| The studies of visual culture have had a long history. Since the proposal of the concept of "visual culture" by the Hungarian film theorist in1913, the studies of visual culture have gone through a history of one hundred years. The concept of visual culture sprouted from its first appearing in the film. However, in the field of film studies, the exploration of the film’s visual characteristics based on this theory is not that much. Since the putting forward of the concept of "landscape film", visual cultural studies gradually become prominent in the field of film studies. Compared to "Narrative Cinema", landscape film is quite prominent in the current film market, for example, the now world-wide popular3D landscape film. Landscape film is the kind of film built on the basis of the digital technology, with novel image, full of strong audio-visual impact. The paper will take the current popular landscape film as the objects of study, especially the world popular Hollywood3D movies, draw on popular visual culture research theory and landscape film research theory home and abroad, explore the image, myth and technical characteristics of landscape film in the new areas of research and reveals its rich implication and significance.The paper is mainly divided into five parts. The introduction focuses on the definition of visual culture and landscape film, demonstrates the feasibility of the study of landscape film from the angle of visual culture, and presents the current research situation of the visual culture and landscape films home and abroad. The first part discusses the image characteristics of the landscape film in a new cultural era, and the shift of films focus caused by it, as well as a manifestation of landscape films in the specific films. Part two mainly presents the myth characteristics of landscape films. Landscape film uses many myth factors to achieve the maximization of visual effects, making the landscape film more ornamental and romantic. Part three interprets the technical features of the landscape film. The technical means have been used to the limit in the landscape film development. By exploring the specific use of technical means in the films, landscape film reflects the features of technology accumulation and creation. The last part is a conclusion. From the point of view of cultural studies, film studies are not a closed self-contained system. Film studies can be carried out from a variety of dimensions. From the perspective of cultural studies, it undoubtedly provides us with a new vision of contemplation, and thus enabling us to become more aware of the value and significance of landscape films. |
PDF Full Text Request