Hero: Visualizing the Epic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- In our newest video, Hero: Visualizing the Epic, we break down why the wuxia masterpiece was so ingenious in its design and storytelling by looking at the very word we used to describe it: epic.
This monumental undertaking of historical narratives uses observable choreography to connects fact, fiction, viewpoints and emotions to color, location, costumes and makeup.
What director Yimou Zhang, cinematographer Christopher Doyle and production designers Tingxaio Huo and Zhenshou Yi created with Hero was an epic visual catalog of interpretation and feelings.
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This has to be the most underrated movie ever.
I just cannot understand how it was SO missed by SO many! It’s absolutely brilliant!
@@CineStructure It was overshadowed by Crouching Tiger.
@@DDD11239true…it really got drowned out. I love Crouching Tiger, but it didn’t have the impact on me that Hero did.
Movies are my biggest passion, have been for years. I've never seen anything close to Hero.
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Wonderful. This movie is amazing. Saw it as a kid and I thought it was mind blowing back in the day. Now that I can appreciate it's more subtle qualities, it makes it even more special.
Same! It blew me away then but it’s on another level now. 👍🏻
I remember first watching Hero back in 2007 when it was shown on a local TV channel, I was in highschool at that time. The movie stuck in my mind and remained as my favorite to this day.
Same!!! I remember the striking visuals…it’s a film that just really never leaves you 🖤
Wow, this was amazing. Sad to see that the channel doens't have much recognition, as this video was truly beautiful. Greetings from Portugal, keep up the good work!
Thank you so so much for the support and kind words! We appreciate your watching all the way from Portugal!! ☺️🙌🏻
Beautifully analyzed, our land, one country of many nation states, divided, and easily conquered by other colonizing united nations. I believe this philosophy rhymes all throughout our history without us even realizing it. Awesome message from this movie.
Absolutely…it’s really one of those perfect movies with a perfect message. Thank you so much!
This film is definitely one of the most influential films of the 21st century: don't think Zack Snyder's 300 would have been made without its influence.
Absolutely! ✨
This video deserves a million views
This 👏🏻 comment 👏🏻 Thank you! That means so much!!! ✨👍🏻
Amazing little video essay! Hero has been a favorite of mine since seeing it in theaters in August of 2004. The colors, the characters, the story, the landscapes and the overall film is quite stunning and holds up well 20 years later.
Thank you! Absolutely…they should do a re-release. More people need to see it.
everything in this masterpiece is just perfect.
Agreed…it’s rare that films achieve such a level of perfection ✨
@@CineStructure worst thing about is that nobody seems to Talk about this movie. its like not existing
100%! I’m always shocked at how few people I encounter who have actually seen this masterpiece!
@@CineStructure Rare???? IMO. . . . None
@@markdelavega4953it’s so great to encounter a fellow lover of this film! 👍🏻✨
“Powerful visual composition” was a beautiful way to describe it. The cinematography, the colours, the choreography, and the unique way it ultimately told three stories (your version, my version, and the truth) made this one of the best. Underrated, wish I caught this on the big screen.
Same…I completely missed the theater run but I keep an eye out for random showings…hopefully one of these days! Thank you so much for the compliment…so glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
This is an excellent video.
The explanation of the colors used was nice and I didn’t even notice little things like the hair differences in the different accounts of the stories.
You got the nail on the head when you mentioned pacing: argument, counter argument, truth - it flowed so well. It’s an easy movie to follow, but so deep when you work to understand it. Nicely done
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed! This film has long been one of my favorites and, after many watches in, the focus really becomes about the nuance written and captured within. It’s just absolute perfection, this film.
Beautifully reviewed of a masterpiece film.
Thank you! It really is…I’m always shocked this video isn’t more discussed, in general.
Hi! I do like the overall analysis but one quite important point I disagree. That was the coloring point.
The different scense with the diff colours were actually the 3 stages of swordsmanship pointed out by the King at the end.
Red=Blood & Aggression. 1st stage, man and sword became one, everything is a weapon, as the man becomes the weapon, fuel by hatred, violence and vengence. Thus in red scene we see the very darkside of men, violence, actual killing, greed, vengence and utilization of everything as weapon.
Blue=Openess & Humanism.
2nd Stage: One no longer holding a weapon, for the sword is in his heart.
The uniqueness of this blue scene was the lack of visual violence and openness to nature. We were not shown any shot where weapon strikes the body. And at the last scene in the pagoda, even as Broken Sword dropped his weapon, his emotion towards Moon stops the attack from Nameless. In this blue scene we are shown that Humanism can be used as a weapon to stop violence, using the weapon from ones heart.
Green=Renewal, Regeneration, New beginning.
3rd Stage: There are no swords. Embraces peace.
This is the scene where there were no green (other than their clothes) until you enter the court. Broken Sword finally reached the 3rd stage, realizing killing the King satisfy one but would harms even more ppl for ages to come. Thats why no more killing for the ultimate stage he has achieved.
