Research On The Alienation Techniques In Jia Zhangke's Movies

As a representative figure of the sixth generation of directors,Jia Zhangke's works have been concerned by the academic circles with distinct personal style.Different from the commercially popular films in the market,his films have strong documentary nature while arousing people's reflection and criticism on reality.He focuses on the marginal group in the historical changes,and his works are highly ideological and artistic.The director seeks the artistic ideal of criticism and documentary reality.The film presents a fragmented life narrative that emphasizes external description.It uses alienation techniques,less dramatic,and presents an objective and calm perspective.Jia Zhangke has nine dramas and four documentary films.This thesis mainly focuses on his plot.This thesis is based on the research object of Jia Zhangke's film,analyzes the use of alienation techniques,deeply understands the connotation of alienation aesthetics,analyzes the effect of alienation and its techniques in Jia Zhangke films,and probes into the film The effect of alienation on the formation of documentary style.The study is mainly divided into the following aspects.The first chapter analyzes the anti dramatization of Jia Zhangke's films from the perspective of the composition of the story(Construction against the ending),and analyzes the anti dramatic features of Jia Zhangke's films(light causality and no concentrated conflict and climax,and the end with open ending)and how to achieve the effect of alienation.The second chapter mainly analyzes how Jia Zhangke films achieve alienation through space-time construction.The space is characterized by historical and spectacle.The use of long lens and other means to create a sense of stagnation on time.In Jia Zhangke's films,the historical time and space construction is a common means,Jia Zhangke by taking a space of a time as a specific space for a brief presentation,the difference between the real time and the image space and time can effectively break the illusion.The most prominent technique of time alienation in Jia Zhangke's films is the use of long lenses.The forced view way highlights the existence of the camera and the director,and also makes the audience realize that they are watching movies.The strange sense of time created by the external lens has also brought about the discontinuity of the narrative.The third chapter lists the elements that cause alienation in Jia Zhangke's films and analyzes their functions.The conclusion summarizes the role of alienation in the formation of Jia Zhangke's movie style.The angle of alienation and critical alienation required by the theory of alienation coincide with Jia Zhangke's artistic pursuit.The use of.the film in the middle of the film makes Jia Zhangke's film with a strong documentary feature.