| The sports movie is a feature movie which takes the sports spirit as the core and sports as the plot of the story. As both an important category and an indispensable type in sports culture, sports movie has produced enormous influence on economy and culture. It not only promotes the prosperity of the whole film industry and the development of the related industries, but also represents one country’s sports image, national culture and the concept of sports culture, as a kind of organic carrier of ideology. However, the development of sports movie in our country is not as optimistic as we might have thought. Although the overall output is large enough with some classic works, the development of sport movie always appears to be tough and slow under such a background when the all-round reform of the film system and the tide of commercialization take place. At the same time, the research made by our academics on the history of New China’s sports movie is few. In contrast, western theorists attach great importance to sports movie, which is taken as an important pillar in the western cultural industry. The combination of the mature distribution system of film production and the advanced theoretical research on movies contributes to a great number of excellent works. As a result, it is of practical theoretical significance in guiding the further development of movie production and industrialization to point out all the negative factors restricting the development of sports movie in our country, based on the theoretical description of the historical development of New China’s sports movies and the summary of creation practice.This thesis have drawn the following conclusions on the historical development of New China’s sports movie by adopting documentary method, interviewing method, comparative analysis and logical analysis.First, the historical development of New China’s sports movie can be divided into five stages.(1) The "seventeen years" period(1949-1966). In this stage, movies were equipped with the revolutionary character and political rhetoric but the characteristics of this type is not clear.(2) The stagnation period(1966-1976). The development of sports movies of this stage was in stagnation.(3)The new period(1977-1990). Under the social context of reform and opening up, the aesthetic concepts on movies have been updated and there has also been a breakthrough in life narration, which led to a change both in sports and movies.(4)The transition period(1999-2001). In the cultural context during the transition period, sports continued to develop and the “main melody” strategy of movie continued to be used. Works of that period showed the deepening and reflection of humanistic care.(5)Multiple period(2001-present). The creation of the Chinese sports movie is of great variety and the entertainment elements are widely used. With the successful bid in the 2008 Olympic Games, the so-called Olympic film gradually comes into appearance.Second, the main factors restricting the development of our country’s sports movies are:(1) the lack of development in sports culture resources and innovation in the art forms;(2) the lack of engagement of high-level professionals in sports movie;(3) the lack of sports body and sports spirit;(4) the lack of sports virtue in sports movies producers;(5) the insufficient capital investment in sports movie and excessive dependence on national administration.This thesis puts forward the following strategies in view of the present development predicament and the restricting factors of sports movie in our country. First, take the Hollywood film production mode as a reference; second, speed up the cultivation of professionals in sports movie; third, abandon the old thinking patterns in the creation of sports movie; fourth, strengthen the marketing operation of sports movie; fifth, strengthen the propaganda and reports of sports movie; sixth, strengthen the international communication in sports movie; seventh, strengthen the transmission in sports culture. |
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