Beside those, the other color scheme are also very important in story telling.
Black: the Actual color of the Qin court. Was said the King used black for black is emotionaless, which represents Legalism, the basis of a functioning society. The King ordered all government property Black, which included his carriage, dinning set and animals only using Black Horses. He believes color influences ones judgement, making one irrational. His devotion to Legalism is why he could not have spared Nameless even thought he really wanted to. As his advisors (all dressed in Black) reminded him in Unison "The King's Law states, He must be Killed!! To United citizens under our land, He must be Killed!!" Meaning if the King don't follow the law, how do you expect the citizens to follow the laws.
Also the scenes in white are also set in reality. So you've got Black and White are told in reality, are not to be changed by narrators, in compare to the color scene where they were all stories.
This is my favorite comment ever! Thank you so much for the plethora of information...this is a tremendous analysis of the color in the film and provides a whole new perspective.
Out of curiosity, is this information available somewhere or is this your personal analysis based on information? Always eager to find new sources for the channel. 😊
That was incredible
Thank you! It's such a great movie we couldn't NOT make a video about it.
RED = passion, fury, violence, blood/ BLUE = serenity, tranquility, heavenly, sky, water/ Green = youth (like a immature fruit)/ WHITE = clarity, visible truth/ BLACK = mistery, death.
In China, black represents water. Not blue.
Wonderful analysis 😍😍 This movie is just spectacular in every way
Thank you so much! ☺️ Couldn’t agree more! ✨
Great analysis of an epic film. Btw, House of Flying Daggers was amazing too!!
Yessss!!! “House of Flying Daggers” is amazing! Thank you so much for the comment and support!
Siempre me ha parecido una película infravalorada, al igual que la maldición de la flor dorada, han hecho un trabajo excelente!!!
¡Absolutamente! Hero es una película hermosa y, aunque es un poco más antigua, no se habla lo suficiente de ella. ¡Me alegro de que hayas disfrutado! ¡Gracias por ver! Mi español está oxidado, así que perdóname si esta traducción es horrible.
@@CineStructure Tú español es excelente!!! Saludos..
Yay! Muchas gracias! ☺️
Had to watch this movie for a class. What a great movie
Right!? Absolute perfection! ✨
Beautiful and not hard to follow at all. Thank you for this!
Thank you! We are so glad that you enjoyed it!
Simply. The. Best.
( Has it all.).
Amazing film! 🙌🏻💯
Just watched from Netflix last night with my family, you have great eyes that meet the heart of things, and you have expressed what I felt yet failed to elaborate.
I like how you contrasts those colours and the extra information on the locations of filming is another wow as I was thinking are those scene all in real geographical setting?
I thought the screenplay is done wonderfully with a trio writers which multiple narrators technique is executed so well in the film. Wondering if this could turn out to be a great novel too.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the film, as well as our video! It’s such a masterfully written piece of film…it’s a rare thing when everything comes together so perfectly to create such magic.
I can't believe you just get so little views. Definitely deserves millions of views.
Awwww that means so much…it’s on us. We need to make more content!!!
I was captivated byHero for weeks. It's almost perfect 9.5/10 Why not 10/10 you might ask? I saw some errors in the scenes.
Pobody's nerfect!
Excellent essay on this film. Would love to try this style of realistic cinematography with the Sony A74
Thank you! Ooohhhh 1000 times yes!!!
@@CineStructureYes indeed. Hope all is well
this is a really really good video, i aprecciate you making it!
Thank you so so much! That means a lot! So glad you enjoyed it! ✨
Wonderful video!
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it! ✨
Excellent analysis, one comment for the algorithm!
Thank you! So much appreciated! 🙌🏻
recently stumbled upon this channel and im sad to see it is no longer active 😢 all the videos ive seen so far are great
That’s so kind of you to say! We’ve had to take a much longer than anticipated break but we are hard at work on our first video about video game production design….trying to vary our content a bit. We’ve been quiet but we def aren’t gone✨👍🏻
@@CineStructure nice! good to know you've been working behind the scenes, I'm looking forward to checking the new stuff!
Thank you for your patience! We really need to up our game! ✨
Best Movie Ever
It’s really just so so so good! Massively under viewed, at least from my experience.
Where can I find these behind the scenes footage at 2:13?
I believe it’s from the extras on my dvd.
Somehow i feel connections to the Dune movies from villeneuve...
I can totally see that!
Good work! Hoping this channel grows lol
Thank you so much! 😂 so do we!!!!
Epic
Poetry in motion
It really is…it’s perfection.
Great
So glad you enjoyed it!!! 🙌🏻☺️
This film was far better than Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, in my opinion.
I love Crouching Tiger, but agreed. The impact of this story, for me, was just so much greater.
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Favorite part? Criticism? ☺️
propaganda done right