| Since the new era,the vigorous development of urban films has provided a broader stage for the presentation of the image of the little character.Due to the continuous progress of urbanization,there have been tremendous changes in the subject matter and position of the urban films.The image of the little character has a unique aesthetic connotation in the urban films,and at the same time,the definition of the little character has given a new possibility.Therefore,from various aspects,this paper divides "Since the New Period" into two stages: the New period and the New era.Based on the identity characteristics,character characteristics,living environment and other multiple factors of the small and medium-sized characters in the two stages of urban films,the representative small character images in the new period and the new era of urban films are classified and sorted.With the passing of time,under the combined effect of the development of technology,the improvement of director’s concept,the change of society and the improvement of audience’s expectation,the urban films in the new era pay more attention to the social realistic problems in shaping the image of the little character,and the definition of the little character has changed from the former bottom marginal character to the ordinary person living in the metropolis,who has the ideal and the pursuit of self-value.In addition to categorizing and analyzing the reasons for the change,this paper focuses on how to focus on the way of artistic shaping of the little figure from the perspective of artistic creation language.Typical character image is the core and soul of a film,shaping a successful character image not only makes viewers impressed,but also helps highlight the theme of the film.Based on this,this paper selects the representative images of little characters in urban films since the new era,and analyzes how to build the images of little characters in urban films by means of visual language and how to present different characters by means of artistic means from the perspectives of lens,composition,color,character modeling and action.Since the new era,the image of small and medium-sized characters in urban films has changed,which has also endowed them with richer spiritual connotation,which not only brings reflection but also establishes a new way of dialogue between film and reality.However,there are still some problems such as lack of emotion and empty concern in the artistic shaping of the little character in the new era urban films.So,how do you maintain the visual quality of the film while maintaining the artistic quality of the film,It is worthy of our reflection and also an urgent problem to. |