has a play called "The Light of Domestic Terror".
Some people say that it will become the Chinese version of "The Wonders of the World".
Some people also say that it is a compressed version of "Black Mirror" and "Secret No. 9", the content is shorter and more concise, but it makes people want to stop.
suspense, horror, brainstorming, reversal, independent story...
, a domestic suspense thriller that gathers these elements-
"Unthinking: Video"
"No" produced by the director Odinding's team The "Thinking Difference" series has been out for three seasons. It is really surprising that
, a project that claims to be from a small team and poor crew, can last until the third season and is still being produced. As a series,
has a rare rise in ratings, one of which is higher than the other. The Douban score of
in the third season of "Thinking about Difference: Video" is as high as 8.1, which is very good compared to domestic horror movies of the same type.
There are twelve episodes of "No Thinking: Video", and one episode is only 8 minutes, and each episode is an independent story. Compared with the previous two,
has made innovations in form in the third season, adopting the form of pseudo documentary + interview. In each episode of
, a guest will be invited to conduct an interview, and some mobile phone videos related to the interviewed guest will be inserted briefly during the interview. The ingenious form of
is that what the interviewed guest tells is not necessarily the truth.
viewers often have to use video to get clues, overturn or prove the statements of interviewed guests, and complete the truth.
In other words, "hearing is virtual, seeing is believing".
For students who like to burn their brains, this setting that can use their observation ability to break the suspense is undoubtedly very attractive, and this is also one of the biggest highlights of the "No Thinking" series.
Take my favorite episode of this season, which is the sixth episode of "Eye Pupil".
The interviewed guest is a big boy who looks very nice and cheerful.
But as soon as he entered the studio, he exposed his special habit in front of the camera-
he likes to sneak pictures of beautiful girls on the subway.
Actually, sneak shots on the subway are not new. Not only the boys, but also the girls can't control the handsome little brother on the subway.
Weibo often has pictures of "Meeting a handsome brother on the subway", which shows that everyone is Yankong. The interviewed guest of
is a hardcore sneak shot player and has his own set of techniques for sneak shots.
For example, the mobile phone should be held horizontally, and the angle of holding it should be lowered. In addition, the eyes should not be irritated.
movements and expressions must appear natural and relaxed, otherwise it will be easy to expose.
On the subway, he often takes pictures of a beautiful girl wearing red sandals.
even figured out the girl's commuting time for sneak shots, and used the car she was accustomed to sitting in.
is proficient in sneak shots, so even if she always stares at the girls, she doesn’t notice it.
Even if the boy defended himself in the interview:
"I am not insignificant, and I have not violated her private life. Although the technique is a bit bad, my original intention is quite pure."
is really "pure and not pure." "Who knows? The sneak shots like
can easily scare girls regardless of whether they have intention of harm or not, and the day of exposure will soon come. The successful sneak shots of
for several times may have made the boys more courageous. He began to choose to sit directly opposite the girls and take photos of the girls more closely.
But this time, he missed it. The
girl discovered his sneak shots, glanced at him in disgust, and got off the subway without saying a word.
The boy was shocked because of his exposure, but he decided to apologize to the girl and wrote a small note of apology for this.
But unfortunately, he found that girls no longer take the subway.
He still waited for the girl at the same time and in the carriage, but never saw her again.
(someone wears her red shoes in the picture) The story of
is here, maybe you will take it for granted that it is because the girls are scared, so you no longer take the subway.
But if this is the case, the "Thinking about Difference" series will not get so much praise.
The most dreadful thing aboutis that it is never as simple as you think!
You have witnessed the truth without knowing it, but you just passed the truth because you didn't find it.
At the end of the interview, the boy mentioned that he still kept the videos of the girls who secretly filmed them, and he would often take them out and "watch it again".
Is there really only a boy in the regular passenger in the carriage where girls often ride?
On the day the girl discovered the boy was taking pictures and left, who was the one who got off the car with her?
When the girl disappeared, why did those red sandals appear in the carriage again?
The truth is always hidden in the details, "read it again", maybe you will understand!
At the same time, the ambitions of the "Thinking about Differences" series do not just stop at the horror of the plot, but also include discussions on human nature and the dark side of society.
is like the humiliation incident of the blind sister Qin in the first episode of "No Thinking: Video".
One day, an uninvited guest visited Sister Qin's house and said it was a volunteer "sending warmth", but it was obvious that the visitor was unkind.
started to look at the things in the house as soon as she entered the door, flipping around, and using her personal items to tease and play.
is treated as weak and arbitrarily bullied because of his disability. Such cases are not uncommon in reality.
can reveal that these "volunteers" who died will eventually be killed, interested students can go and watch this episode, the reversal is very exciting!
And the second episode of "Life Modifier" in "Fun Thinking: Radio" makes each person's ability a numerical value on the machine. The protagonist of
finds that everyone’s basic points are 15 points, which are allocated to strength, agility, intelligence, charm, and luck, and can use machines to modify the point allocation. Does
look gamified?
But the next plot will be high-powered ahead.
everyone starts with 15 points, but most of the students in the school only have 10 points. Where did the 5 points go?
When a student in the class suddenly dropped in grades, he was ridiculed by his classmates:
"Aren't you smart before?"
Smart students became stupid and bullied. Why?
seems to have some other reasons affecting people's talents that have caused strange changes in this class. The rich second generation in the
class came, and the protagonist found that his points far exceeded everyone. Even if the second generation of rich
is rich, whether it is talent or not, it will be so jealous, it is completely crushed!
dumbfounded, the rich second generation walked to him and said softly:
"One hundred thousand yuan, buy you a point."
Seeing here, everyone should understand what is going on.
Xueba does not become a fool for no reason, and the talent that is less than 5 points does not disappear out of thin air. Most of the talents of
have become the object of ruthless looting by capital, and they can only weakly sigh:
RMB players can't afford to offend! The
series "No Thinking" is indeed a low-cost work. The production team is so poor that you can't imagine it.
even the producer, old Yuan, is wailing about something, and the company is often faced with a crisis of bankruptcy. Some scenes in the film are still left over from other crews, which is equivalent to "picking up bad filming." When there is a lack of actors, sometimes even the director has to go to the battle.
But even in this extremely poor situation, the plot of "No Thoughts" was not dragged down by low-cost production. The plot design was sufficiently diligent, and every episode was full of brains and new and attractive ideas. . In just 8 minutes,
can still present a complete story with a beginning, a climax, and a reversal.
compresses more details every minute, there is nothing superfluous, it is very exciting.
In terms of the way of expression, the "Thinking about Difference" series is not sticking to the rules, but is constantly changing, trying as much as possible, and using the title change of each season to express the different narrative methods of this season.
"No Thinking of Difference: Dictionary" redefines a word in each episode; "No Thinking of Difference: Radio" takes the radio as the main line, extending different stories; the third season "No Thinking of Difference""Video" conveys plot clues through interviews and mobile phone recordings.
If compared with the dramas such as "Secret No. 9" and "Black Mirror", the "No Thinking" series is obviously inferior in plot and scene design.
This low-cost film has tried hard to achieve a large cost. It can also be seen from the score that the production team is constantly improving every season, struggling to bring a good work to the audience on the edge of bankruptcy.
Based solely on this Xiaoqiang spirit that can't be killed, the "Thinking about Difference" series is also worthy of being called the "light of domestic terror"!
Bluestone Film Editorial Department丨Leslie
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