An Analysis Of The Spatial Narrative Of Wang Xiao Shuai’s Three-line Trilogy

Wang Xiaoshuai,the leader of the sixth generation of directors in China,has a strong personal style and profound cultural connotations in his film works.The three films Shanghai Dreams,Eleven Flowers and Red Amnesia were created by him based on his personal experience in the third-line factory area in Guizhou,aiming to reflect the influence of the history of the "third-line construction" on the life and destiny of individuals.At present,most academic studies on the narration of Wang Xiaoshuai’s three-line trilogy focus on time,ignoring the role of space in film narration.In fact,Wang Xiaoshuai is a very space-conscious director,and his films use space effectively.The spatial narrative methods of Wang Xiaoshuai’s three-line trilogy are unique.When the director selects and presents the scene space,he uses the real scenery to create the realistic space,uses the unconventional lighting to form the ideographic space,and uses the clothing symbol to create the space atmosphere.When the director chooses and combines the lens space,he emphasizes the restriction of space to people with the vista,highlights the real emotion of the characters with the long shot,and expresses the author’s unique intention with montage.In addition,the director also uses speech,sound effect and music to break through and surpass the narrative space.These techniques make Wang Xiaoshuai’s three line trilogy form a unique space narrative style.In Wang Xiaoshuai’s trilogy of three lines,narrative space plays a very important role.It not only has the function of artistic expression to structure the film,promote the plot and shape the characters,but also has the function of metaphor and symbol.The narrative space of Wang Xiaoshuai’s three line trilogy can represent the history and culture of the three lines,Guizhou regional culture and the culture of the times,metaphorize social rights,female gender and character identity,and imply the subject’s ID personality,ritual behavior and depersonalization.