A Case Study On The Hua Pei Movie Magazine Which Published In Occupied Hua Pei

The Hua Pei Movie,a film magazine which published monthly in the Japanese occupied Hua Pei,was founded on November 15,1940 and ended its publication on August 10,1945.The Hua Pei Movie was the only film magazine of its kind that published in the occupied Hua Pei during war time,and was distributed not only in the major cities of Hua Pei,but also in the Mongolian region,with a large number of readers.With an official background,the chief editor,Li Zhenliu,was in close relationship with the Hua Pei puppet government and the North China film corporation.The Hua Pei Movie not only focused on the local film industry,but also had feature coverage of the film activities in occupied Shanghai,Manchukuo,Japan and axis countries.In conclusion,The Hua Pei Movie is an important reference for those who wants to study the film industry of Hua Pei during war time.For some reasons,the study of the film activities in occupied Hua Pei is a much earlier phase,by reading and analyzing The Hua Pei Movie,this paper hopes to provide a narrative for the film studies in the occupied Hua Pei from its perspective.The Paper will introduce the background of the founding of The Hua Pei Movie,its operation,the change of the columns,the author group and the contents of the publication.Also,the paper will analyze the characteristics of it by compiling the covers,film advertisements,film star promotion,the interaction between the editor and the reader as well as the tendency of the articles.The main research methods of this paper are comparative method,statistical method,textual analysis and ideological analysis.The main body of the paper can be divided into four chapters,the first chapter places The Hua Pei Movie in the context of the occupied Hua Pei,and briefly combed through the socio-historical background of the magazine at the time of its founding,taking into account the political situation and cultural control at the time.Chapter 2 provides a detailed introduction to the basic information of the Hua Pei Movie in terms of the publisher,column,editorial and author groups,the operation and the principles of the publication.Chapter 3 classifies and analyzes the ideological propaganda contained in The Hua Pei Movie from both explicit and implicit perspectives.Chapter 4 analyzes the propaganda that The Hua Pei Movie has conducted for local filmmakers,films,and film company in Hua Pei,pointing out the failed construction of cinematic subjectivity in this area.By doing this research,the paper is trying to answer the following questions: what kind of film magazine that the Hua Pei Movie is? What is the particularities of this magazine? As a film publication that edits and publishes in occupied Hua Pei,has it contributed to the local film industry at that period of time?...