Constructed And Stitched:Research On The Character Image Of Ordinary People In The New Mainstream Films

This article takes the character image of ordinary people in the New Mainstream Films as the main research object,to sort out the evolution process,specific image types and artistic shaping of character image of ordinary people in the new mainstream movies in the 20 years from 1999 to 2019,and discusses the mainstream discourse behind the character image of ordinary people and its discourse construction The stitching process.The character image of ordinary people has experienced the ordinary people character supporting role image and national elites/intellectuals,and the character image of group portraits ordinary people gradually emerged,then the individual image of ordinary people characters has become the mainstream,and analyze and study the specific image types among them.Secondly,from the perspective of the complexity,fullness and authenticity of he character image of ordinary people,the author summarizes the three characteristics of the characters: the interweaving of both good and evil characters,the entanglement of secular emotions,and the ordinary real humanity.The character image of ordinary people in the New Mainstream Films are mainly embodied in artistic presentation methods such as shaping colorful supporting role images,constructing a narrative method that uses the same structure of family and country,using mainstream discourse in daily expression,and emphasizing "inner focus" expression techniques.This article holds that the minor figures in the New Mainstream Films have realistic significance of suture to the mainstream ideology,specifically expressed as a process of the character image of ordinary people and the mainstream ideology complete the articulation practice,that is to say,the character image of ordinary people acts as a nodal points to maintain the temporary stability of the discourse,interacts with the adjacent multiple different subjective positions,and fill in the "empty signifier",since the meaning of discourse has the nature of never closing,it requires all kinds of characters to negotiate and adjust the creation state constantly,then the dislocation of historical context to suture the gap between the audience and the mainstream discourse/identity the New Mainstream Films,and in order to regain the stability of the subject’s position and discourse and achieve the transmission of ideology.