The Features And Developing Trend Of The Pattern Of Contemporary Movies

As an important aesthetic form of contemporary culture, movies are significant for the construction of contemporary aesthetics. On the other hand, a coexistence pattern of three movie forms-theme movies, popular movies and artistic movies-has been established, and the three movie forms have developed their respective characteristics. The main feature of theme movies is their function of value orientation in mainstream culture, popular movies cater to the audience's different tastes, and satisfy their basic psychological needs, while artistic movies explore philosophy and the theme of life, and express individuality. But the coexistence pattern of the three movie forms is not static. On the contrary, it is constantly changing and is developing in the following trend: theme movies, under the control of mainstream culture, are drawing close to the popular taste and the accepting psychology of the audience, the outstanding manifestation of which is the trend of their popularization and marketablization; popular commercial movies under the influence of popular culture become more and more thematic in the choosing of source material and the theme; and artistic movies are also drawing close to popular movies in the shooting, releasing and projecting.