Unique format transition from 16:9 to 4:3
1905 Film Network News September must see high score warm heart new film "A Good Day in the Neighborhood" is being screened, the film is directed by Marielle Heller, Tom Hanks, Matthew Reese, powerful actors Susan Carrich Watson, Chris Cooper starring, the first week of release received rave reviews, was praised by the audience as "quiet but powerful film", many fans said after watching the film that "the film's "Mr. Rogers's Left Neighbor" restoration is high to surprise, with a small model transition way injected a lot of fun." Let's unlock the details of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" together, and discover the ingenuity and production intentions hidden in the healing story of those directors.
In the film, whenever Mr. Rogers' TV program is presented, the frame will be changed from the picture ratio of the film to the ratio of 16:9 to the ratio of the TV program at that time to 4:3, and the texture of the overall picture has also been oldened, which improves the immersion of the movie in the most intuitive way, so that the audience seems to be watching the show "Mr. Rogers's Neighbor".
A perfect restoration of "Mr. Rogers' Neighbor"
Detail 2: All-round perfect restoration of "Mr. Rogers's Neighbor"
The team behind the film carried excellence to every detail, they looked for traditional craftsmen to make Mr. Rogers' classic red sweater, and with the help of the La Trobe Center in Pittsburgh, built a "Mr. Rogers' Left Neighbor" studio with the help of the old photo 1:1, and they even found the Ikegami HK-323 camera originally used to shoot the show, just to restore the picture in the "National Memory" of the United States as perfectly as possible.
Almost all of the transitions throughout the film are done through these miniatures that are exactly like the real scenes
Detail three: a fun and childlike way to transition
In order to make the warm story more interesting, the crew built Pittsburgh, the hometown of Mr. Rogers and the original filming location of "Mr. Rogers's Neighbor", with miniature models and cleverly used in the film, and almost all the transitions of the entire film were completed through these miniature models that were exactly the same as the real scenes.
In the film, the "real prototype" of Esquire magazine also made a cameo appearance in Mr. Rogers' show
Detail Four: A surprise cameo of "Real Prototype"
The story of A Good Day in the Neighborhood was inspired by journalist Tom Juno's 1998 article about Fred Rogers in Esquire, "Can You Say... Heroes? In the film, the "real prototype" of Esquire magazine also made a cameo appearance in Mr. Rogers's show, and Tom Hanks even used this magazine as an example to introduce the audience to "how the magazine was made" and thus elicited his relationship with the journalist Lloyd.
Tom Hanks interacts with the audience across screens
Detail Five: Moments of cross-screen interaction between Tom Hanks and the audience
Mr. Rogers carries a camera all year round, and he loves to take pictures of everyone he meets, whether it's a kid on his show or a new partner he meets in life. In the movie, Rogers, played by Tom Hanks, also likes to take pictures of everyone, and even in one shot he broke the fourth wall and took a picture of you in front of the screen, just like everyone who enters the movie theater is his new friend, a child who has grown up.
Viewers can see the unknown side of Mr. Rogers more deeply
Detail Six: Mr. Rogers behind the doll image
One of the signatures of "Mr. Rogers' Neighbor" is the use of more than a dozen different character dolls to chat with children, all of which Rogers interpreted in more than a dozen different voices. Later, most of the "talking dolls" in most TV children's programs were mostly imitations and continuations of it, such as "Sesame Street", which is very familiar to the audience. In the film, Tom Hanks not only restores this, but even allows the audience to see how he voices the doll behind the props, allowing the audience to see the unknown side of Mr. Rogers more deeply.
There is a unique sign language gesture in the film that appears repeatedly
Detail Seven: There is no need for a heart-warming foreshadowing of "speaking out"
There is a unique sign language gesture that is repeated in the film - the index finger of both hands is interlocked up and down, which means "friend". This action first appears when Mr. Rogers and Lloyd are talking on the subway, when Lloyd is cynical and completely unable to understand this Mr. Rogers gesture of goodwill, but as Royd grows up, he takes the initiative to make this action when he sends Mr. Rogers to the car at the end of the film, he learns to express kindness to the world, and truly accepts Mr. Rogers as a friend.
The group performance includes Mr. Rogers' family, friends, and friends
Detail Eight: The most unexpected guest appearance
Many viewers were impressed by Tom Hanks' "one-minute gaze" scene of breaking the fourth wall, and in fact every group performance of "The Man Who Loved You" with the audience in this restaurant scene had a big hit. They are the archetypes of the people in the play, the friends and friends of the legendary host Mr. Rogers. Among them are even his widows, the producers of his shows, the directors, the directors' wives, and so on.
The theme song of the film has accompanied generations of children growing up
Detail Nine: Using Music to Awaken America's "National Childhood Memories"
The most unique signature of "Mr. Rogers' Neighbor" is its theme song "Wont You Be My Neighbor?" in addition to the shape of the red sweater and blue cloth shoes. This song has accompanied generations of children growing up, and almost everyone in the United States can sing it, and when Mr. Rogers and Lloyd ride the subway together in the film, the entire carriage sings together.