《恐袭波士顿》:多样化的灾难叙事

Patriots Day: Diversified Disaster Narrative Strategy

以2013年发生在美国波士顿的恐怖袭击事件为题材的灾难片《恐袭波士顿》于2017年11月17日在中国内地上映。该片以恐怖袭击事件为叙事主线,在社会引起了较为强烈的反响。与此同时,该片在剧本结构、影像叙事和主题思想方面也独具匠心,营造了真实的影像特征。具体表现在,其剧本结构采用了混合式叙事结构、二元对立和双序列叙事模式以及现实与虚构相结合的叙事手法等方面。在此基础上,该片在影像叙事方面运用了色彩、景别设计以及镜头语言等视听手段。除此之外,该片在主题思想方面充分表达了"情"主题。

The disaster film Patriots Day based on a terrorist attack in Boston in the United States in 2013 was released on November 17, 2017 in China's Mainland. The film used the terrorist attack as the narrative main line, which caused a relatively strong response in society. At the same time, the film also showed originality in terms of its script strueture, visual narration and main idea, creating true image features. Originality was manifested in detail in the fact that the structure of the script used a hybrid narrative structure, binary opposition and dual-sequence narrative modes, a narrative technique combining reality and fiction. On this basis, the fihn used audio-visual approaches such as color, scene design, and lens language, etc. in visual narration. In addition, the fihn fully expressed the theme of love.