes, as well as teacher Matthew's bright head and loving eyes, have become the best way for me to avoid the morning rush of irritability.

every shot is carefully polished, and both light and shadow and composition are classic cases. This may be the reason why the silent teacher takes it as our movie-watching homework. Watching it once will make every corner of your heart full of wonderful light and shadow.

Spring of the Cowboy Class has a deep overall tone and a sense of texture, like an ancient alley full of sunset, and tells the recalled story to the audience with emotion and temperature.

At the beginning of the story, we were awakened by light and shadow with the sound of ships and birds in the dark, and the picture changed from darkness to early morning light. Sirens sounded, and light and shadow took us into a dark room. Pierre, a musician, was bathed in the reddish and slightly bright morning light, and the silence was broken by a knock at the door. When he answered the phone, the picture was transferred from the black field. When the picture lit up again, a close-up shot of his white shirt jumped into the country. At this time, the light of his left shirt had changed into the bright color of the rising sun with a little yellow, and the camera slowly moved up. His left eye was shining with tears in the light and shadow. The light and shadow changed from the quiet red light in the morning to the bright color of the rising sun, which made us anticipate what would happen in the light and shadow of the picture, and also reflected the change of Pierre's mood from quiet to sad.

The change of light and shadow in the picture indicates the change of people's mood everywhere, and light and shadow in this film seems to be an important means of people's mood change.

At the beginning of telling Matthew's diary, the environment at the school gate of "the pond is low" was opened by a pair of sketches. When the camera turned into a real scene, the whole picture was cold and gloomy, and there was still unmelted snow on the grass on both sides of the gate. Matthew walked towards the rusty and cold iron railing in the fog. The voiceover in the picture is Matthew's self-report. He said that he came here at the bottom of his life, and even the name of the school seemed to be tailored for him. The time of the picture is dim and the distance is foggy, and the light and shadow set off his depressed mood. However, the director uses different light and shadow in the same environment to show the different fates of the characters, which are reflected in these aspects:

1. The snow on both sides of the door is illuminated by bleak sunshine, which means that no matter how thick the snow is, it will always melt with sunshine. Although it is still a severe winter here, will it be far from spring because of the light? At last, when Matthew left the school, the door was bright, and the green grass and shade were all glowing with bright colors, which made him look full of vitality in summer. It indicates that his life has gone through the severe winter and ushered in his hopeful life.

2. When Matthew first came, the first thing he saw was Pai Pi Nuo, the little boy in a dark corner, with his hand on the cold iron railing and his face dark in the shadow. There were some lights in the door but he didn't shine on him. His sad eyes made people feel pity. His meeting with Matthew seems to have already set the stage. Matthew met him first when he came to the bottom of the pond, and he was the last to follow Matthew. However, the changes of light and shadow are very different before and after. Finally, when I left with Matthew, the warm and bright colors of the little boy were pleasant. When the little boy heard the sound of bus braking, he smiled, giving people hope and making people sincerely happy for him. This is the change of light and shadow that indicates the fate of the little boy.

3. Throughout the story, Pierre's mother connects her life stories with light and shadow. When Pierre's mother first appeared, she stood by the window, looking gentle and beautiful in the soft light on the side, but when she first appeared, her clothes were always gray. Although beautiful, she always had a touch of sadness and seemed to be a little tired. Light and shadow set off her beauty, but the light is relatively convergent and dim, which shows her fatigue and tension undoubtedly. At the climax of the story, when Matthew's choir flourished, she changed into a beautiful pink dress. She and Matthew sat down on campus, and she looked up. The sunshine warmed up her whole face, and the tiny wrinkles left by the years made her more mature and beautiful. The bright and warm light at that time heralded her gradually better life.

In fact, the whole work is constantly changing in light and shadow. At the beginning of the story, the characters are uneasy and indifferent by the diaphragm with gloomy cold tones or dim light.

But when the story reached its climax, when Matthew's choir was full of sound and color, the light began to become bright and gentle, and changed from cool color to warm color. The music is also clear and cheerful.

The light and shadow are still changing. When Matthew leaves school at the end of the story, the light and shadow become soft and warm, and people can't help but be moved by this warm picture.

Light and shadow make this work full of imagination, and light and shadow make this work have indescribable vitality. The pictures full of light and shadow bear a little memory of a life journey.