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    Zhang Yimou Presentation The Road Home: By: Allissa Chan & Cheri Tse

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    1) The film The Road Home by Zhang YiMou tells the story of a young woman Zhao Di who falls in love with a young teacher Luo Changyu in her village. 2) The film flashes between the colorful past when they were together and the black and white present when their son returns to the village after Changyu's death. 3) Zhang YiMou uses innovative techniques like switching between color and black and white to represent the happy past and sad present, establishing mood through lighting and film techniques.

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    Zhang Yimou Presentation The Road Home: By: Allissa Chan & Cheri Tse

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    1) The film The Road Home by Zhang YiMou tells the story of a young woman Zhao Di who falls in love with a young teacher Luo Changyu in her village. 2) The film flashes between the colorful past when they were together and the black and white present when their son returns to the village after Changyu's death. 3) Zhang YiMou uses innovative techniques like switching between color and black and white to represent the happy past and sad present, establishing mood through lighting and film techniques.

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    1) The film The Road Home by Zhang YiMou tells the story of a young woman Zhao Di who falls in love with a young teacher Luo Changyu in her village. 2) The film flashes between the colorful past when they were together and the black and white present when their son returns to the village after Changyu's death. 3) Zhang YiMou uses innovative techniques like switching between color and black and white to represent the happy past and sad present, establishing mood through lighting and film techniques.

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    Zhang Yimou Presentation The Road Home: By: Allissa Chan & Cheri Tse

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    Allissa Chan
    1) The film The Road Home by Zhang YiMou tells the story of a young woman Zhao Di who falls in love with a young teacher Luo Changyu in her village. 2) The film flashes between the colorful past when they were together and the black and white present when their son returns to the village after Changyu's death. 3) Zhang YiMou uses innovative techniques like switching between color and black and white to represent the happy past and sad present, establishing mood through lighting and film techniques.

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    Zhang YiMou Presentation

    The Road Home

    By: Allissa Chan & Cheri Tse


    Main Characters
    • Zhao Di: A young woman, the film's protagonist

    • Luo Changyu: A young teacher sent from the city, Zhao Di's husband and the
    narrator's father 

    •  Luo Yusheng: Zhao Di and Luo Changyu's grown son and the film's narrator,
    he returns to his home village in order to burry his father

    Film Summary
    Part 1- Past Time
    • Country Girl (Zhao Di) falls in love with young teacher (Chang Yu)
    • Changyu has to leave town due to political problems
    • Zhao Di is devastated, tries to follow him on foot to the city
    • Zhao Di gets sick, Changyu sneaks out to see her
    • Eventually get married, never been apart since.
    Part 2- Present Time
    • Luo Yusheng (Zhao Di and Luo Changyu's son) learns about his parent's past
    •  Zhao Di insisted that her husband (Changyu) got a proper burial ceremony, no
    matter how much it costs and how troublesome it would be
    •  All of Changyu's old students all return back to the village for the ceremony,
    showing that he was a great teacher, and will be well remembered. Zhao Di's
    wishes come true.
    What type of look is established for the film

    For the scenes where the


    past times are being
    shown, there is color.
    Showing happy and more
    cheerful times.
    The film has a
    very grainy, old
    style look to it. 

    For the scenes where the


    present times are being
    shown, the film turns
    black and white.
    Showing gloomy and
    more depressing times.
    Film Stock used
    Fast Film Stock-
    • Creating a fairly unclear
    picture
    • Produces a gritty,
    monochromatic look.

    Film Gauged used


    Shot with a 16 mm film gauge
    enlarged onto a 35 mm film in order
    to enhance the grainy effect.

    Slow Film Stock-


    • produces a sharper, more
    detailed effect
    How the use of color fit the tone of the film

    Past Time:
    -using bright, vivid colors
    -creates joyful and very effective imagery
    -Showing affectionate and happier times times
    of their lives

    Present Time:
    -dull black and white colors
    -establishing a very sad and depressing tone
    -showing a time of loss and grief
    Saturated or desaturated colors

    Majority of the film (The scenes


    from the past) are saturated.
    As you can see, the still image
    on the top is what the actual
    coloring in the film looked like,
    and the still image on the
    bottom is what the same image
    from the film would've looked
    like if the coloring was de-
    Saturated version  saturated.

    De-saturated version
    Lighting
    Hard lighting was used;
    looking at the still image from the
    film on the left, the lighting highlights
    her shadows and flaws.

    Compared to this image


    on the right, which is a
    photograph of the exact
    same actress, except soft
    lighting was used; soft
    lighting softens the border
    between light and
    shadow. 

    In Majority of the film, High-Key lighting is


    used. As the film is based on the narrator's
    parent's cheerful past, almost all of it is
    bright and dandy.  
    -Bright illumination of subject
    -enhances a cheerful mood
    Different Lenses

    Wide Angle Lens used to shoot


    scene on the left; emphasizes
    distance.

    Telephoto Lens used to shoot the


    scene on the right; creates a shallow
    focus :)
    The 180° rule 
    -Camera must remain on the side of the
    'imaginary line'

    -'imaginary line' has to be perpendicular to


    the camera's view point , from which
    establishing shot is taken

    The rule of thirds

    -Dividing the frame into thirds


    both horizontally and vertically 

    -The points where the vertical and


    horizontal lines meet are called the
    aesthetically pleasing spot

    -Aesthetically pleasing spots are to have


    perspective lines meet or to place
    subjects 
    Special effects

    Bloom☼

    -It makes the pictures look


    brighter and have a 'hazy'
    look to it

    -In here it is added to create


    a 'in love' effect. 
    Creative Techniques
    One of the most creative techniques in this film (probably the most important), is how
    Zhang Yimou did the whole "color vs black and white" scheme. Just that aspect of the
    film, conveys a strong message and you are able to grasp the main idea of the
    movie. 
    -Past = happy and bright, filled with color
    -Present = sad and depressed, no color at all.
    This was a very creative technique. Not to mention the beautiful places where the film
    was shot in. Zhang Yimou did a magnificent job in really showing the audience how
    strong the love connection between Zhao Di and Luo Changyu (the two main
    characters) is.

    Camera Techniques
    THE END!!!:)
    thank you for watching our film
    presentation on Zhang Yimou's
    movie "The Road Home".

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