A Study On Shaw Brothers’ Martial Arts Film Industry Aesthetics Under The Studio System

Martial arts movies are a unique national film genre in China.As one of the important production institutions of Chinese martial arts movies,the Shaw Brothers(Hong Kong)Film Company has launched a "new school" martial arts movie genre in the major studio system.The theoretical principles of industrial aesthetics echo each other.Shaw Brothers’ “new school” martial arts film is an important integration point between the major studio system and the aesthetics of the film industry.It is typical of research.It provides an analysis sample for the aesthetic theory system of the film industry currently being constructed in my country,and contributes to the typological development of Chinese martial arts films.Provide experience and reference.This article takes the Shaw Brothers’ martial arts films from the1960 s to the mid-1980 s as the research object,starting from the theory of film industry aesthetics,and discussing the shaping of Shaw’s "new school" martial arts film industry aesthetic model under the big studio system.The research believes that Shaw established a "new school" martial arts film genre through modern production industry mechanism,branded star industrial system and typified film strategy,which is a successful practice of the film industry’s aesthetic creation principles.The introduction summarizes the current research on the aesthetics of the film industry,the big studio system,and Shaw Brothers’ martial arts films,and forms a basic grasp of related concepts;Chapter Two further sorts out the origins of the three concepts,and traces the origins and types of film industry aesthetics The embodiment in the film analyzes the specific practice of the big studio system that originated from Hollywood in the Shaw Brothers film industry,and discusses the value and status of Shaw Brothers’ "Colorful Martial Arts Century" in the history of Chinese martial arts film.Chapter 3,from the perspective of the production industry mechanism,reveals the modern production management,assembly line production mode,and global production cooperation strategies behind Shaw’s “new school” martial arts films,and further analyzes the impact of these institutional factors in genre production.Play a supporting role.Chapter 4,through the research and analysis of the Shaw Brothers martial arts star industrial system,from the three processes of standardized selection,comprehensive training,and personalization,respectively presents the close connection between the martial arts star and the "new school" martial arts film industry aesthetics.Chapter 5 focuses on Shaw’s martial arts typification strategy,from the perspectives of boutique concept,sub-genre development,and author’s strategy,and presents the aesthetics of Shaw’s "new school" martial arts in image performance,genre elements and cultural themes,and authorship creation.Conduct an in-depth analysis to explore the typified construction principles of film industry aesthetics embodied in the "new school" martial arts films.The concluding remarks comprehensively elucidate the shaping of Shaw’s "new school" martial arts film industry aesthetics.Starting from the practical experience of Shaw’s martial arts films in the major studio system,it discusses its enlightenment to the contemporary film industry aesthetics construction and the typification of Chinese martial arts films.