"The Odd Case in the East City" is like a fusion of types of woolen hat knitting
The distance between the series and the series in the previous "The Odd Case in the East City" mentioned that the boundary between the two has become blurred, which seems to be a trend nowadays. Talking about the structure of the first three episodes may be able to discover the subtleties.
Some people like to watch albums, and when they hear the title of a certain work, the first question they ask is: "Is that an album or a drama?" From the observation of this type of audience, I have roughly concluded that the indicators of an album are "movie-like and narrative rhythm." Faster than the drama”; in contrast, the indicator of the drama is “real time when the narrative rhythm is life-like and the narrative rhythm is close to the audience.” After returning to the seat after work, you can still pick up the plot.
Judging from these two indicators, "Dongcheng" is a work that is biased towards the album, but the home life of the heroine Mare is so kind that the audience thinks of her own life experience, and a lot of through the character's life experience The living environment deepens Merle's grassroots nature, which is quite "dramatic".
Due to the evolution of market supply and demand, more and more productions are shifting from drama series to photo series, but there are many people who are inexperienced and difficult to compete with excellent film and television works. How to increase experience value, in addition to burning money for production, the basic skills of research also need to be in front of the screen. The people behind the scenes work together.
Type fusion like fur hat knitting
When I was thinking about how to analyze it, the concept of knitting hats suddenly appeared in my mind: first measure the head circumference, then according to the appropriate number of stitches, weave the outermost row of threads as the reference thread, and then reduce circle after circle. Number of stitches until the knitting reaches the center of the circle, and the last stitch is closed.
It sounds simple, but in fact, the process of reducing the number of stitches has to be worn several times, because everyone's head shape is different, and the fit of the fur cap is very important. Not too tight, the temples will be squeezed and headache; not too loose, and the wind will easily blow in. Depending on the material of the wool, some of them may be hard to knit. How to adjust the tightness is also a test of the knitter's patience and observation.
Combining wool, weaving technology and the strength of the knitter, and finally the person who wears the fur hat, can ensure the result of the fur hat - this is very similar to the film and television works.
The wool material and technology are like genres and narrative skills. The ability to learn how to weave them skillfully is a test of the screenwriter's strength, but this is also the part of the people who are behind the scenes. , lighting, recording, art, editing, special effects, dimming, etc., the subdivided job duties, as well as the actors’ performance homework beforehand and filming, are like circles of wool, the end point of the interweaving is the wool The apex of the hat is the one that is ultimately handed to the audience.
It may be uncomfortable to wear, but it looks beautiful and beautiful. Most people can accept it at first, but after using it once, it will be stuffed into the cabinet, and by the next cleaning, it will become moldy and useless; maybe it is well-fitting and very practical. , but the wool used is not favored by the public, so few people care. As society changes, both may be seen again, with new weaving techniques to fit the feelings of today's audience.
From the perspective of the audience, "The East Side Story" is like wool with simple tones. In the strong sense of life, special patterns are woven. Before reaching the peak, the audience realized that it was not a single color, but a two-color.
A total of seven episodes of "Dongcheng", the first three episodes are analyzed, which is almost half of the story . Since it is a detective story, the suspense left to the audience is bound to be very important, but the center of this work is Mare, so Also at the end of the third episode, it gave Mer a major blow.
From the perspective of environmental conditions and community, Meier lives in an old town where people are close and the community is peaceful. Almost all of them have been familiar with people for decades. When someone's child gets into trouble, Meier is the first to look for her. He's a police detective and a rior. I received a call from a resident early in the morning to report the crime. Even if it was not working hours, I arrived with a sense of responsibility.
She is so proud of being a police detective, but she has a problem in her heart: a case that has not been solved for a year, the missing girl Katie. The director asked to reopen the old case, and a police detective was transferred from the higher authority to help her. Merle felt threatened, but there was nothing she could do.
