电影镜头语言赏析——从场面调度的角度1.场面调度•场面调度(mise-en-scene):一切视觉元素的安排(将人和物按三维空间观念安排,经摄影后二维呈现)•场面调度是导演的核心工作•--摄影机的调度•--演员的调度•--场景的调度2.场面调度的功能•1. 叙事功能•尽可能清晰地呈现情节结构,让观众更好地理解事件•2. 表义功能•画面的安排不仅仅只是为了便于理解情节(represented space再现空间),它也传达额外的信息,触动观看者无意识和有意识的情感、文化体验(expressive space表达空间)•(片段1:公民凯恩)3.公民凯恩 (片段1)4.•David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson (Film Art: An Introduction):•场面调度的四大项目--布景;服装;灯光;演出•Louis Giannetti (Understanding Movies):•镜框;构图和设计;区域关系;距离关系;开放和封闭的形式•Andrew Lynn (Appreciating Cinema): •布景;取景;照明;象征/母题;服装;化妆和道具•景;景与人的关系;灯光景;景与人的关系;灯光场面调度的内容5.1. 景(setting)•布景的目的:真实感和戏剧性•“场景中的每样东西都应该对故事的进行有帮助,如果没有,就不该放进来。
Stuart Craig)•电影人很早就认识到,布景并非仅仅电影中的背景性存在,或者说事件的容器;布景具有重要的戏剧效果•早期电影,如梅里爱的电影,就已经有意识地使用特别搭建的场景来加强故事的真实感和戏剧性在电影发展史的初期阶段,场景设计师的地位高于导演6.卡里加利博士的小屋(1919)布景风格化、魔幻化,线条冷硬,角度尖锐,黑白对比强烈,这种表现主义风格的布景大大强化了故事的感染力7.一代宗师用加速的火车来突出打斗的节奏8.闪灵: 迷宫9.封闭10.2.景与人的关系•当景物和人物形成某种互动和关联(比单纯的布景更直接的关联和影响)时,景物的隐喻含义往往凸显•有时景物甚至直接跳出背景,以道具的形式直接参与情节和故事发展11.镜子:真实和虚幻镜头里出现的镜头总是在表义,不管导演是否意识到戴锦华)12.Saving Face•Alice Wu根据自身的同性恋经历自编自导的电影电影以喜剧的形式对因循守旧、以群体和传统价值观念压制个体价值取向的中国传统进行温和的批评13.•金鱼和螃蟹(verbal image)两个母题是电影隐喻结构的重要组成,代表传统文化对人的压制和人对传统文化的反抗。
布景作为象征14.薇的妈妈出现在远离镜头(观众)背景中,身影渺小,与前景的薇形成对比,显得无助、无力两扇门把她紧紧地限制在一个狭小的空间15.16.片段2: shining17.•当“布景的某一对象与进行中的情节息息相关时,我们称之为‘道具’K. Thompson, 140)18.3. 灯光•“灯光几乎可以决定一个影像的震撼力D. Bordwell & K. Thompson, 147)•灯光可以多种方式参与电影叙事,对观影体验产生影响•灯光涉及强度、对比、光源、颜色等几个方面•光的质感:硬光vs.柔光•对比度:高反差光vs. 低反差光•光源:顺光,侧光,顶光,底光,剪影19.•三点布光法•主光,轮廓光,辅助光(R. Thompson & C. Bowen, 87)20.强度•光的强度对其它创造性的选择产生影响光线越强,景深越大;光线越弱,景深越小R. Thompson & Christopher Bowen))(R. Thompson & C. Bowen, 81)21.•光的强弱对构建情节气氛、调动观影情绪变化也有明显的作用•微弱的光线与灰暗、悲观或者恐惧的心理状态相合,而高强度的亮光则让人舒适,愉悦,给人安全感。
22.•肖申克的救赎:灰暗的色调笼罩全片23.24.25.片段4,5:面子26.27.28.质感•硬光留下清晰的阴影(直射)硬光呈现的画面形态立体,纵深透视感强,有个性特征,在构建人物性格、营造神秘、恐怖气氛,强调冲突等方面有明显优势•柔光(软光)通过散射和多点布光把阴影模糊化柔光画面情感丰富,常用于营造温情、喜庆、浪漫等气氛R. Thompson & C. Bowen, 8229.30.对比度: 低反差/高反差布光•低反差布光(high-key lighting)不重阴影,全面打亮,光线柔和,有透明感•这种布光使影像明亮、友好,没有威胁,常见于童话、喜剧等类型的电影其缺点是画面的二维特征明显,其中的景物及人都会显得平获得了良好的能见度,但失去了戏剧感R. Thompson & C. Bowen, 85)•高反差布光同时容纳非常亮和非常暗的区域,二者之间泾渭分明,对比明显灯光较硬,画面层次感、戏剧感强烈•警匪、战争、阴谋等强调悬疑、冲突激烈的类型片常用高反差布光法31.32.33.34.35.•总之,场面调度涉及镜头构思的方方面面对画面传达信息和意义的设计是导演功力的体现。
36.•1. Dominant. Where is our eye attracted first? Why?•2. Lighting key. High key? Low key? High contrast? Some combination of these?•3. Shot and camera proxemics (空间关系). What type of shot? How far away is the camera from the action?•4. Angle. Are we (and the camera) looking up or down on the subject? Or is the camera neutral (eye level)?•5. Color values. What is the dominant color? Are there contrasting foils? Is there color symbolism?•6. Lens/filter/stock. How do these distort or comment on the photographed materials?•7. Subsidiary contrasts. What are the main eye-stops after taking in the dominant?•8. Density. How much visual information is packed into the image? Is the texture stark, moderate, or highly detailed?•9. Composition. How is the two-dimensional space segmented and organized? What is the underlying design?•10. Form. Open or closed? Does the image suggest a window that arbitrarily isolates a fragment of the scene? Or a proscenium arch, in which the visual elements are carefully arranged and held in balance?•11. Framing. Tight or loose? Do the characters have no room to move around, or can they move freely without impediments?•12. Depth. On how many planes is the image composed? Does the background or foreground comment in any way on the midground?•13. Character placement. What part of the framed space do the characters occupy? Center? Top? Bottom? Edges? Why?•14. Staging positions. Which way do the characters look vis-a-vis the camera?•15. Character proxemics. How much space is there between the characters? (Louis Giannetti: Understanding Movies, 9th edition, Page 89)37.•一个貌似简单的画面往往包含丰富的信息。
•把自己观影者的位置调整到电影制造者的角度,可以更好地看到调度如何产生意义•对相关画面的解读和欣赏体现观影者的成熟程度38.参考书籍•Roy Thompson & Christopher Bowen. Grammar of Shot, 2nd edition.•Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction, 8th edition. •Louis Giannetti. Understanding Movies, 11 edition.•Joseph M. Boggs & Dennis W. Petrie. The Art of Watching Films, 7th edition.•Andrew Lynn. Appreciating Cinema.39.。