If you carefully freeze these shots one by one, the audience will find that each shot is extremely particular and freeze-framed. It is not inferior to the layout of any painting by a famous artist. It’s not surprising that documentaries have such a style, but being able to implement this style into every shot of the film and use the shots to advance the narrative has to be said to be a superb TV art method. You must know that in the plot after the first episode, even when the lotus root digger is digging lotus roots in the messy mud, the composition of the picture is not chaotic at all. Instead, it is the light and smooth movements of the lotus root digger when pulling out the lotus roots that make it The whole picture looks particularly pleasing to the eye.
If the above-mentioned lens expression techniques mostly achieve the effect of seducing the audience through long shots and medium shots, then the remaining close shots are the killer feature of this film. Take the matsutake, the first ingredient introduced in the film, as an example. In this section, the camera cleverly chooses close-up angles several times, focusing on the small mound where the matsutake is hiding, and the surrounding areas of the mound. The messy scenery has been blurred. As the small hoe is gently dug into the mound, a light pry, and then a pair of clean hands calmly pick away the plump matsutake mushrooms. When this action appears in the camera, it can give the audience a sense of personal collecting pleasure.
The most amazing thing is that the camera records the process of cooking matsutake. First, a piece of ghee held by chopsticks moves evenly on the boiling black clay pot, creating a moving atmosphere. Then, several pieces of ghee in the picture are The process in which the sliced ??matsutake pulsates slightly as the temperature rises on the black iron plate, curls its "body" due to the loss of water, and then turns gorgeously golden with the addition of oil, is particularly special because of the clean expression of the picture. vivid. No wonder many viewers complained, "Looking at the scene of frying matsutake mushrooms, and hearing the narration say 'the aroma is over' at the moment when the smoke started to rise, I was immediately teased to the point where my mouth watered."
Method 2 Detailed Story
After "A Bite of China" caused huge repercussions, the biggest controversy is that many gourmets believe that this documentary is not just for the purpose of introducing food. Mixed in with geography, customs, customs and other messy things. But it is exactly this kind of rigid method that completely subverts the traditional food show - how many grams of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to add, and what ingredients to add. Its unique narrative process makes the audience feel fresh and new.
Everyone who appears in the program is closely related to the delicacies to be introduced. For example, digging matsutake is an important part of the annual income of Dolma and her Tibetan compatriots, and the young man digging lotus roots is even more important. It was revealed that the money for his family's house building and his children's education came from digging lotus roots himself. A gentleman in Guangxi who relied on his own bamboo forest to start a sour bamboo shoot business relied on the secret method passed down from his ancestors. When the audience sees the food that belongs to dead animals circulating on the assembly line of human life, they can't help but feel grateful for these ingredients, which makes these foods appear more cute and anthropomorphic, which exactly fits the theme. " A gift from nature”.
There is a story in the film: In Cicheng, Zhejiang, there is a pair of empty-nesters. Their happiest moment is when their children and grandchildren come back from Ningbo and make delicious rice cakes for them. The whole family sat together, eating rice cakes and chatting about home-cooked things, having a great time. However, after a brief reunion, the children and grandchildren drove away, leaving the elderly couple at home again. In another episode, an old couple is planting taro day after day, but their children have already left here to work in big cities and no longer have to deal with the fields. Chen Xiaoqing, the chief director of the film, said in an interview with the media: "With the rapid development of urbanization, China's original large families are also changing. Through the story of eating, we will show the taste of life of ordinary Chinese people, "On the Bite of the Tongue" "China" therefore has a heavy sense of history."
Similarly, the film also depicts a group of elderly people in Hong Kong who always get together to cook their best meals and chat about them. The story of my youth. They support each other, warm each other, and share the warmth and pain of life with each other. Food here has obviously become a bridge of spiritual communication between people.
Method 3: Crisp sound
There is one most basic requirement in the art of television expression - to pay attention to a "sound and picture synchronization", but "A Bite of China" uses this The simplest law has been deduced to the highest level. Just like Fu Hongxue in Gu Long's martial arts novels, he doesn't have any fancy martial arts, but he has mastered the action of drawing a sword and is very particular about defeating the enemy with one move. When many viewers watch this work, their biggest surprise is not only the beauty of the pictures, but also the immersive and crisp sounds conveyed when cutting and frying the ingredients in the film. The strong contrast between the tender limbs of the thin bamboo shoots in the film and the crisp frying sound after being cooked, as well as the rustling sound made by the chef when rubbing the ham with mountain salt, can best reflect the texture of the ingredients and the food itself.