A Study On The Mad Max Series

Mad Max is a post-apocalyptic film series created by Australian director George Miller in 1979,and has been hailed as a landmark masterpiece in the field of style.The series tells the story of the murder of his wife and children,struggling to survive in the waste world after the nuclear war.The series film originally in the form of small cost film,and adopted the exploitation film creation method,pay attention to audio-visual spectacle,punk modeling style and climax paragraph car chase is the important feature in the film form,not only gives filmmakers infinite inspiration,is the important basis of popular doomsday aesthetics.The latest novel,the series,which won several Oscars in 2015,is not only a masterpiece of the series,but also an internal reflection of the 36-year series,reflecting the artistic care for the diverse concept of modern society.At present,the domestic research on this series of films is still in its infancy,without systematic research,and the related academic papers show the characteristics of limited perspective and insufficient depth.On the basis of literature analysis and summary,this paper uses the relevant theories of film typology and the postmodernism thought,and summarizes its form and concept characteristics.In addition to the introduction and the rest,it is divided into four chapters,which successively study the creation process,plot mode,type characteristics,and character image.The series of films inherited in the form of the style characteristics of westerns and modernized them,while the theme of survival and redemption in the post-apocalypse culture is promoted by the interaction and atmosphere of the characters in the film.The commercial success of the series stems not only from its parallel with the zeitgeist,but also from the author of the director George Miller.Film serialization creation is not only the traditional creation mode of Hollywood films,but also presents this trend along with the reform of China’s film industry.Therefore,the study of the mature case of the Mad Max film series can provide reference significance for the development of China’s film industry.In addition,the apocalyptic picture makes us think about the future of humanity.