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An Analysis On Sports Films In India Since The New Century

Posted on:2021-02-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X J ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330602465570Subject:Film
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Since the beginning of the new century,the development trend of globalization has enabled Indian films to make positive typological innovation on the basis of retaining national characteristics,and the expression of themes has been created in a more diversified direction from love,myth and history,so as to better explore the international development path of Indian films.So Indian sports films take the opportunity to learn from Hollywood sports films mature type mode.Integrating the history and culture of the nation and the true state of individual life in the intense sports competition gradually developed into distinctive national features.Up to now,there have been more than 50 Indian sports films created in the new century,including Come on,India and Dangal and many other sports films had occupied the top of the domestic box office in the year when they were released.In addition,it has also gained rich box office revenue and good reputation in foreign markets.Dangal ranks ninth on China’s 2017 mainland box office list with 1.295 billion,and the film received a high rating of 9.0 on douban.These achievements are inseparable from the Indian sports film’s examination and reflection on its own national history and social reality,as well as the care for the existence of individual life,more inseparable from its mature narrative strategy and artistic pursuit of excellence.Based on the analysis of the history and social realities of the Indian nation,this article delves into the profound theme of Indian sports films,and summarizes its successful experiences and existing shortcomings to provides a reference for the development of Chinese sports films.The introduction part defines the concept of sports film,discusses the research background and significance of Indian sports film,sorts out the research status of this topic at home and abroad,and finally concludes the existing deficiencies in the research of this topic,so as to confirm the research content and value of this paper.The first chapter mainly discusses the development and creation characteristics of Indian sports films.By combining the development background of Indian film industry and Indian sports industry,the development overview of Indian sports film is sorted out.On this basis,this paper summarizes the characteristics of Indian sports film creation from the specific sports theme and the genre form of the film.The second chapter analyzes the theme expression of Indian sports films since the new century from the perspectives of country,society and individual.At the national level,the long colonial history of India makes Indian sports films become the carrier to highlight national spirit and reconstruct national image since the new century.At the social level,through the examination of women’s living conditions,the exploration of team spirit and the reflection on the current sports development in India,Indian sports films have paid attention to practical problems since the new century.On the personal level,through the expression of the self-transcendence and growth of individual life,as well as the exploration and excavation of human nature,Indian sports films have completed the reflection on the value of individual life since the new century.The third chapter discusses in detail the narrative strategies of Indian sports films since the new century from the three aspects of narrative characters,narrative space-time and narrative structure,and analyzes the specific narrative skills of Indian sports films in the creation and the aesthetic feelings formed under such narrative skills to distinguish them from other types of films.The fourth chapter summarizes the gains and losses of Indian sports films since the new century.This paper summarizes the successful experience of Indian sports films since the new century from the narration of local stories,the communication of universal value and the professional production quality.And from the point of view of the limitations of narrative mode and genre and the effective integration of film’s intrinsic multiple values,this paper analyzes the shortcomings of Indian sports films since the new century.Epilogue part of the research in this paper,the new century India sports movie content are summarized,and the development of sports movie will India as an important reference,on simple combing of the development of Chinese sports movie context found in the deficiency of the Chinese sports movie,with the future development of Chinese sports film provide reference.
Keywords/Search Tags:Indian Sports film, Thematic expression, Narrative strategies, Gain and loss analysis
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