Audiovisual Language Analysis: Forrest Gump

Hollywood has always been the kingdom of movies. A large number of commercial blockbuster movies were produced here and became popular

world. But we can also see some very classic movies.

"Forrest Gump" is a very

classic Hollywood blockbuster.

Today we will analyze this classic work from the perspective of audio-visual language

This film is adapted from a novel of the same name.

The film uses Forrest Gump’s narration of his life to provide an in-depth analysis

It tells the contemporary history of the United States,

It satirizes social phenomena and wars in a humorous way.

As a film that records history with characters

,

Forrest Gump is the main clue, and

experienced the most turbulent times in the United States. a piece of history.

The same goes for the film

It advocates the return of virtue, provides correct spiritual guidance, and vigorously promotes humanistic care and the spirit of humanism.

It is a classic masterpiece among Hollywood anti-intellectual trend movies.

The 1990s was an era of rising anti-intellectual sentiment in American society.

So Hollywood produced a series of films that belittled modern civilization and advocated returning to primitive interpretations of human nature.

Among them

"Forrest Gump"

is through

the perspective of a mentally retarded person,

< p>Describes all aspects of American life from the 1950s to the 1980s

The Vietnam War, government scandals, diplomacy, racial conflicts? It reflects the social turmoil at that time, and people

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The living conditions of life - the negativity, decadence and blind enthusiasm of most people.

The film "Forrest Gump" is

allowing Americans to review their own history and

re-examine themselves.

Forrest Gump is portrayed in this film as a person who is born mentally retarded,

but possesses the best virtues of mankind.

He faced the challenges that life brought to him magnanimously,

accepted

tempered in the chaos, only ran in one direction, and finally ran towards His end. This is a fable of life, which not only brings people joy, but also triggers extensive thinking.

In this film,

there is a strong contrast between the characters.

Forrest Gump's image is generally refreshing and tidy when it appears.

It is in sharp contrast with the images of other people appearing in the film.

Tom Hanks successfully created

A congenital intellectually disabled,

but simple and sincere Forrest Gump.

As a child, Forrest Gump was clumsy.

He spoke slowly and firmly.

As an adult, Forrest Gump spoke endlessly,

including An absolute confidence.

Jenny,

She has always been Forrest Gump's angel

It is precisely because of listening to Jenny's words that Forrest Gump can run forever. But unlike Forrest Gump, her life

has always been drifting with the flow and having no fixed place.

She is a wanderer both in life and in spirit.

< p>Cannot find its location

.

She wants to be a singer,

but she can only perform on the street or in a sex bar,

with a bunch of bad friends

drug. Her life is always full of negative factors such as pornography, violence, and drugs. Therefore, the image of Jenny created in the film is always dark and vague.

But she is sincere to Forrest Gump,

so at the end of the film

Jenny’s image returns again The pure beauty when I first met Forrest Gump.

Lieutenant Dan,

was wild from the beginning

and

turning the page like a book,

< p>He was joking one moment and giving serious orders the next.

On the battlefield, he

wanted death wholeheartedly,

continuing his family's history of "honorable" sacrifice.

After the amputation surgery, Lieutenant Dan felt extremely desperate

He thought that all hope in life ended on the battlefield,

He was supposed to die there.

He was completely ungrateful for A-Gump's saving

life.

After returning from the battlefield, he became a little nervous,

dressed sloppily,

spoke in a rough voice, and vented his anger. His dissatisfaction. But on New Year's Eve, his sadness leaked out uncontrollably, allowing the audience to feel his true inner world.

Later he fought against the storm at sea,

and appeared as an indomitable rebel

.

After "he made peace with God" in the end,

And the image that appeared when Forrest Gump got married was gentle,

This

< p>It is a manifestation of his return to his true nature after experiencing several ups and downs in life.

The filming skills of the film are also commendable.

When reflecting the lives of Jenny and Forrest Gump,

often

different light effects and tones are commonly used.

In Forrest Gump's life,

a lot of warm tones are used.

The fragments of Jenny’s life

use more cold colors.

There are many scenes of Forrest Gump running in the film.

Running is the action sequence that appears

the most in this film.

Running for the first time,

Forrest Gump got rid of the brace on his leg,

still appears in this scene

A lot of green, the background has very clear outlines, and the harmonious beauty of nature makes people feel bright.

The second time he got the favor of the football team coach,

Then with his specialty of running,

won wins for the football team

< p>Victory of the game,

There were large blocks of red and yellow in this scene,

There were also large blocks of red in the auditorium

The slogans set off the lively atmosphere of the stadium game and make people excited. Still mainly warm colors.

Then he ran in the jungle during the Vietnam War and

saved his comrades.

A lot of green and yellow are also used here.

The light is sufficient and the lines are clear, creating a good light and shadow effect. Compared with the color depiction of Forrest Gump's life paragraphs

Jenny's living environment mostly reduces the lightness and darkness of the colors,

showing the depth of her life. Depressed

and at the same time reflecting Jenny’s own inner negativity and misanthropy. Through this contrast between light and dark, and tones, the film hints at the conflicting personalities and fate of Forrest Gump and Jenny.

