Douban 9.6, after watching this hilarious and inspirational documentary, I want to be a farmer!
When it comes to filmmakers’ cross-border, they can generally be divided into two directions, one is the liberals who mainly seek novelty and joy, and the other is the hard-core explorers who explore and get to the bottom of the matter.
A typical example of hardcore is the film produced by James Cameron in 2014.Deep sea challengeIts pilot "Deep Sea Challenger" successfully dived into the deepest part of the world’s oceans-Mariana Trench.
Cameron’s cross-border not only caught up with his huge capital, but even almost lost his life.
However, what I want to introduce today is not the extreme challenge that scares people, but the agricultural documentary that makes people laugh and cry and focuses on bad experiments.Clarkson’s Farm.
A grounded and fun agricultural documentary
Film byJeremy ClarksonInvested and produced by this deity, distributed by Amazon Studio. Clarkson used to be a broadcaster in Britain, and then worked as a reporter for the racing industry for a while.
He is tired of living by the rules, and all kinds of embarrassing things such as racing cars and bombing houses emerge one after another.
This time, in Clarkson’s Farm, he returned to the field, challenging perhaps his most unsuitable career:farmer.
In Clarkson’s Farm,In a humorous way, the director introduced to the audience how a novice farmer turned an empty land into a farm with business opportunities from scratch.
The same drama series about the west and farms, Clarkson’s character is completely different from kevin costner in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone.
The former is a funny and sometimes neurotic old English urchin, and the latter is the father who defends the sovereignty of the farm.
Since ancient times, the words related to "development" and "construction" often make the audience subconsciously associate with the image of a smart scientist or a tough guy who refuses to give in.
In this way, Clarkson’s Farm is really easy to get the attention of many ordinary people because of its people-friendly and grounded people.
In terms of image style, in these eight documentaries,Clarkson uses a lot of aerial photography and holds a lens to enhance the presence of the image.
At the same time, the director placed a large number of close-up mirrors in the scene with motorcycles, which fully grasped the visual lifeline of male audiences.
When Clarkson ignored the rules of farming and showed off his driving skills on the farm in a Lamborghini, his image of an old urchin had deeply captured the hearts of the audience.
On the other hand, while the film is funny, it does not forget to popularize basic agricultural knowledge to the audience.
For example, in the footage of land reclamation, the documentary emphasized the importance of rutting to successful sowing in an animated way.
In this way, the easy-to-understand expression is matched with Clarkson’s unique charm as a host.Clarkson’s FarmIt is an exquisite documentary that is suitable for the family to watch after dinner.
As a variety show that focuses on relaxing and funny, Clarkson’s program effect is also worthy of praise.
What impressed me the most was the unlucky potato in the third episode.
The unexpected rainstorm destroyed Clarkson’s potatoes, so he had to stop the loss in time and put some potatoes in the "good faith box" for "bargain sale".
I believe Clarkson’s "mask of pain" will win the heartfelt laughter of the audience in front of the screen.
Movies about planting will not only reflect the cultural characteristics of different regions, but also show people’s views on the eternal proposition of man and nature in different countries.
Clarkson’s whimsy from time to time needs funds and machinery to transform, and his plan will become a disaster in most cases. As an audience, we may gloat, but perhaps we need to think about:
Most farmers don’t have such strong financial support. A rainstorm and a cooling down may make the crops they depend on disappear.
Clarkson’s documentary, from the perspective of variety, is remarkable, from the perspective of record
Degree is sincere and careful.
But from the social level, it is superficial, which shows the beautiful imagination of the British middle class to build a profitable modern farm.
In these eight episodes of documentaries, what the audience can feel is not how people use the gift of nature, but how people use machinery and wisdom to conquer the uncultivated land.
The British people’s desire to control the land and their flexible control of capital are vividly reflected in Clarkson’s documentary.
Repeated failures and continuous capital investment, we can really praise Clarkson for his hard work, but I think what he wants to conquer is not the square inch of land, but the vast west.
From Clarkson’s Farm
Look at the cultural differences between East and West.
Compared with this film, I can’t help but think of the Japanese film Little Forest, which is also highly praised in Asia.
The girl who worked diligently in the field, the sound of cicadas lingering in the hearts of the audience, and the reassuring white noise presented an artistic conception different from Clarkson Farm.
Without the roar of machinery and commercial interests, the Japanese agricultural scenery under the lens of Junichi Mori, such as Xanadu and paradise on earth, provides a safe haven for people working in the world in the storm.
In terms of photography style and skills, Junichi Mori’s direction is obviously different from Clarkson’s.
Most of the shots are done in a fixed position, and there are no sharp tracking and aerial shots. The intention is to emphasize the idea that man and nature are inseparable.
However, Clarkson’s Farm, as a documentary with a partial variety, can’t be compared with Little Forest with a little fictional nature.
But from its aesthetic style and characterization, we can easily understand the cultural differences between the East and the West.
Looking ahead, if we don’t talk about the thinking mode or ideology in Clarkson’s documentary,Its production mode and story structure are also worth learning from domestic films and the media.
Clarkson’s documentary shows the beautiful scenery of agricultural machinery and British farms today, which is a sublimation of the universal values of capitalist society.
And we are both big agricultural countries, and we also have profound cultural heritage.
Although we have a certain number of excellent agricultural documentaries, the way we spread knowledge is too academic, which makes it difficult for young audiences to benefit from it.
In short, what we want to learn is not the universal values of others, but the means by which they propagate them.
At the end of my writing, I thought of the one that exploded on the oil pipe not long ago.China Upmaster LiziqiWith simple images and sincere attitude, she presented China’s rural life to the world like a picture scroll.
She proved that the output of high-quality recorded images does not come from poor imitation, but from the love of what is being photographed.
Author | Zhang Ying
Typesetting/Operation | Zuoye
Planning | Houlang Film Editorial Department
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