There were some special effects in this film, such as the image of the map of the fishing route.
This allowed us (and the fishermen) to know how far they have traveled, because when they were at the sea, all that can be seen is just an endless ocean of water. The date, as well, was to inform the viewer of how long the fishermen had been in the ocean, and how long it would take for the radiation sickness to spread in their bodies.
When they got back to the shore, people started to know about the bomb. At 00:48:13, there was cutting from scene to scene, about the doctor, newspaper, television, and so on. This is an emphasis on the fact that the knowledge of the bomb is already spreading among them.
At the end of the film, when Kuhoyama's wife took his ashes on the train, there was a cutting scene plus special effect that informs us the place (Odawara-Sizuoka-Yairon). Here, the same background music that has been played many times suddenly stopped, without fading out. At 01:43:18 people started singing a sad song in the minor scale (furosato) to pay respect to Kuhoyama. When this song slowly fades out, turning into a BGM, an image of a very calm ocean can be seen. Here I think the director tried to set the mood of the viewer, and he wants to show us how much Kuhoyama was respected by others.
This allowed us (and the fishermen) to know how far they have traveled, because when they were at the sea, all that can be seen is just an endless ocean of water. The date, as well, was to inform the viewer of how long the fishermen had been in the ocean, and how long it would take for the radiation sickness to spread in their bodies.
When they got back to the shore, people started to know about the bomb. At 00:48:13, there was cutting from scene to scene, about the doctor, newspaper, television, and so on. This is an emphasis on the fact that the knowledge of the bomb is already spreading among them.
At the end of the film, when Kuhoyama's wife took his ashes on the train, there was a cutting scene plus special effect that informs us the place (Odawara-Sizuoka-Yairon). Here, the same background music that has been played many times suddenly stopped, without fading out. At 01:43:18 people started singing a sad song in the minor scale (furosato) to pay respect to Kuhoyama. When this song slowly fades out, turning into a BGM, an image of a very calm ocean can be seen. Here I think the director tried to set the mood of the viewer, and he wants to show us how much Kuhoyama was respected by others.
2 comments:
How do you think the effect of black-white film??
is it going to be better if it is in color??
well
the black and white film shows us clearly that it is an old movie,
and i think with this image, it is really good with vintage look.
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