87 Version And 2010 Version Of "a Dream Of Red Mansions" Tv Series, From The Film Narrative And Style

Novel "Dream of Red Mansions", just like the arm of the Venus, makes the majority of creators of films and TV dramas to pay tribute, and also gives the ma wide space for creativity. So generations of film and TV personnel have interpretated the strory and artistic conception prestented by the novel "Dream of Red Mansions" with a unique film or TV language, and numerous works were produced. Undoubtedly, both 87?version and 2010 version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" set off the most wide reading boom of novel "Dream of Red Mansions" among a throng of film and TV works. Two works with interval of more than twenty years provoked pubilc concern because of the artistic homogeneity, and it's valuable to make a comparative study of two works.Given that both Wang Fulin, director of 87 version, and Li Shaohong, director of 2010 version have a common recognition of adapting classic novel "Dream of Red Mansions", i.e. "faithful to the original", firstly, different understanding of the original from two directors was analyzed; secondly, how well their respective works TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" are faithful to the orginal content and style was expatiated in respect of their own general creative style. Then, a comparative study was made considering character choice, the presentation of dreams, structural arrangement, scene scheduling, ingenious multiple-clue set of small plots, creation of artistic conception etc.. In addition, 2010 version was analyzed with respect to scene layout, multi-perspective narrative, the use of music and sound, lots of use of narration, the use of digital technology, which are not available in 87 version. In a word, the meaning of novel "Dream of Red Mansions" was no created other than through continuous interpretation. Both 87 version and 2010 version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" provided their different visual text for the dissemination of novel "Dream of Red Mansions" and set a window allowing the general public exposure to the orignal.The Narratology of the classic novel and film narrative theory were utilized in the analysis of two versions. Large amounts of text analysis were also prestented, and the narrative strategies and methods of two versions were obtained.