"The Pursuit of Happiness": Talk about the interview scene

"The Pursuit of Happiness" seems to be an evergreen tree in the film industry. Since its release in 2006, people have been watching it, commenting on it, and rewatching it. It is an inspirational film, which can give me strength when I am in difficulty, and because it is adapted from an autobiography, it has many more authentic and credible elements. Some friends also regard it as an educational film, saying that it can teach us how to treat children and teach us How to find and change jobs teaches us how to accurately position ourselves in life...

This film contains too much content and can be analyzed from many angles. What if it is just about the character of Chris?

Chris is a three-dimensional image in the film: smart, capable, hardworking, brave, patient and loving towards children, but equally, he also has a domineering and rogue side.

What I like about him probably lies in the reality of this character. His emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy are presented through a series of events. They are real and powerful, and Will Smith’s performance is accurate, profound, and natural. .

In this film, what I particularly like is the interview scene with Chris as an intern.

This interview is an important part of the entire film. In the 117-minute film, *** used 4 minutes and 23 seconds to perform it.

Let me first analyze it from the perspective of human resources.

What do you think of this interview? What can be learned from this?

Let’s treat this as a human resources training course. Let’s see how Chris succeeded in counterattacking in this interview?

Create opportunities. Seize the opportunity when you have the opportunity, and create the opportunity when there is no opportunity. Chris perfectly interprets this sentence. Chris lost the opportunity because during his first meeting with the human resources specialist, he left midway to chase the bone density meter that was taken away by a hippie. He had no choice but to go directly to the human resources director. He stood waiting downstairs in the company for more than a month. Opportunity - I finally took the opportunity to sit in a taxi with the human resources director. I happened to play a Rubik's Cube show and won favor. In the end, I ran away without money to pay for the taxi.

The bone densitometer was something he could not lose, so Chris made a prompt decision to recover the bone densitometer first. The opportunities lost at securities companies will be made up for through other efforts. The later efforts to make amends were of course more costly than the first time - I stayed downstairs for more than a month, being chased by taxi drivers like fugitives.

Chris's strengths - fearlessness and direct aim, are well demonstrated in the taxi incident. Even though he knew he was penniless, he still took a taxi with Tostel, the human resources manager. Seeing that he had no money to pay, he ran away at the traffic light. I don't think I have the courage to do this. Without money, I don't have the confidence to take a car, let alone escape from the scene.

When Chris finally walked through the door of the company and got an interview opportunity, I will analyze his gorgeous performance.

Be neither humble nor arrogant, and show confidence. After entering the door, he strode towards the interviewer, shook hands with each interviewer and said hello. It should be noted that he greeted each person with different words, which showed that he valued every teacher.

Be honest and unexpected. Clothing always plays an important role in interviews. Chris knew there was something wrong with his clothing and had already lost a round. He had come up with many explanations as he waited outside the door on how to win the round, but in the end he chose to be honest: After entering the police station, before Painting the wall... His frankness surprised the interviewer.

Be good at observation and seize opportunities. Make sure you express yourself, this is always an important part of an interview. If there is no opportunity to express it before, you must find an opportunity to express it. If you have fully demonstrated yourself but are not hired, it only means that you are still far from the company's requirements. But if it’s because you didn’t show off your talents, then you’re losing unjustly.

After the interviewer asked a few questions, Chris knew he had the upper hand. When it seemed that there was no chance, Chris directly stated his advantages: I am the kind of person, if you ask a question and I don't know the answer, I will tell you "I don't know" directly, but I promise you , I know how to find the answer, and I will find out.

This paragraph won him a few points in this interview, although the interviewer still had great doubts.

If we use a curve to describe it, Chris' previous state has reached below the standard line. With this passage, he has returned to near the standard line. The chance of winning is very small. If there is no outstanding performance later, the defeat will be decided here.

But in the end, with his wit, humor, calmness and calmness, he turned defeat into victory.

