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The Research Of Comparing Western Magical Fantasy Movies And Chinese Mythological Movies

Posted on:2015-09-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422972520Subject:Theater, film and television
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2000was the year which connecting21th and previous centuries. It is also thecrucial period which attracts the attention of people on Magical Fantasy movies. Forinstance, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter as the typical movies offering amagical world to people. Meanwhile, it reveals strong western culture. The Hobbit: AnUnexpected Journey, which is written by British writer Tolkien, was popular in2013. Itsuccesses like The Lord of the Rings, and gets large number of fans of magical fantasymovies.Before21th century, such as Fantasy film and Cartoon involves significantmagical factor. Until the present century, the Magical Fantasy films appear dramatically,and get focused by film industry and society.Magical Fantasy movies almost result from mythological stories or tales.According to magic、witchcraft and mythological though, a fictional world is built byMagical Fantasy movies which is different from the real world, and demonstratesspecific running rule. The roles and plots of Magical Fantasy movies are on the basis ofreal world. It is an exaggerated style to indicate social phenomenon implicitly. Theproducing of Magical Fantasy movies cannot be completed without special effects and3D. The development of digital technology could improve the viewing efficiency inMagical Fantasy films, making the process of watching movies to be more shocked,felling like experienced a fantastic journey.As the research of comparing the Chinese and foreign films, this dissertation willanalyze the connections and differences between Magical Fantasy movies and othertypes of films, realize the definition and features, discover the unique feature of MagicalFantasy movies and the reasons why Magical Fantasy movies are popularized. Secondly,it takes western Magical Fantasy movies as researching object, find out the charactersand advantages through the series of Magical Fantasy movies of Hollywood. Thirdly,this dissertation will analyze the history and current situation of Chinese mythologicalmovies, and conclude the features and disadvantages. In the last part of this essay, it willdiscuss the similarities and differences between Magical Fantasy movies and Chinesemythological movies, and compare these two kinds of films variously.This dissertation aims to get the limitations of Chinese Magical Fantasy movies viathe conclusions which are researched previously, consider how to develop ChineseMagical Fantasy movies, and would discover how to evolve the current situation of Magical Fantasy movies. It attempts to discuss how to make Chinese Magical Fantasymovies to be popular in the world.
Keywords/Search Tags:magical fantasy movies, genre films, fairy tale, secondary world, magicthinking
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