Exploration On The Genre And Aesthetics Characteristic Of The Magic & Fantasy Film

As soon as the curtain of twenty-first century was drawn up, the film series like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" spread the magic tide on the world film forum and the magic was becoming the most modern element used by artists to decorate the film. As matter of fact, the magic & fantasy film appeared much earlier than this century. Some films years ago were distinguished with significant magic stigma. Until the beginning of this century, magic & fantasy film is not appearing collectively, which draws the great attention of professionals in all fields of the society.The first thing to do research on the genre and aesthetic characteristics of magic & fantasy film, is to define the meaning and scope that "magic" refers to in "magic & fantasy film". Compared with the "magic" in the "magic realism", these two are essentially different and cannot be treated equally.Endowed with the common characteristics and unique magic temperament of fantasy film, the magic & fantasy film is a magic kingdom taking the bizarre magic world as the descriptive object, combined by many elements such as magicians, different race and magic living things. Among these many magic & fantasy films, different films have its character respectively and at the same time enrich and perfect the meaning of "magic".It is very meaningful for us to analyze the narration strategy and structure model of the magic & fantasy film, which makes the film artists and audience to have regulations in creation and appreciation of the works. The arrangement of the story plots, enactment of the figure and the appearance of environmental space are all implemented according to the principle of duality opposition, which shape its infinite tension.This thesis in the last chapter explores the relationship between magic & fantasy film creation and digital technology. Finally, through the analysis and exploration of surface magic elements and in-depth narration strategy of this kind of film, it comes to the conclusion of its essence, its genre and aesthetic characteristics, and it also provides a useful model for creation.