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Research on the Symbolic Expression of Film Visual Art Directed by Chinese Director Zhang Yimou
- 1 Hainan Normal University
- 2 Communication University of Zhejiang
- 3 Hangzhou Xiaoshan Technician College
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Abstract
As the leader of the fifth generation of directors in China, Zhang Yimou leads Chinese films to the world in the new era. He is an outstanding representative of Asian films and a world-renowned film master. This paper takes visual art as the tool and mainly studies the symbolic expression of Zhang Yimou’s film. The research allow readers to access the Chinese classic film symbol and Zhang Yimou’s personal characteristic film symbol by analogy Zhang’s several films. Through the online research on Douban and Zhihu, the author made a brief appreciation of the visual language features of Zhang Yimou’s two films To Live and Red Sorghum with the highest score and voice.The author makes some discussions on the composition characteristics, techniques and creation style of Zhang Yimou's films. On the one hand, the author believes that Zhang Yimou and his films are deeply influenced by the structure of traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhang’s film not only display grand Chinese aesthetics in the structure of the picture, but also intersperse many unique Chinese meanings in the film. From the creative technique, Zhang is good at using scenes to foil atmosphere and allude to the characters’ fate. On the other hand, Zhang Yimou’s typical male chauvinist creation style is reflected in many aspects of his film, such as female stereotypes, improper male gaze.
Keywords
visual art, symbolic expression, color, composition
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Wen,S.;Xiao,D.;Yang,S. (2023). Research on the Symbolic Expression of Film Visual Art Directed by Chinese Director Zhang Yimou. Communications in Humanities Research,5,238-244.
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