Focus: Color Narration and Ideographic Characters
Lu Xiaoya is the fourth generation director who pays attention to color narration. The Girl in Red (1985), Red and White (1987) and Love in Love (1989) all take red as the core, pay attention to contrast and rendering, and create an impactful visual presentation.
Color narration. At the beginning, the heroine Enron's red shirt stood out among the people around her. The red shirt is like a paintball placed in black, white and gray, which is out of place. It is direct to externalize Enron's character with a red shirt, but it plays a comparative role. Especially with the development of the plot, Enron didn't know the way of the world, recognized the truth of death, broke the old ideas and so on, and completed the intertextuality of external action and internal character with the red shirt.
Just as the seeds show the first touch of green, we should strive to break through the seal of the earth; The first red lilac blooms in colorful flowers, which is bound to make people fall in love at first sight and may even cause exclamations. Therefore, a girl in senior one must go through the baptism of wind and rain in order to become stronger.
Ideographic symbol. As a prop throughout the play, the red shirt is an ideographic symbol to break the shackles, which is manifested through Enron's behavior, such as challenging authority and finding fault with the class teacher; For example, break through the secular world and go out to play with male students; For example, contrary to common sense, become good friends with students who don't study well; For example, sticking to her own opinions and resigning as a "three-good student" ... It seems that she does not meet the secular standards of a good student except studying hard. Enron, like this red shirt without buttons, is different from the ordinary shirt with buttons at first glance, which reflects her sense of independence.
Contrastive narration. Contrast is a common narrative method, which highlights the narrative focus through differences. For example, Enron sisters, different life choices; The difference between Enron and Mi Xiaoling; The personality difference between brave Enron and cowardly Zhu ... The purpose of comparison is not to criticize, but to reflect the choice of the parties. For example, Enron and Zhu have different attitudes towards things. There is no right or wrong, only a balance based on their personal situation. But it is because of comparison that Enron's actions are more valuable.
Surrealism in reality. In order to highlight Enron's idealism, the director added surrealism, such as gun association during an outing, which was full of girls' imagination of the world; Blue sky, white clouds, lake water and Enron's face overlap, showing young people's sense of hardship. The use of these empty scenes not only shows the beautiful scenery for the plot, but also deepens the ideological depth of the film.