Sword Culture And Its Present Research In Shaw Martial Arts Films

In the rich and varied world of film arts, the Chinese martial artsfilm is filled with the distinctive national characteristics and theunique national culture. The Shaw martial arts film began in the1970s. Along with constant changes of audience aesthetic, itsdevelopment and maturity also experience the transform from theearly traditional martial arts film to a era of new martial arts. Thearmor and sword is an essential theme props and the key stylingelement in martial arts films, and its image directly reflectsdistinctive characters and unique visual expression styles of theShaw martial arts movies. At the same time, these swords, as filmcodes, include all aspects’ function.The Paper begins with the proof of swords, summarize thesword’s cultural characteristics in the Shaw martial arts film, andthen discussing its all aspects. At last, the paper study the twodifferent types of beauty violence brought by swords. Through thestudy of above points, the paper makes a in-depth micro-analysis tothe use of swords in the Shaw martial arts films. The author thinksthat swords was of great significance in the Shaw martial films, andhas played a significant role in the transmitting and performance of visually spectaculars. Meanwhile, it takes Chinese national cultureand spirits into the movie, which benefits audiences.This paper makes the example of swords in the Shaw martialfilms, and study its image arts’ performances. So that audiencescan know the mutually dependent relationship between martialfilms and weapons. Due to audiences’ unique aesthetic experiencebought by the artistic performance of swords in the Shaw martialfilms, the Shaw martial films has become a representative film typewhich is filled with Chinese tradition and maturity.