A Study Of The Nostalgia Style Of Chinese Youth Films After 2013

So Young,a film directed by Zhao Wei in 2013,will trigger a nostalgic upsurge,followed by youth films such as Fleet of Time,The Left Ear,My Old Classmate and so on springing up like mushroom.The nostalgic sentiment of expressing youth has aroused the emotional resonance of the audience,and the domestic film industry has risen to a nostalgic youth film.The long-peripheral film type of youth film seems to have gradually become the mainstream of the film industry.Youth is a symbolic symbol with the content of the times and the special spiritual outlook.There is a youth theme spirit in one era and one generation has a touching story of youth.People can tell the background of “youth” expressed in the film based on the background events of the film story.The films like American Dreams in China,When We Were Young,The Blue Bone correspond to the 60 s generation.But Always,Singing,When We Are Young,Youth Never Returns,Forever Young are about the youth of the 70 s.My Old Classmate,My Original Dream,and Fleet of Time are the youth stories of the 80 s generation.Pictures such as the Tiny Times Series and Forever Young are stories of the post-90 s.Domestic youth films cover a wide range of times from the post-60 s to the post-90 s,it compensates for the lack of youthful images of several generations.In the current social environment where materialistic attitudes are filled with impetuousness and utilitarianism,domestic youth movies provide viewers with an opportunity to remember their past and seek for themselves.Taking the nostalgic style of domestic youth films as a research object can better understand and grasp the artistic charm and characteristics of these films,which is a good complement to the development of Chinese youth films.For young people who are in adolescence,this article can play an auxiliary understanding role in the process of appreciating the youth movies,make it easier and more in-depth to understand the adolescent psychological changes and emotional changes they are experiencing.For middle-aged and elderly people whose youth has passed away,recalling beautiful youthful memories under the pressure of social work life can calm emotions and regain hopes for life.For the creators participating in the youth film,this article hopes to make them more in-depth understanding of the current situation of the creation of youth films and the problems faced by the youth film,so as to seek a creative direction of the youth film with a more sober understanding and create a high level and high quality youth film.The research of this article mainly focuses on the creation of youth films nostalgia style after 2013.It analyzes the nostalgic style of youth films from subject expression,audio-visual language,narrative techniques,audience analysis,etc.,and summarizes the similarity of youth films and consumer stars.Such as self-criticism,and the film Soulmate as an example to propose what a youth film should be done in order to have better prospects.