preface
"Untouchable" is a romantic spy film directed by the famous director Zhao Baogang, which was officially released in 2014, and the film combines espionage and love factors.
The film takes the tortuous love affair of an underground worker and a dance teacher as the main line, and runs through it with the song "One Step Away", which plays a role in setting the plot atmosphere.
At the same time, it is also an indispensable bridge for emotional communication between the male protagonists, and it brings an unforgettable visual and auditory gourmet meal to the audience.
Highlight the theme of the film, enhance the expression of the plot and the rhythm of the picture
In a big-budget film, the theme and plot are the director's victory, as well as their outlook on life, values and their own cultural identity.
And music is an abstract art, which can play a role in setting the mood of the movie, highlighting the theme, and enhancing the charm.
It expresses the artistic concept of film in various rhythms and languages, which is a key factor in highlighting the emotion and meaning of the film picture.
In "Untouchable", Zhao Baogang uses a variety of music to emphasize the theme of the film, so that the plot of the entire film can be sublimated, and a tango dance "One Step Away" has been repeatedly played in his works.
The Chinese translation of this piece is "One Step Away", a famous tango dance written by the famous Argentine composer Carlos Godell.
When he first began writing, Carlos Goder felt extremely sad about his separation from his girlfriend.
In despair and frustration, Carlos Goder finally wrote this song, which translates to "only one step away", which means that Carlos Godell's mount is very small from the Spaniard, which is why he regrets his love with his girlfriend.
Fu Jingnian is an underground worker with a major mission, he meets a dance teacher named Ning Yu during a capture mission, and the two fall in love at first sight.
But due to Fu Jingnian's special identity and important mission, it can only be missed repeatedly, and the relationship between the two is just like the theme of the film - untouchable, close but untouchable, the only thing that can be done is to endure the pain and hide this love deep in the heart.
Coinciding with the meaning of "one step away", it was this piece that brought Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhu closer to a short distance.
Music is the main theme of the film and an integral part of the film, which has the effect of helping to strengthen the storyline.
Like a line, Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhi's encounter, love, reunion, parting, these are all complete stories.
As soon as the music started, Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhi jumped up and forgot their existence.
Slow preludes, ups and downs, long endings, always make people instantly immersed.
This song "One Step Away" has a distinct rhythmic characteristic, from the weak start at the beginning to the last paragraph, each paragraph has its own unique rhythm, attracting the audience.
Therefore, when Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhi change their expressions and pace with the beat of the music, the audience will involuntarily immerse themselves in the environment they have created.
Substituting yourself into the plot, fantasizing about the complex emotions of the characters in the music, can resonate with the ups and downs of each plot development in the movie, and cause people to think deeply. The development direction of the whole story has been further deepened and refined.
Clever and coherent shots enhance the rationality and smoothness of the plot
It is not only a comprehensive art of literature, drama, photography, painting and music, but also uses a highly artistic "montage" combination technique to connect many scattered and jumpy scenes.
Because the length of a film is very limited, it will take a long time to finish each scene.
The use of music can be integrated with the picture without taking up the space, and the image will jump large when shooting.
It is impossible to connect all the pieces with a single fragment, so it must be connected with a soundtrack.
Although the song is not complete from the perspective of the entire movie, it is such a short concert that combines the scattered scenes in an orderly manner, and the audience can also feel the coherence of this scene from the spirit.
Several scenes in "Untouchable" are adapted from "One Step Away", such as Ning Zhu dancing with a Japanese official and dying calmly, the appearance of this dance, coupled with her dance with Fu Jingnian, it is easy to think that this is a memory.
And between the two dances, they are coherent, providing a logical foreshadowing for the next plot development, so, in the process of Fu Jingnian proposing to Lu Qiuyi, they added the relationship between Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhi to the dance, and even more vividly showed Fu Jingnian's deep affection for Ning Zhi and helplessness towards Lu Qiuyi.
So, Ning waited alone and cried, so Lu Qiuyi went to Taiwan for the last time, which is more logical, the whole story goes very smoothly, and it will not make people feel that the picture switch has any sense of violation at all.
Depict the emotions of the characters and make the characters more vivid and vivid
In the movie "Untouchable", the male protagonist Fu Jingnian and the female protagonist Ning You both lost their loved ones and both died.
The two dissolved the barrier, and the tango "One Step Away" began her performance with the accompaniment of Ning Zhu.
The crisp and pleasant piano sound ranges from soft to deep, coupled with Ning Zhi's cool dress, which sets off her pure and beautiful temperament to the fullest, and although Fu Jingnian is imprisoned, she is still full of enthusiasm and expectations for life.
