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since the reform and opening up, China's economy has been greatly improved, but the development of the film industry has been slow, mainly because of the non-Chinese film industry Operation, 16 state-owned studios, the only film distribution and projection company, film production is strictly in accordance with the national plan.
In 1993, the state abolished the monopoly distribution rights of China Film Corporation. Under the advocacy of the new Beijing film studio director Han Sanping , the film industry carried out deepening reforms within the system.
The mainstream commercial film market in China gradually shows its development trajectory.
In 1997, "Party A and Party B" filmed by Feng Xiaogang opened up the Chinese New Year film market.
In 2002, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" invested 250 million yuan, with a domestic box office of 250 million, and an overseas box office of 1.1 billion, leading the domestic commercial film into the era of power worship.
In 2013, starting with "People on the Road", Xu Zheng filmed "Thailand" and entered the "Billion Club" of the domestic movie box office.
In 2015, Chen Sicheng filmed "Chinatown Detective" to open up "Tang Exploring the Universe".
2017 Wu Jing filmed "Wolf Warriors 2", and shifted the focus of the mainstream movie market to the main theme, nationalism and other movie genres.
Throughout the commercial film market, from family-style New Year films to funny detective-themed road films, to theme war films, the genre of movies has been changing, but it is rare to see sports in movies. The type is widely spread in the market.
Sports movies should be mainstream in nature, but they are marginalized in the movie market. "Span1span won the championship " finally got 836 million box office, but it is still not a success, after all, the distance is too far from expectations. Lin Chaoxian has become a guarantee of high box office, but his sports film "Broken Wind" is also the one with the weakest influence since he entered the mainland.
This article will analyze the definition of sports movies and the "Bang! Youth" to explore the future development potential of sports films.
1.The cultural output of Chinese and foreign sports movies
Sports, as one of the five common ways for human beings, can overcome language barriers and ethnic divides. Sports movies have also accurately refined this element and have been conveying it to The passion, inspiration, and unity of the audience.
Sports movies are generally defined as the development of stories around sports, and drama conflicts with sports as the core. Whether it is in comedy, biography, story, etc., there are all about sports competition. description. As a media, film shows great social attributes when portraying sports films, which can expand sports knowledge, carry forward sports spirit, and promote sports culture.
, such as the filming of "Span1span Women's Basketball No. 5 " directed by director Xie Jin in 1958, tells the story of several female basketball players exercising sports under the guidance of the coach.
In 2008, "Slam Dunk" directed by Zhu Yanping tells the story of Jay Chou playing basketball to complete his "home visit" story.
Although most of the domestically produced sports movies are made with care, they are mainly narrative feature films, which do not leave any impression on the audience in the market. But looking at the American film market, Hollywood has never ignored the expressive power of sports themes in movies.
The earliest history of sports movies in the United States can be traced back to a movie in 1931: " 舐爐心深情",This film about how boxers live their lives won an Oscar for best original screenplay and best actor.
The next two sports films that have attracted more attention, one is "Success in People" directed by Eastwood in 2010, and the other is by Hugh Hudson in 1981 In the filming of "Span1span Chariot of Fire", both films have played an important role in sports movies, that is, not only portrays sports events, but also boldly integrates racial, political, and economic issues in the film. Calling for the unity and cooperation of the whole nation in the movie.
Western sports culture combined with film transmission methods, not only allows the audience to re-recognize the charm of sports, but also combined with the attributes of movies, it has become a powerful cultural transmission. An excellent sports film can even move people's hearts than an exciting sports game. A sports film is the carrier of sports culture and the enrichment of sports life.
Second, the domestic movie "Great! The successful case of "Younger"
"Bon!" was filmed in three years. Although "Youth" belongs to the minority in terms of filming methods and filming costs, it uses the theme of sports events to complete a counterattack in the audience's reputation, "Bon! "Youth" won the longest applause at the 14th Xining First Youth Film Festival.
Through the analysis of "Great! The audio-visual language of "Youth",Let's analyze the success of this film and the huge potential of sports films in the market.
1. Story background
"Great! The movie "Youth" tells about sports events that are slightly different from other mainstream movies. The core group of sports teenagers are from impoverished mountainous areas. They are from grass-roots problem teenagers. Some are reckless and some are shy. Most of them have not received quality education and The children under family control came to Aixin Baseball Base.
Here, even the child at the end of the training process will not be eliminated, because this is a loving baseball base, which is different from the theme of other sports that want to win games. Here, the coaches only Want to change the trajectory of children's life through sports training.
As stated in a line in the movie, "Our effort is to make the children never see the traces of the bumps." The background combines the nature of public welfare and the documentary shooting method, which not only highlights the fresh and refined theme of the film, but also focuses on helping young people, and has gained a lot of attention and praise in the world of commercial films.
The video of a poor baseball team for three years is of great significance to the growth of young people and to society. Not only is it very inspirational in the subject matter of the story, but also emotionally inspiring. It is centered on the core of the baseball team. ,The first step of the film's victory around the growth of problem teenagers comes from this.
2. Character arc _p7strong
1 "span!" The movie "Juvenile" filmed the entire football team and the coach's good intentions, but for the youngsters in the baseball team, the main goal is to complete the growth of the two children, "small doubles" and "sloppy"."Sloppy" is a child from the impoverished mountainous area of Xihai, Ningxia. His mother died in three months and his father was absent. Grandma picked up clothes that others didn't want to feed him. The absence of both parents and the poverty of the family led to a sloppy entry into the baseball team, which soon became a thorn.
Fighting is the most sloppy thing, fighting until the whole baseball team has no children willing to share the dormitory with the sloppy. Such a child who always puts his anger on his body and compares himself with each other has realized the reshaping of self-values and the warm return of his position in the baseball team.
completed the transformation of the character arc of the young sloppy throughout the growth period, becoming the most complete and most moving plot of the movie.
From sloppy to the rebellious behavior of the baseball team to the violent introduction of his family background to the coach’s cultivation of him until the small team sloppy completes self-identification,Really become a man. In the form of a documentary, this film is not inferior to the wonderful presentation of theatrical feature films. It is worth learning.
3. Exploring the theme
The movie ended with a failed game. It can be regarded as one of the biggest highlights of the movie. The most important thing in the process of accepting failure is the growth of teenagers. Your own self rather than gaining success comes.
Often when a long-prepared competitive game in sports works finally comes to the competition venue, it will still end with a touching success as the ending of the movie, and the stage background is the sports game. In the dream land, after the plot of the story is laid, a gathering of characters is reached, and the climax of the story is reunion.
But "Great! "Youth" used a game failure as the end of the movie. In the end, the little players failed in the baseball game against the US team. As the highlight of the movie, it will light up the growth trajectory of all the players.
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