"Rooftop Love" is Jay Chou's second film written and directed by himself, this movie tells the story of the little man who lives at the bottom of the prodigal cream, inadvertently heroes save the United States, meet their own goddess big star Heart, the two do not care about the world's eyes, break the class shackles, and talk about a fascinating aesthetic love.
In the story, there is a young and ignorant love, there is a brotherly righteousness of life and death, there is also a neighborly righteousness of suffering and sharing, this group of characters living at the bottom, living the roof that everyone can't see, although poor, they also have their own happiness and beauty.
This film is Jay Chou's utopian ideal, is the softness and beauty of his heart, is his best work of maintaining his original heart and purity after thousands of sails, today's article will analyze "Rooftop Love" from the application of color, background music, theme presentation, and interpret Jay Chou's utopian ideal.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > color application: use color to outline the picture scene and show the ideal world full of romantic colors</h1>
1, gorgeous and retro clothing, is an ode to life
Light blue studded denim coats, yellow striped shirt dresses, colorful floral shirts, dark suits, the costumes of the characters in the film have distinct personality characteristics, which are symbols of status and symbols of character.
The costumes of the characters have distinct characteristics of the times, and the costumes with a sense of age pull the audience's memories back to the old time with bright colors, so that the audience can immerse themselves in it and feel the simplicity and beauty of the old time.
Through the carrier of clothing, it carries people's fiery heat of life, expresses the openness and enthusiasm of life with bright colors, and sings the praises of life with colors.
2. Colorful pictures, showing hot and full emotions
Some people blame Jay Chou's success on talent, and I think that his success lies in his super learning ability, and the color application of "Rooftop Love" is the best work he learned from Zhang Yimou.
Jay Chou used color to the extreme in "Rooftop Love", using color to build a gorgeous castle, enhancing the visual impact of the film, and making the work reveal a warm and romantic, dashing enthusiasm and vitality.
The blue-gray background wall highlights the background of the times, and the colorful life scenes will show the theme of this film to the fullest, even if you are at the bottom, the heart should be colorful, so that life becomes colorful and colorful, and the colors are sprinkled on the roof.
3. The fairy-tale artistic color reflects the inner world of the director
Color symbolizes positive and brave, symbolizes happiness and beauty, symbolizes love and struggle, and of course represents the fairy tale world, Jay Chou uses color to give the picture a strong symbolic meaning, revealing the positive optimism of the little people, and also conveying the simple beauty of the heart.
Nicholas Tse once said that Jay Chou is like a prince made of glass, very pure and clean, in fact, from Jay Chou's works can be seen as one, Jay Chou borrowed "Rooftop Love" to express his emotions, reflecting his simple and pure inner world.
"Rooftop Love" is the display of Jay Chou's inner fairy tale, he uses prodigal ointment to express his righteousness to his friends, yearns for a simple and happy life, enjoys the time with his friends, immerses himself in his own fairy tale paradise, does not care about the world's vision, has deep righteousness for brotherhood, and is passionate and sincere about feelings.
And through the heroine's heart, she expressed the idea that big stars want to have the love of ordinary people, regardless of the gap in identity and fame, and pursued simple and fiery love, which is the feeling of the prodigal son in the play, and also the love of Jay Chou outside the play.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two: film music, using music to set off the atmosphere of the situation and interpret the mood tone under different moods</h1>
1. 33 original music pieces set the joyful tone of the film and enhance the expressiveness of the storyline
Relaxed and cheerful "Bowling Boy", blood boiling "Fight Dance", romantic and warm "Lover's Lake Night Market", gentle and delicate "Where is you", the magnificent "Prelude to Tragedy", etc., Jay Chou's musical talent in this film to the extreme, 33 original music, so that fans who rush to listen to the song to watch the movie once enough.
These 33 pieces of music have made a good musical preparation for this song and dance film, and various kinds of music have also laid the tone of the film's joy, creating a happy atmosphere so that the audience can feel the optimistic spirit conveyed by the film.
It also makes up for the director's shortcomings in narrative, using music to express the storyline, making the plot more convincing and expressive, and integrating music and plot to promote the development of the storyline.
2. The combination of music and dance makes the movie picture more vivid and the plot more abundant
Before the meal, the rooftop people who sang "Rooftop" and danced happily on the rooftop used music to show the beauty and enthusiasm of the rooftop people to the fullest, which is not only the theme of ordinary people living an extraordinary life, but also paves the way for the following.
Jay Chou stole from Zhang Yimou not only the use of color, but also the application of ethnic elements, the song and dance performance of elements such as shadow puppetry, traditional Chinese medicine, and Chinese kung fu, which also concealed Jay Chou's respect and respect for Chinese culture, enriching the meaning and emotion of the film.
The complementarity of music and dance not only creates a romantic dramatic atmosphere, but also portrays the inner happiness and pleasure of the characters, expresses the feelings of the characters in the form of song and dance, makes the overall film more harmonious and vivid, and makes the plot more convincing.
3. The perfect fusion of Oriental and Western instruments interprets Jay Chou's musical kingdom
The perfect fusion of multiple musical elements such as big drums, erhu, flute, trumpet, accordion, guitar, drum kit and so on is the unrepeatable feature of Jay Chou's music, from these 33 songs we can see the colorful and pure cleanliness of Jay Chou's musical kingdom.