It was in that last question that Chris earned his chance. "What would you think if someone came to an interview without even wearing a shirt? What would you think if I hired this person in the end?" "Then the pants he wears must be very elegant."

This shirt reference will also be used in the following plot. When Chris was hired, the main interviewer told Chris that he should wear a shirt tomorrow because it is your first official day at the company. It can be seen that Chris's interview at that time left a deep impression on them.

It was Chris's wit and humor, his hard-working and serious attitude, his frank and true quality, coupled with the strong recommendation from the human resources director, that won him an important opportunity to intern in this company, and This opportunity brought about a major turning point in his later life.

Lens analysis.

The scene describes a scene where Chris goes to a securities company. The process is relatively long - first, he comes out of the police station, runs to the Dean Building, breaks into the stairs, waits for the interview, and then walks through the hall to the conference room. , *** took 1 minute and 38 seconds.

It must be said that this is a very long time allocation in the movie. This process is equivalent to "building momentum", which pave the way for the importance of this interview. It took 18 seconds to cross the hall. It can even be considered that this time is consistent with the time of the event. Chris took the audience to observe this space for the first time and experience the possible working atmosphere in the future.

Although this scene is monotonous, the camera is not simple. It starts from behind Chris, then from the front, and then turns to other staff members, moving horizontally across the entire hall. All in all, it is a rich representation of what Chris sees as a securities company.

The interview process lasted 2 minutes and 45 seconds. The camera was objective and mainly used cross-editing. The shooting angle is eye-level, medium shot. When Chris moves, the camera pans to follow. If it were represented by a storyboard, this would also be a complex set of shots.

In two of the shots, Chris and the interviewer share the entire scene.

One of the *** shared scenes is like this. After Chris answered the topic of shirts and pants, first the main interviewer laughed, then the three interviewers laughed together into the camera, and then, The camera shoots Chris directly from behind the interviewer, taking a long shot, with the entire company hall as the background, and the composition is symmetrical with Chris as the center. I think the intention is also very clear, Chris is about to become one of them.

A set of very objective shots! It’s also a very objective edit! When the interviewer is talking, the camera faces the interviewer; when Chris answers, the camera faces Chris, and no part of the scene is dwelled on too much, except for the part where Chris talks about his advantages, which is also to show that the interviewer is a little tempted. .

Color. Black, white, and gray make up the entire picture.

Although Chris wore an inappropriate jacket and undershirt, the color of his outfit and the overall atmosphere were harmonious. I think this has something to do with Chris' usual clothes, and it should also have something to do with the construction of the entire picture. Imagine if Chris were wearing red or yellow, etc., the picture would be disharmonious, and it is difficult to imagine that Chris in that color would be accepted by several interviewers.

In another previous analysis of this film, I also mentioned that the color of this film has always been dark, except for Christopher’s schoolbag, which is colored. It is a bit depressing, but it is also true to life. Color is the main color in the eyes of a person who is committed to changing jobs.

In this scene, there is nothing special about the camera, the colors are standard, and the composition in the interview conference room is hardly innovative. Apart from the fact that the plot is indeed remarkable, Will Smith His performance obviously added a lot to this session. His sunshine and confidence when he entered the door can actually be seen as a lack of confidence inside. He has been at a disadvantage when facing the interviewer. He has been trying his best to save the situation, even when he said the pants sentence During the interview, he was still not sure of his impression in the interviewer's mind. When he heard the question, he was silent for a moment because he knew that the teacher was rejecting him tactfully. He knew that the defeat was already decided. The loss and hopelessness made him feel sad. He was speechless. Finally, he lowered his head and spoke his answer nervously. He himself did not expect that it was these unintentional words that finally gave him a chance to survive from a desperate situation. Throughout the entire episode, Smith seemed to be acting in his true self, and you could feel that he was deeply aware of every subtle emotion involved.

I always feel that there is so much to say about this film. When you are depressed, watch this film and see how strong and fearless Chris is, and you will know that everything is okay.