约翰·福特西部片的视觉感构成

The Formation of Visual Sense in John Ford's Westerns

约翰·福特西部片一向以鲜明的视觉特色著称,这是形成其导演风格的重要方面,其常用外景地纪念碑山谷的选择源于表现主义电影的影响,并在西部片中上升为美国文化景观的层面,低角度摄影和大景深门框镜头的运用,以及以静制动、以简驭繁的场面调度手法,都彰显了一代西部片大师深厚的导演功力。

As an important aspect of director＇s style, John Ford＇s Westerns have always been known for the distinctive visual characters. Affected by the expressionistic films, Monument Valley, often chosen by Ford as his film＇s location, has become the landscape of American culture in Westerns. Low angle photography and frame lens with large depth of field, and his techniques of miseenscene： checking the dynamic with the static, simplifying the complications, all of these characters have demonstrated the director＇ s great skill as a generational Western master.