Martial Arts Film Change And Development In The Form Of Action

The action form of martial arts movie is an synthetic genre elementary which includes mise-en-scine, background design, characters, photographic scene and angle, camera movement. It’s the most central type of elements of martial arts films. Chinese martial arts movie was born in the 1920s. In accordance with the different characteristics of the action form, the martial arts film is divided into four main types:fantasy martial arts movie, sword martial arts movie, kung-fu movie and comic kung-fu movie. The four types have different momentum and aesthetic features.The development course of action form of fantasy martial arts movie shows the characteristics of Genie, its development driven by science and technology in the movie. At an early stage, it mainly relied on hanging wires, drawn animation and trapping, movie special effects to create a visual spectacle. This action forms continued until the mid-1960s, the amount of development of the old stunt means achieve the ultimate, new technology means there is no birth, which makes fantasy martial arts movies once in a slump. The early 1980s, the introduction of foreign advanced technology, such as blue screen, makes the action form of fantasy martial arts movie get a new impetus to the development. Rely on new technology to create a more magical genie scene makes action form of fantasy martial arts movie shape the direction of fantasy and gradually away from the authenticity of the martial arts action and realistic basis. In the late 1990s, digital computer technology bring about fundamental changes to the action form of fantasy martial arts movie. Fantasy martial arts movie obtained the only think, not impossible capability.The course of development of the action form of sword martial arts movie reflects the characteristics non-violent. In the early, action form would give us pretend impression remarkably, untrue fighting performance standard authenticity of the sword martial arts films of this period. In the later course of development,except chang che’s movie which reflects the strong violence, The action form of sword martial arts movie performance skills of martial arts and physical beauty as the basic appeal.Till the 21st century, the action form of a group of Chinese-style blockbusters emerged in the dance features. The action form of sword martial arts movie’s no-violent feature is determined by the basic properties of skills and performances of the Chinese martial arts. Bruce Lee movies, Lau Kar Leung’s movies, mainland martial arts movies in the 1980s and a group of kung-fu movies in 21st centrury reflect the pursuit of the authenticity of martial arts features.Action form of kung-fu movie contrary to the sword martial arts films, reflecting the characteristics of violent. In 1949, the Wong Feihong’s movies laid the action form of kung-fu movie. The authenticity of the action form of kung-fu movie is closely linked with the violent. This is the basis for the existence of the film type, but also makes the kung-fu movie in the new century gradually become a kind of cult movie.Comic kung fu movie was born in Jackie Chan’s movies in the late 1970s. Its action form has gone through the course of development which includ the funny slapstick, juggling action, and action adventure. Unlike some other comic kung-fu movies in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, who excavated the acrobatics and comic of the martial arts, developed a new aesthetic characteristics of the action form of martial arts movie.The four different types of the action form of martial arts movie have their long course of development. In their own course of development, due to the impact of film technology, social attitudes, under the overall aesthetic characteristics, demonstrates the different characteristics of the various genres and stages.