After returning home, she was told that her ex-husband, Frank, was about to celebrate her engagement to the newlyweds. The house was bought behind her house. On the same night, her honor belonged to her: the high school basketball league champion twenty-five years ago, but the family did not want her. Instead, I went to Frank's celebration party. My daughter, Safan, couldn't stand it, and mentioned that Merle said that the awards ceremony was stupid and told everyone not to go.
Merle rendezvous at the home of her high school friend Lori, and prepares to go to the award ceremony. She talks about the missing girl Katie. She said that it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, maybe she will never find it in her life; It turned out that they were in the same team, Merle stood behind Dane waiting for the award, took the initiative to file a case, and was eager to justify her efforts. Under the lights, the applause on the field set off her past glory.
The celebration banquet was held in a bar. Meier knew a writer and professor who had just moved to the East City: Richard, and then had sex at his house. When he came home in the middle of the night, he found his mother sleeping on the sofa, saying that he had a sore foot again; When I met my grandson Drew in the hallway and put him to bed, he said he wanted to name the turtle Kevin because that was my dad's name.
Mer looked at the turtle as if she saw Kevin's figure.
At dawn, everything went back to square one, including new cases.
Analysis of key events
The first episode is mainly woven from three aspects: community, Mer, and old and new cases.
The relationship between the community atmosphere and Merle, Merle's individualism and family problems, the old case of missing teenage Katie, and the new case of teenage mother Erin being dumped in a creek.
The weaving sequence can be carried out according to the scene analysis, but this may be too heavy for the reader, so I use the key events to illustrate that the community is more like a shell, covering Mel and old and new cases.
The relevance of each character to the case is different. How to use Merle's life as the axis to intersperse the amount of information of each character is really not easy. It is precisely because the blending is appropriate, even if there are quite a lot of characters, there is still a rhythm. Impression is formed; the central character Merle is restrained by all parties, and what pushes her to the precipice of the workplace is the feeling that she must get custody.
She stole two bags of drugs from the evidence room and took the opportunity to put them in Drew's birth mother's car, so that the police could catch them, but she was seen by the chief. Although there was no direct evidence, the chief asked Merle to be suspended and receive grief treatment.
At the end of the third episode, she looked at the car the director drove away, standing alone on the empty road.
Detective reasoning + family popular sense of rhythm
Although it is difficult to describe the sense of rhythm in words, I believe that readers who have seen the above arrangement will have a feeling: There is a lot of information! In the end, how to make a proper rhythm in only the content of three episodes?
When it comes to rhythm, let’s talk about the questions that ordinary people may have: Is it related to editing for works whose rhythm is too slow to watch? Or is the screenwriter too boring?
First of all, if the rhythm is too slow to watch, it may not be a problem with editing, because the amount of material, the way the drama is presented, etc. will affect whether the editing work is enough to bring out a good dish. It is enough to rely on the backward system, which is actually putting the cart before the horse.
Because of the different types, the rhythm that needs to be mastered actually starts from the screenwriter's creation. However, this is far from enough. The participants in the actual shooting, including the director's thinking, camera angle, lighting atmosphere, etc., are the executors of the video rhythm. , the part that the post-production team can shape is not necessarily more than the shooting scene.
Of course, there are many genres, and there are also very powerful post-production teams, but here I want to remind readers that if the staff involved in film and television works do not have relevant rhythmic thinking, it is actually difficult to present with a high degree of fit. Most of the film and television works are comprehensive performances, and they are only the voices who have the "decision power" and are usually well known to the public.
Going back to this work, the sense of rhythm and integration of "The East Side Story" is very strong. If you really want to pick problems, you can't pick them out. Although in terms of the uniqueness of the story, it may not be close to the top, but in terms of overallity, it is impeccable. After watching it, I will receive it in my pocket as a reference work for genre fusion, thanks to the excellent actor Kate Winslet, and the people behind the scenes of the work.
If there is an opportunity, I will share with you a detailed analysis of the events in the future. (The premise is that you don't see falling asleep~)
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