Research On The Aesthetic Style Of Zhang Yimou's Film

As a key figure in the fifth generation of film directors,Zhang Yimou has always been the topic of Chinese film.Since directing Red Sorghum in 1987,Zhang Yimou has contributed a number of classic films to the Chinese film and television industry.In nearly 40 years of film creation,Zhang Yimou has boldly tried various themes,among which commercial films and literary films have the greatest response.Zhang Yimou’s films have varied styles and profound implications.The formation of his aesthetic style is deeply influenced by his personal family environment,education experience,traditional Chinese culture and literary theory and trend of thought at home and abroad.Under the influence of The Times,Zhang Yimou’s films have undergone a transformation from modeling and expressive ideas to critical realism,and from grand narration to plain realism.In recent years,a variety of styles coexist."Red Sorghum" boldly splashes ink and establishes Zhang Yimou’s visual style with great tension.The symbolic use of color is the most distinctive aesthetic style of Zhang Yimou’s films.Zhang Yimou is good at observing life and refining aesthetic objects from life.With the help of folk cultural elements,Zhang Yimou creates imagistic visual effects.While creating Zhang’s color aesthetics,he also makes the film carry the characteristics of national culture carrier.In addition,the music beauty of Zhang Yimou’s films is deeply popular.On the one hand,natural sound and human voice are perfectly interacted,and on the other hand,popular songs are paired with classical music to construct a highly impact auditory style.Zhang Yimou’s film narration is deeply influenced by the documentary style.Most of his works fit the history and reality and restore the image and character of the characters to the greatest extent.In addition,the director often uses poetic narrative strategies to arrange the story clues,and the titles and video images of the works are full of poetry.Zhang Yimou has successfully created a group of three-dimensional characters,among which the most charming is the female group who break free from the bondage of feudal ethics and pursue the freedom and liberation of human nature.The small figures and heroic roles in the works are also unique.In the writing of the theme of the film,Zhang Yimou has been consistent with the tragedy aesthetics.From Red Sorghum to the latest released All Over the River Red,the tragedy consciousness is presented in different ways to deepen the aesthetic effect of the theme.Revealing complex human nature is another theme of Zhang Yimou’s films.By telling the way of living of individuals,expressing praise for pure and simple human nature and exposing weak and greedy human nature,Zhang Yimou portrays three-dimensional and real human nature.Based on the position of national culture,Zhang Yimou’s films insist on inheriting and carrying forward the Chinese culture,showing the distinctive Chinese aesthetic spirit,and exploring the way out of domestic films in the combination of traditional culture and new film technology.As an art form,film cannot be separated from the pursuit of truth,kindness and beauty.Currently,the film and television industry is surrounded by marketability and commerciality.Zhang Yimou’s experience and lessons in film creation over 30 years provide reference and inspiration for the style trend and development prospect of domestic film.