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The Revaluation Of Chinese Elements In Hollywood Movies

Posted on:2016-05-02Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1105330491452383Subject:Literary and cultural communication
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Hollywood movies as the world’s film industry benchmark, have great ability of leading film industry direction and trend. Since Hollywood movies were introduced to China, the distinctive charm of the Chinese culture and rich resources have become indispensable elements of Hollywood "imagine the east"., Hollywood movies always has links with China in a century, which was accompanied by with the relationship between China and the United States, rain or shine, or close or distant.With the aid of Hollywood, eastern and western cultures are constantly in communication.To study relationship between Hollywood movies with Chinese elements, we make a summing up of the development and evolution of Hollywood in China, at the same time also can insight the intention of Hollywood using of Chinese elements. Using the Chinese elements, in the present, Hollywood as a whole is to open the Chinese market to obtain the maximum market profit. Although Chinese elements are applied, Hollywood promoted objectively the overseas communication of Chinese culture represented by Chinese elements. With challenges of Hollywood globalization, Chinese films cannot copy blindly, we need to strengthen our cultural consciousness. We can use Hollywood movie to deliver more rich Chinese elements, and there is deeper excavating and expansion of excellent Chinese culture.In the era of globalization, Chinese culture need to exchange and external communication, but the film is the most easily accepted ways and channels by global audience. However, from this sense, Hollywood movies have an important inspiration to Chinese films and Chinese culture.In this paper, the introduction part introduces studying methods and significance of this thesis. Chapter One reviews the history of Hollywood movies using Chinese elements, so that we can learn more about the relationships between Hollywood and Chinese culture. Chapter Two uses reasonable statistic to analyze the type of Chinese elements Hollywood uses. Through understanding concrete films we can learn Hollywood has changed the use of Chinese elements.The third chapter focuses on the intention of using Chinese elements in Hollywood, mainly from the perspective of aesthetic, ideological and economic. The changes in these intentions are deeply influenced by the relationship between the two countries, which will have different characteristics in different periods. In the fourth chapter, the paper mainly analyzes the spread of Hollywood "s own culture, and the problem of the Chinese culture in Hollywood, which is the representative of the post colonialism theory. Hollywood uses Chinese elements in the east of the subjective imagination, therefore, the use of Chinese elements in Hollywood movies also need to guide and correct in theory and practice. The fifth chapter is about the effectiveness of Hollywood spread around the globe, combining with the reality of the plight of Chinese film, and points out that we are faced with the attitude of Hollywood, is not exclusive, is not completely mimic, should be a rational receive valuable revelation of Hollywood, such as strengthen the self consciousness of culture, creation and dissemination of the excellent Chinese culture. Chinese culture can contribute to their own positive and powerful force in the era of globalization.In the research method, this paper mainly uses the method of cultural studies to interpret the Chinese elements in the Hollywood movies. Cultural studies are not just the work of analysis, but the film in the history of the grand scene is analyzed about the culture, politics, economy, etc..It is important for us to reevaluate and understand the Hollywood. The article also uses data statistics and quantitative analysis of the method, which ones use the Chinese elements of the Hollywood movies? What types of Chinese elements are used? Is standing on what point of view? Using data statistics, quantitative analysis, a more objective and scientific method, can avoid the pure subjective judgment.This thesis is not to make a general analysis of Hollywood movies, but from the perspective of the mass culture to understand Hollywood, evaluate Hollywood, and to learn Hollywood. This article is not only a comprehensive study of the history of the use of Chinese elements in Hollywood movies, but also a concrete analysis of the current changes in the attitude of the Chinese elements in Hollywood, as well as the reasons behind this change. It is believed that Hollywood is becoming more and more abundant and appropriate to the Chinese elements, which is mainly based on the important value of the Chinese film market.Hollywood movies in the current film market has a strong communication ability, we can carry out the cultural dissemination.China’s unique, rich cultural resources, as well as the Chinese film market, these are also necessary to Hollywood. So with the help of Hollywood movies, Chinese and Western culture can be a good cooperation and exchange. Chinese film needs to accept Hollywood with choices, to use Hollywood advanced film concept, film production mechanism, creative method, to strengthen its own cultural consciousness.Chinese films need to spread rich Chinese elements and profound and attractive Chinese culture. The external communication of Chinese culture depends on the creation of excellent Chinese film.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hollywood movie, Chinese elements, cultural studies, Orientalism
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