Immediately afterwards, Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhi fell in love, and the two used the same tune, but as the relationship between the two became stronger and stronger, the emotions of the two would become completely different.
At the beginning, when the two people's relationship first opened, they were still a little reserved, Fu Jingnian and Ning Ru had not known each other for a long time, and then they were forced by the situation and had to break up, so the two liked each other very much, but no one dared to say anything, and no one knew when they would meet again.
At the beginning of the war, Fu Jingnian tracked the enemy's general and inadvertently entered Ning's dance studio, and the two reunited, before they had time to celebrate, because Fu Jingnian had to go through life and death parting because Fu Jingnian had to perform tasks in the dance studio, in order not to let Fu Jingnian die instead of himself, Ning stayed in grief and made up his mind to die.
Then there was a reunion of surprise and reluctance, following Fu Jingnian performing tasks in the dance studio for a few years, so he revisited the dance studio but was ecstatic to find that Ning was not dead, just in time for the end of the War of Resistance.
Fu Jingnian originally thought that he could unload the burden and spend the rest of his life with his lover, but the two who were affectionate were full of expectations for the future, and later, they were even more painful.
In order to win the final victory of the war, Fu Jingnian decided to give up the opportunity to leave with Ning Zhi and continue to lurk, but Ning Zhi was reluctant to return to find Fu Jingnian on the night of the war, but unfortunately the war was merciless, and Ning Zhinian would eventually sleep in the continuous artillery fire of the enemy, leaving Fu Jingnian to spend the rest of his life with regret.
Compared to the limited emotions that a photo can express, this tango dance perfectly depicts the changing psychology of the characters, injecting a soul that can be said to be the finishing touch to the characters' personality emotions and the story presented on the screen.
Although the environment and feelings are different, in the context of the same song, the most subtle emotional ups and downs and emotional conditions in the hearts of the characters are vividly expressed, and the psychological changes that others cannot see are expressed with such a substitution method.
Whether the characters are happy or sad, or sad, when the music starts, when the rhythm of the music changes, everyone will follow the plot in the movie.
Put yourself into the heart of the character, experience the emotions that rise and fall every moment, and make the character come to life.
The presentation methods are varied, and the sound and visual of the picture are perfectly integrated
When it comes to soundtrack music, many creators have two extreme ideas, one is to integrate music into the film as much as possible, like dubbing a movie.
The other is to bring a strong sense of power to the audience, such as "One Step Away" "Untouchable", which is biased towards the latter, which uses a variety of expression methods, both in line with the living environment at that time, and uses various tools to express different emotions.
In the process of presentation, Zhao Baogang uses gramophones, orchestras and whistles as the main means, and the gramophones integrate the historical environment of the Civil War and the Anti-Japanese War in the film in the dance studio where Fu Jinian lives.
This song is broadcast on the record player with a voice recorder, without the slightest sense of violation, which is very suitable for Ning Ke's role, and also very suitable for Fu Jingnian's love of life, making the development of the story smoother and making the whole story more beautiful.
When the band was forced to propose to Lu Qiuyi's daughter when Fu Niannian was performing a task, everyone was at a dinner party, and after Fu Jingnian's proposal, the band began to play, and the scene looked beautiful.
But Fu Jingnian's mood at this time, not being able to be with the person he likes, is already an extremely lonely and sad thing, but he still has to show his joy and dance with a woman he doesn't like, highlighting the character's emotional ups and downs.
Fu Jingnian and Ning stayed in the night and blew a whistle. According to the development of the plot, Fu Jingnian blew his favorite tango with a whistle on the silent street.
Compared with the method of deliberately playing with external force, this method is not so contrived, but makes the love of two people like music, deeply imprinted in each other's hearts, and you can say whatever you want to say, and you will never forget it for a lifetime.
In the movie "Untouchable", the parting of life and death between Fu Jingnian and Ning Zhu was sublimated in this song "One Step Away", and at the same time, everyone can experience Zhao Baogang's mood from this dance.
For example, at the end of the movie, Fu Jingnian blew "One Step Away" to Ning Cheng, although the color of this song is very bright, but the weak whistle sound, you can still hear a sadness and regret.
In this case, any words will become meaningless, but "One Step Away" is like a hammer, allowing the audience to once again experience the sadness that the director cannot hide.
epilogue
"Untouchable" is Zhao Baogang's debut novel, and a tango dance called "One Step Away" runs through the entire film, which not only connects the entire love story, but also brings the characters to life.
With its unique rhythm, tune and a variety of expressions, it highlights the main purpose of the film, strengthens the expression of the plot, and brings the audience an exquisite visual and auditory enjoyment, which has a non-negligible impact on the success or failure of the film.