A Study Of Narrative Development In Hollywood Musicals

Since its appearance,Hollywood musicals have experienced continuous exploration on the narrative level.From the "post-desk" musicals with heavy song and dance performances to the "narrative" musicals with re-scripted narratives,it is not difficult to see how Hollywood musicals have changed in form.The process and determination of self-evolution and improvement of genre movies.Song and dance narration is the main feature that distinguishes it from other types of films,and it has unique artistic effects in terms of artistic form or the role of plot portrayal.Different from Broadway song and dance musicals,when the song and dance elements in contemporary song and dance films participate in the film narrative,they are more of a finishing touch to add brilliance to the film and achieve a balance between narrative and performance.This kind of song and dance performance narrative and The combination of realistic narration has become the source of the unique artistic charm of musicals,and the motivation and rational design of musicals and dances directly affect the audience's acceptance of the unique artistic charm of musicals.The first chapter defines the concept of musical films,and starts from the use of musical elements in the silent film era to sort out the historical development of musical films.The second chapter starts from the narrative mode of Hollywood musicals,enumerates the different forms of integration of musical elements and film narratives in musicals,and then analyzes the difference between Hollywood "post-desk" musicals and "narrative" musicals from these integrated forms.The singing and dancing narrative mode.The third chapter first lists the motives for the appearance of the singing and dancing scenes,and then analyzes the rationality of the singing and dancing narration and the psychology of audience acceptance from the "behavior environment" theory and the "field" theory of Gestalt psychology,and finally explores the transition between the singing and dancing narrative and realistic narrative Ways and effects of convergence.The fourth chapter analyzes the current situation of Chinese musical narrative from the perspective of development,and then analyzes the experience of Hollywood musical narrative development and the enlightenment it brings to the development of Chinese musical narrative.