Light Weapon Design In Science Fiction Works

In games, films and TV dramas, prop setting is of vital importance to works. As an element frequently seen in science fiction works, small arms are indispensable. Small arms have entered the historical arena for hundreds of years and the large number of science fiction works at present also provides space for small arms to display themselves. At present, with the acceleration of industrialization in China, science fiction works such as "The Three Body Problem" have stood out prominently in the international arena. However, there is no theoretical support in the field of small arms prop setting. Most researches are still limited to levels of techniques and performance, which is manifested as the mechanical props and arms props designed to be "alike in form but not in essence" in a large number of science fictions. Moreover, no enough attention has been paid to the position of prop setting. Prop setting, just like theme setting and role setting, is the root of visual performance in works, so it should be promoted to an important position. Foreign researches on prop setting are relatively mature. In contrast, there are only a few domestic researches on this field. In addition, researches at both home and abroad do not elaborate on small arms.This paper summarized and studied the emergence, development and connotation of small arms and the style design and form design small arms in science fiction works, which could be roughly divided into styles including fantasy, near-future science fiction and future science fiction. These styles were discussed respectively and then summarized from aesthetic perspectives including proportion and scale, variety and unity, balance and symmetry, contrast and harmony, transition and echoing as well as from artistic forms including stereoscopic perception, spatial perception and emotional perception. Moreover, it proposed the idea of applying science fiction elements into the design of small arms props so as to find some similarities in the design of small arms props in science fictions and provide some guidance for the design of arms props in the future.