The biggest feature of Jay Chou's music is "true", derived from the truth of life, this boy who does not speak very well, uses music to express his emotions, tell his own story, and convey his optimism, positivity, confidence and bravery.
In the sentimental ignorance period, he sang "Sunny Day", "Seven Mile Incense", "Quiet" to express his emotions, at the peak of his life he sang "Superman Can't Fly" while shouting tired while cheering for himself, and when he was happy and happy, he sang "mojito", "Confession Balloon", "Past Life Lover" and shared his happiness and beauty with everyone.
Some fans say that Jay Chou has changed, the song has no previous taste, in fact, Jay Chou's music has always insisted on being self- and singing out of itself, at different stages of life, Jay Chou is also outputting different music, becoming not Jay Chou, but a person who does not follow Jay Chou's pace towards the happy stage of life.
Jay Chou's music kingdom is also his life map, from the young and crazy teenagers to the middle age of marriage and children happy life and the infinite possibilities of old age in the future, Jay Chou uses music to record his life, share his beauty and happiness, pass on hope and strength, and we look for our own shadow in Jay Chou's music, although not every stage can feel empathy, but also strive to a better stage.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, theme presentation: the presentation of utopian ideals, conveying a positive and optimistic attitude towards life</h1>
1. The utopian presentation of "Rooftop Love"
The word utopian was coined by the English utopian Thomas Thomas. Mohr proposed that he combined the Greek words "ou" and "topos" to create the word "utopia" utopia, and the words "ou" and "topos" in Greek mean "nothing" and "place" respectively, and together they mean places that do not exist.
Thomas. Mohr coined the word because people at that time were living in the depths of the water, people longed for freedom and equality, and the word was a hope that symbolized people's yearning and expectation for a better life.
The background of the era and the state of the underlying characters in "Rooftop Love" and Thomas. The protagonists of "Rooftop Love" live on the rooftops of the banished city, called chaotic existence by the so-called upper class, a place that many people do not want to touch and reach, and the people who live on the roof are also shameless and marginalized by the city.
This group of people who may face the expulsion of the city at any time, but live the most simple and happy life, without the temptation of monetary interests, without the deceitful intrigue, they seek the joy of life in poverty, live every day happily, and enjoy all the happiness of the moment.
2, there is heaven on the top and a roof on the bottom
"There is heaven on the top, there is a rooftop below" This is a slogan of the movie "Rooftop Love", such a place marginalized by the city, used by the director to compete with the paradise that everyone yearns for, because it is Jay Chou's ideal world presentation: away from the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoy the beauty of life, the rooftop carries countless youth memories and warm old times.
The people on the rooftop are simple and pure, when they are happy, they will sing and dance, when they are angry, they will be released loudly, friends and neighbors help each other, brothers are righteous, love can also be as good as they want, the heart is successful, everything is developing in the direction of ideals and beauty, and everyone on the roof has the simplest happiness.
The simplest happiness, the lowest people, this seemingly paradoxical combination, but in the movie seems to complement each other, seemingly unattainable utopian ideals, in fact, is the reality of the subjective world of the human heart, some people see the light in their eyes from this group of rooftop people, some people dismissively think that they are just a joke, and some people find their lost selves in them.
Jay Chou used "Rooftop Love" to explain to us: no matter what kind of environment you are in, you can take the initiative to find and obtain happiness, ordinary life, maintain optimism and kindness, you can live an extraordinary life.
3. Jay Chou's utopian ideals
Jay Chou once had the dream of building a "J Building", letting his relatives and friends live in this building, bearing the cost of the building himself, so that relatives and friends can live happily and freely in this building, as simple and happy as the rooftop people.
However, the omnipotent Jay Chou, this ideal is too difficult to achieve, in addition to considering economic costs, there are many immutable factors, such as everyone in addition to Jay Chou also has their own circle of friends and relatives and friends, everyone has their own life and career, but also have their own ideas and plans, of course, people's hearts will change.
Jay Chou's J building did not take shape in the end, some people said that Jay Chou's former boss Yang Junrong persuaded him to stop, some people said that Ye Huimei did not agree, some people said that Jay Chou's ideal is very difficult to achieve, no matter what the reason, the end is a failure, but Jay Chou's utopian ideal did not end because of this.
He used "Rooftop Love" to realize his "J building" dream, the prodigal ointment in the movie is Jay Chou in real life, for love, he does not care about the difference in identity and status, as long as he is determined, he will do his best to love, tired and also have to accompany his wife to the catwalk, married for many years and create surprises for his wife, his wife's work is always the first support, in love, he is not an unattainable king, but a young man who is crazy for love, a hot teenager who loves.
He has a princess heart, but also has a heroic dream, like to be praised by everyone, but also enjoy the feeling of taking care of friends, debut 20 years, Jay Chou around the people or the debut of the gang, do shows, filming, on variety shows, there is Jay Chou where you can see them.
Some people ridicule this group of people is dragging Jay Chou's hind legs, can not afford to support Adou, do not know that their meaning to Jay Chou is not a relationship of interest, Jay Chou enjoys his heroic chivalrous dream, enjoys the time with friends, enjoys the simplest and purest appearance of life, and has nothing to do with money and fame.
Jay Chou's utopian ideals and Tao Yuanming's paradise have similarities, the heart has warmth and beauty, maintains the original heart and enthusiasm, returns to the simplicity of things, and lets love follow the heart and let the heart follow.