One Hundred and Forty-Two-Image Elements and Audio-Visual Language

"John, if you get rid of your worries and just think about it from the perspective of an audience, do you think this film can attract you to keep watching?"

This question is very important. Wayne's way of asking the question also reminded the production manager that he was a little concerned about the pros and cons of this film. After all, it was too unconventional.

After thinking about it carefully, John said with certainty: "No problem. Although the angle is quite different, in terms of the appeal of the film, there is absolutely no problem! Just from the social issues expressed in the film, it is as if I feel the same. I can actually find my own reflection in Arthur!"

That's right, although Wayne made some changes to the film, most of the changes were in the expressiveness of the shots. The whole film is filled with a faint comic style that you can't even notice if you don't watch it carefully.

Why does the movie "Joker" attract so many people to watch it crazily? A large part of the reason is that I can more or less find something in common with myself from Arthur.

Comparing the social environment, North America in the early 1990s is definitely more suitable for this film than it was 20 years later. Various sports have not yet emerged, and people still have few channels to vent their various social problems.

Before making the film, Wayne believed that more people would empathize with Arthur after watching it, especially the venting of all kinds of injustices at the end of the film!

The day's work ended early today. Both John and Zack Snyder have left the studio, but the main editor Dawn Scott and Wayne stayed. There are still some color issues at the end of the film that they need to discuss. .

After leaving the editing workbench, Dawn Scott is actually a middle-aged technical geek. Wayne has not worked with many editors, but the only two he has can be said to have master-level skills.

Sitting on the bench outside the studio, Dwayne Scott held a large cup of coffee, took a sip and said: "I want to remind you, Wayne! Zack Snyder is a newbie in movies and didn't realize it, John I don't know much about color theory.

But the film viewing experts at Warner Bros. and theater companies will definitely understand your arrangement at a glance. The color of the film is too monotonous, which is very likely to cause fatigue during viewing. Will it have a great impact on the final market performance? "

Although this editor is a technical person, he is also a smart person. He should have discovered the problem during the first fine editing, but he never mentioned it until the film was about to be completed.

"This is the first time I've tried to use a film to express my creative ideas." Wayne reached out and patted the other person's shoulder, with a flat smile on his face. "I know what you mean, it's too late to regret now, right? No, it's too late! This will be the final color scheme of the film!"

This movie, produced by Wayne, has neither fancy special effects nor any action and supernatural elements. What can we rely on to express the concept in the director's mind? That’s color and audio-visual language in image elements!

If the audience only pays attention to the ups and downs of the plot, they will not only ignore the director's painstaking efforts, but also lose a lot of fun in watching the movie!

Color, like light and shadow, is an important visual presentation in film art. Wayne carefully designed his own film colors for this "Joker". This will be an important step for him from a novice to a master!

The colors on Arthur's body are mainly composed of red, yellow, green, and blue, and the main colors of this film are composed of these four colors. This is what Dawn Scott is worried about.

The first scene from the beginning of the film is composed of red and blue. The first scene of Arthur putting on makeup in front of the mirror, red light hits his face, and there is a cold blue in the background. When he puts his finger on Only after stuffing it into your mouth and lifting it up with force will the contrast become so great.

In all the daytime exterior scenes in the film, on the streets, shop signs, awnings, cars, pedestrians' clothes, everything, there is still no escape from red, yellow, blue and green.

Through the contrast of tones, the character's environment is conveyed to the audience and the character's inner world is revealed. This technique is familiar to any senior movie fan. Except for this group of movie fans, they will accept the emotions expressed by the director through color, but they just have not understood it in depth.

In the scene on the bus, Arthur's clothes looked yellow from the window, the car was green, and inside the bus, the children's clothes were red. On the streets at night, the overall tone is cold blue, and the neon lights are red and green.

After shooting a few scenes, Wayne was able to make the audience deeply feel the coldness and despair of Gotham City through the contrasting changes in these tones on the screen!

These colors were invisibly used by Wayne as narrative tools, and the intentionality of their colors also deepened, rendering and connoting the atmosphere of the film.

In all the shots of Arthur interacting with his mother, although the lighting is warm, both of them are in the shadows. Later, when he is with the talk show host, the warm light will hit their faces, making them warm and energetic. Then when the picture turned to reality, it turned into a cold blue color, so cold.

In this Gotham City shot through Wayne's lens, the people in their real state are all made to feel the cold and depressing emotions through the color tones.

Except for Arthur, everywhere in Gotham is filled with warm sunshine, but these never shine on his face. Wherever Arthur goes, he in the camera has nothing to do with warmth.

"Wayne? Wayne!" Dawn Scott saw that he suddenly fell into a daze and pushed his shoulder hard.

"Ah! Sorry." He stretched out his hands and rubbed his face vigorously, which could relieve his tense spirit. "I'm distracted. Now whenever I think about the color, layout, and lens language of the film, my mind starts automatically calculating!"

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Dawn Scott turned to look him in the eye and said with a serious expression: "Listen to me, you have been too deeply invested in your work during this period, and you must find a way to relax. Actors often get too deep into a scene and cannot get out, and directors do the same!

Go back and have a good rest. Fortunately, all the work on this film has come to an end, otherwise I doubt you really need to see a psychiatrist! I have been in this state when I was young. It will be good for you to free your mind! "

The mention of a psychiatrist made Wayne's mind go crazy. One thing was very clear in his mind. His wandering state was getting more and more serious, especially when he was working.

There are also violent emotions hidden in his heart. A calm mind can always suppress these emotions, but he knows that he is indeed a bit perverted at certain times. Halle Berry was even frightened by him.

If necessary, after finishing the work on this film, do you really need to get a confidentiality agreement and see a psychiatrist?

"Thank you, I understand my situation!" Wayne nodded to the editor and stood up to go back to rest.

As soon as he entered this post-production studio, various post-production plans appeared in his mind. Maybe it was not a psychological problem, but he was just too deeply involved in the drama.

As the Rolls-Royce drove smoothly on the streets of Los Angeles, Wayne suddenly opened the front and rear partitions, looked at Sergey's back and asked: "Do you think I really have some mental problems? I'm distracted now. It’s getting longer and longer.”

"Boss, you are thinking too much." As a personal security guard and driver, Sergey knows his boss very well. "You just put too much effort into your work. Trust me, boss. I have many comrades with mental problems. You only need to rest for a few days and you will definitely return to normal."

Mental problems? No one has more serious mental problems than retired soldiers. Sergey is an elite instructor in the army. He has seen many problems. At most, his boss is over-invested in one thing.

"I suggest that after this work is completed, don't start the production of the next project seamlessly like in previous years." After thinking for a while, the Russian-American Xiong's voice came over again. "Find a place that you like the most and go on vacation. This is more effective than anything else!"

"Do you also want to go on vacation? Well, after this film is released, let's go on vacation for a while..." For three consecutive years and three consecutive films, Wayne has been forcing himself to move forward step by step.

If this film achieves the box office he expected, it should be able to give him a breather. Not long after, Sergey heard slight snoring from the back seat.

The Russian bear grinned, it was because he was too mentally exhausted!