To put it simply: long shots, slow motion, rotation and panning, etc.
In detail: As soon as the film opens, the director used a fixed shooting method and used about 1 minute and 30 seconds to reproduce the process of the shoemaker repairing a pair of worn-out girls' shoes. The picture is extremely simple, but full of the reality of life. The camera gradually zooms out to reveal a brief conversation between the protagonist Ali and the shoemaker. With such a simple shot, the director quickly explained the reason for the story: Ali lost his sister Sarah's only shoe. The director used a unique perspective to shoot a close-up of the conversation between Ali and Sarah on paper, and paired it with a childish voice-over, which naturally led to the following story caused by the loss of a shoe. Speaking of the filming techniques of the film, the first thing worth mentioning should be the extremely fast-paced four shoe changing processes in the film. For the first time, the director used fast tracking shots to show Sarah running around after class. A dilapidated passage shows Ali's anxious eyes. The director uses parallel montage to show the psychological characteristics of the two people at the same time. When the two met, they quickly changed shoes and Ali complained. At the same time, the director used a set of long shots and panoramic shots of Ali's campus to reflect Ali's rush to school. The rhythm of this series of processes is very clear and smooth, and the transformation and connection of the pictures are also quite exquisite. In just three minutes, the director used such a fast-paced shooting method to firmly grasp the hearts of the audience. The second time the director changed shoes, the director was no longer innocently filming a shoe change, and there was a sudden twist in the center. In a mid-shot follow-up shot of Sarah running, it suddenly switches to a close-up of Sarah's feet. This switch by the director is a turning point in the process of changing shoes, and it is also the most worrying part for the audience. Suddenly, one of Sarah's shoes accidentally fell into the ditch when she was crossing the ditch because the shoes did not fit her feet. Next, there is a rapid camera movement, using a set of close-ups to show the entire process of Sarah chasing the shoes. Together with the fast-paced music effect of the film, it adds to the serious atmosphere of the whole film. The shoe got stuck in the ditch, and the fast-paced music suddenly stopped and turned into Sarah's aggrieved and anxious cry. At this time, the audience must have thought that the shoes were lost like this, but no one expected that there would be another twist at this time. A kind uncle nearby helped the little girl find the shoes with a wooden stick. The suddenly stuck shoes flowed out again, and there was serious music and turbulent water. The director made the audience completely immersed in his own plot. At this time, a close-up of the boatman's paddle intercepted Sarah's little pussy. shoe. The stone in the audience's heart fell firmly to the ground. However, the director once again firmly attracted the audience with such a set of fast-paced transitions, which makes us have to admire Mazhidi's superb director. At the same time, there was another long shot of Ali running around. Ali arrived late for the second time and was caught by the inspecting teacher, who warned him that this could only be his last chance. This made the audience sweat for Ali. Whether Ali would be late, whether Ali would be expelled from school, the director once again set up suspense. For the third time, the director changed the focus of the shooting to the school where Ali arrived late, and the process of changing shoes between the two was just a quick exchange and rapid running, and there were no more lines interspersed in it. When Ali came to school, the director used Ali's perspective from the corner to show Ali's fear of coming late again and worrying about meeting the checking teacher. Ali went upstairs tremblingly, but the checking teacher suddenly appeared from upstairs. Poor Ali was kicked out of school. The director used long-range fixed shots. When the audience watched Ali walking towards the school gate aggrieved, their hearts were filled with compassion. At this moment, the turning point occurred again. Ali's teacher came from a distance and met Ali. After a brief inquiry, the teacher won Ali the opportunity to return to the classroom again. In the same short minute, Mazhidi rekindled hope for the audience. When changing shoes for the fourth time, the director changed the previous fast tracking shot, and instead only used an overhead shot from the gap between the two walls, which reflected the frequency of the two people changing shoes. The process of changing shoes four times is worrying for the audience. What moved and heartbroken the audience the most was the process of Ali getting sneakers in order to finish third in the 5,000-meter run. Before the competition started, the director used a set of long-range panning shots to show the number of students participating in the competition. At the same time, it also allowed the comparison between the strength of other students and Ali's thinness. A close-up of the starting gun, followed by a loud gunshot, and again a panoramic shot, showing the start of the race. Immediately afterwards, the director's camera followed Ali's footsteps. First, Ali ran quickly, and at the same time, a parallel montage was used to show Sarah running home in a hurry to wait for the result of Ali's game. After a montage group took over, the camera began to follow Ali's running back and close-ups of the childish but determined expression on his face. It is accompanied by a voice-over of Ali's conversation with his sister, allowing the audience to understand Ali's hard work in order to earn a pair of small shoes for his sister. The director once again set up obstacles in the plot. The director did not let the young Ali win the first place and get a small shoe, but wanted him to take the third place. There is also suspense here again, whether Ali will get the third place as he wishes. , is it still a pity that he only finished fourth, or did he get a better result than third, just passing by a small shoe? During the run, Ali tried his best to keep himself in the third position, but was suddenly pulled down by other runners. When Ali got up and chased, the director used upscaling to slow down the camera, and the film suddenly became quiet. Ali's long run was only accompanied by the sound of rapid breathing. At this time, the voiceover reappeared the conversation between Ali and Sarah. Ali promised that he would definitely take third place.
As the voiceover ended, Ali obviously sped up his running pace. In each slow motion, Ali kept surpassing the players in front of him. As they neared the finish line, the director pulled back the camera, and what the audience saw was that Ali was almost neck-and-neck with the other three contestants. This kept the audience in suspense about where Ali had finished. Immediately reaching the finish line, Mazhidi suddenly switched to a close-up of the feet of the four contestants, keeping the audience in suspense about Ali's name until the end. With four pairs of feet crossing the finish line almost at the same time, the camera quickly switched away, and it was Ali who threw himself on the ground, and the instructor hugged him. Ali's first words were "Am I the third one?" "You are the first, silly boy", the teacher's excited reply finally let the audience know that the director chose the third ending, and Ali got more than the third one. Along with the good results, Ali became the most frustrated champion. The long game was finally over, but Ali's efforts failed him. This made the audience not know whether to be happy for him to win first place or to feel sorry for him.