Research On Mobile Screening Team During The Anti-Japanese War (1931-1945)

As an important part of film production and output,film broadcasting has been paid great attention by scholars.However,it can be easily found that most of existing studies are based on a cognitive point,namely,"the place where a film is broadcast is cinemas".In fact,the film was first spread in China in a mobile way,which laid the foundation for the appearance and development of commercial films in cinemas.However,as many factors were involved in the early mobile film broadcasting operations,including equipment handling,film selection,financial investment,etc.,most of the practical activities were carried out in a team mode.Especially during the Anti-Japanese war in China,these mobile groups became disciplined,organized and planned film broadcasting teams,and their number,scale and achievements were beyond expectation.However,at that time,the formation,track,as well as the historical significance of the mobile film broadcasting team were misunderstood or ignored for a long time,and there are also some problems of mistakes of varying degrees in a few relevant studies.In this paper,the Chinese mobile film broadcasting team during the Anti-Japanese war was selected as the main research object,and with the attitude of truly restoring the history,the following aspects will be explored through the excavation,collation and speculation of the first-hand historical materials recording the mobile film broadcasting groups during the Anti-Japanese War:(1)Situations of the mobile film broadcasting team before the Anti-Japanese War;(2)The Kuomintang’s strategy on the cause of mobile film broadcasting;(3)The formation,distribution,as well as the development of mobile projection teams;(4)Activities of mobile projection teams of different political positions;(5)Scenes and effects of mobile film broadcasting;(6)The limitation and effect defect of mobile projection team in their practice.Through the investigation of the background and operation of the mobile film broadcasting team during the Anti-Japanese War,the attitude of all sectors of society towards "films entering the countryside,enlisting in the army and going abroad" during the Anti-Japanese War,as well as the screening ecology and communication mechanism of the mobile film team will be explored in this paper.Combining operation of the mobile film broadcasting team before the Anti-Japanese War,similarities and differences between them are analyzed,and the truth of the war film propaganda covered was restored.Simultaneously,based on presenting the professional identity change of the broadcaster in the mobile broadcasting team at that time and the intergenerational relationship with the film,individual’s life orientation,professional destiny,behavior and indomitable are analyzed under changes of the current situation.Finally,by analyzing the audience of the mobile film at that time,the influence of the film as a medium on the national consciousness and the war of the authorities at that time,as well as the shortcomings in the practice of the mobile film team are explored.