Matsuko's sister, Kumei, was sickly since she was a child, so her father always took care of her sister and only brought her gifts when she came back from a business trip. That pine nut thinks that his father only loves his sick nine sisters and is always alone. Only once, I went to the hospital to see Kumi come back and went to the store with my father. I was very happy when I ate pancakes for the first time, but I was happier when I was alone with my father and made him laugh. This should be the happiest period of Matsuko's childhood. The director described Matsuko's happiest time with fairy-tale audio-visual language.
An exaggerated shot
In the scene where pine nuts are alone with their father, there are 30 shots in a * * * in the duration of 1 minute of 20 seconds. There are many sports scenes, close-ups and close-ups Through the use of fisheye lens and CG lens, the exaggerated fairy tale world is portrayed.
Fisheye lens is an extreme wide-angle lens. By using fisheye lens to change the capacity of the picture and the relationship between the characters in the picture, the film creates an exaggerated and unfamiliar visual experience and a feeling of being divorced from reality. The picture taken by fisheye lens is like the world seen in a crystal ball, which has dreamy characteristics and is suitable for performing the stage. Matsuko and his father watched the stage of the performance in the amusement park with fisheye lenses. Through the fisheye lens, the dancing and exaggerated expressions of the actors on the stage are photographed, depicting a dreamy fairy tale world.
CG lens is a symbol of innocence and beauty added by the director to the original shooting lens in order to meet the construction of fairy tale world. Nakajima believes: "The most important thing in the film is that the actors' emotions and emotions cannot be expressed, which will be strengthened through animation. "In the scene of the dance performance in the amusement park, the director added sparkling lighting effects and birds on the basis of the fisheye lens. The combination of realistic pictures and CG pictures gives people an unreal feeling. Through unreal pictures, it shows pine nuts' inner yearning for this dreamy fairy tale world.
(CG lens)
Application of warm colors
The scene of being alone with his father is the happiest time for Matsuko, so in this scene, the picture is dominated by warm golden tones. Warm colors not only represent the warmth that pine nuts feel from their father at the moment, but also represent the warmth that pine nuts give their father like the sun. In this clip, the father laughed for a long time because of the face of pine nuts. Matsuko saw that she made her father laugh and felt his own value. She is happy because of her father's happiness. Through the use of warm colors, the director creates a warm feeling to express the inner happiness of pine nuts. In the color design of the whole playground and stage, the director used different colors as much as possible. For children, the playground is a fairy tale world, which is colorful and colorful. Through colorful colors, a candy-colored fairy tale kingdom is displayed.
(mainly warm colors)?
(Candy-colored playground)
Manual polishing
In the picture of fairy tale world, directors often use overexposed soft light to express a dreamy scene. When Matsuko and his father eat, the dining table and tableware have a dreamy and hazy feeling through special lighting design, which expresses the joy of Matsuko and his father eating pancakes together for the first time. The protagonist in the fairy tale world will also bring his own aura, so in this clip, no matter the actors on the stage, pine nuts and her father, there will be obvious artificial lights in their shots. Through the lighting, the audience's eyes are focused on the protagonist, and the hazy soft light on the dancer creates a fairy-tale dream. When pine nuts make faces, strong light hits pine nuts' face, symbolizing the warmth that pine nuts' optimism brings to their father.
(Dream dining table)?
(The aura of the protagonist in the crowd)
(overexposed)?
(Father's laughter)
? On the score, this piece of music is characterized by innocence and fantasy. The soundtrack of this clip is the song Candy Tree sung by children. The prelude shows the scene of pine nuts eating with their father, giving the audience a wonderful feeling of entering the magical world. The lyrics of this song express their yearning for the fairy tale world in the tone of children. "I walk on the road of candy tree growth, I walk on the path of candy tree, I dance in the forest in magic shoes and crystal shoes, and my smile is charming. Everything I say is turned into music, and my body tone is euphemistic. Look at me now. I am never proud, but I still have dissatisfaction. What I dream of is not what I found. What I have is not what I want, but I will continue to go on. I believe, but I will continue to look for it. One day I will meet my prince charming until my prince charming appears. " The picture of this song is a dance performance on the playground. The picture is just like the song "Dancing in the Forest with Glass Shoes". Pine nuts were attracted by the performance on the stage and stared at the dance on the stage. At that moment, she has entered her own fairy tale world.
When it comes to the clown performance, the film uses comedy soundtrack, with the exaggerated sound effects of the clown performance and the laughter of the audience. Through music, sound effects and human voice, people's joy is expressed by various elements. These are in sharp contrast to my father's calmness, to express my father's heavy heart because his sister is ill.
The scene where pine nuts get along with their father should be the most relaxed in the whole film. The director created a fairy tale world for pine nuts through exaggerated lens, color choice, designed lighting and childlike music. Although the director shows the happy moment of pine nuts, we can still see the misfortune of pine nuts from it. No matter how beautiful the fairy tale world is, those CG pictures and exaggerated fisheye pictures always remind us that this world is unreal and illusory. In the only time alone with his father, pine nuts still didn't get his father's attention. His father couldn't laugh at the comedy because he was thinking about his sister. On the contrary, Matsuko has been observing his father's reaction. In order to make his father happy, he made faces by imitating clowns. This flattery made the audience feel the warmth of pine nuts, but also felt sorry for her.
Although the analysis here is only a fragment of 1 minute and 20 seconds, the director tells stories and expresses the characters' psychology with rich audio-visual language with personal characteristics. It can be said that "the sparrow is small and complete." This clip is just a microcosm of the film. Throughout the film, the director tells the story of Matsuko's tortuous life with lenses, gorgeous and rich colors, different forms of lighting and various light and shadow effects. Songzi loved and was loved all his life, but he didn't get permanent love in the end. His heart was broken because of the hurt and betrayal of the loved one again and again, and he went to the tragic end of his life.