And in the end,

When Jenny returned to Forrest

, their inner worlds gradually became unified, and the color of Jenny’s scene also matched that of Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is consistent, and the light effects also use natural light effects.

Jenny walked towards Forrest Gump in a white dress.

The color was just like when the two were young.

White and green, open, bright and full of Vigorous. Let the audience understand that Jenny's life is no longer the same as before,

but faces life in a more optimistic way,

it also implies Jenny's spiritual rebirth after experiencing several twists and turns

.

Through the configuration of light and color, the film more perfectly portrays the characters' personalities.

It also expresses the director's intention and the theme of the film.< /p>

It has a strong subjective color,

at the same time it can stimulate the audience's imagination

and allow the audience to subconsciously accept these hints. information.

The use of color and light effects also promotes the narrative,

increases

the realism of the film and enhances the viewing experience of the film.

There is a very important prop in this film, which must have left a very deep impression on the audience.

That is the floating feather.

This feather has also appeared in the camera many times.

At the beginning of the film, feathers are used as a guide for sight, and the camera follows the feathers until the characters appear. At the end, the feathers rise again in the wind,

and float farther away. In the opening scene of "Forrest Gump", a feather guides the audience's attention, and at the same time, the opening music appears.

The lightness of the piano and the softness of the violin blend together,

Create the sound shape of "Feather"

and also promote the atmosphere of the film.

With the rise and fall of feathers,

the music felt by the audience is also like feathers

erratic, drifting in the wind, just like life is full of uncertainty. A sense of certainty, unpredictable. At the end of the film

this theme reappears. At this time, the music has more meaning than at the beginning. It has a feeling about life,

a little more. move. Life is like this feather, it may float in the wind or fall into the dust. We have no right to choose its direction. But we have the right to choose how to face it.

There has always been a problem of racial discrimination in American society. Racial issues are also an important element in "Forrest Gump".

The first was the civil rights movement in Alabama.

Governor Wallace refused to allow black people to enter the school.

But in the end

he compromised.

On the bus heading to the military camp,

the audience can see that the bus is full of white people sitting together with white people,

black people

< p>Sitting with black people.

Forrest Gump hit the same nail in the car as he had on the school bus.

Finally he sat together with the black man Bub,

who was also his only good friend in the military camp.

Babu’s ancestors were all shrimp cooks,

serving food for white people in restaurants

.

After A-Gump gave Babu’s mother shares,

the relationship between the characters changed,

was replaced by a white man and gave to a black man

Serve the food. Racial issues are dealt with in a humorous and vindictive way.

Television becomes an important narrative device in this film, through which it shows the contemporary political culture of the United States

including the civil rights movement in Alabama,

< p>Wallace was shot and wounded,

President Kennedy met with the National College Football Team

President Johnson met with heroes of the Vietnam War, President Kennedy was assassinated, President Ford was assassinated, and Nixon water< /p>

The Gate Incident,

And the moon landing? Television news often serves as an editing point to establish shots and shots,

paragraphs and

Paragraphs only see the relationship.

In terms of narrative,

also plays an important role,

presenting us the state of American society

violence The conflict is serious, which to a certain extent reflects the real situation in the United States.

Sound is an important part of a film.

The human voice is represented in the film as dialogue and narration as well as

inner monologue. The entire story is narrated by Forrest Gump's narration. Forrest Gump's voice is soft and gentle, with constant emotional ups and downs.

Big,

telling it eloquently,

sets the soothing and down-to-earth tone of the entire film.

When A-Gump was a child,

his speech was a little dull,

his words were clear, and although he was clumsy, he was very simple. Forrest Gump always repeats "Stupid things happen." This sentence

creates Forrest Gump's confident character,

And "I miss Jenny even more.< /p>

"This sentence runs through the entire film,

becoming

the editing point of Jenny's scene and Forrest Gump's scene,

connecting the two people relationship,

promoted the development of the plot,

and also allowed us

to see a devoted and sincere Ah. sweet.

Movie music,

also describes the most representative

music of this era - rock and roll.

The rock music in the movie has distinctive characteristics of the times,

helps the film's narrative to advance the film's rhythm

and is also thought-provoking.

,

Highlighting the spirit of humanity and humanistic feelings.

The sound adds a breath of life to the film

Forrest Gump's scenes are always peaceful and full of natural atmosphere. Jenny's scene is full of urban noise, which is impetuous and noisy.

In these scenes,

what the director wants to express is his

rejection of modern industry and his yearning for nature.

The film talks about the various charms of life, bitterness and joy, life and death, war and love, indifference and

friendship, success and failure. , greatness and humbleness, worthy of our lifetime to savor. When we are arrogant and domineering, when we worry about gains and losses, when we are confused and hesitant, when we are scarred, we think we can always survive in the midst of absurdity. ,

Just for the reason of Forrest Gump.

We still have to do our best,

let

more people know the story of Forrest Gump,

even if this world When you reach the end,

it will inevitably disappear,

but the living people

always need a glimmer of hope

. Maybe life is like that floating feather, it either floats or rides the wind and waves, but life is also like that feather that carries our hope.