| Since the film Ilo Ilo won the golden camera award at the 66 th Cannes Film Festival,the young Singaporean Chinese director Anthony Chen began to get wide attention from the industry and was named as one of the "10 Directors to Watch for 2013" by the authoritative American magazine Variety.Six years later,he showed the film Wet Season at the 44 th Toronto International Film Festival,becoming the only Asian film in the "Platform Section" and the first Singaporean film in history,which once again triggered a heated debate in the international film circle.Then,this film won the Fei Mu Awards for Best Film at Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival.Such awarding experiences made the public focus on this young Singaporean Chinese director.Director Anthony Chen,who accepted professional film training,has a unique cognition and feeling about the creation of films.He always adheres to the inside-out creation method,self-editing,self-directing,and practical creation.His cross-ethnic identity,delicate life observation,and social reality of Singaporean cultural hybridity provide important materials for Anthony Chen`s creation.Based on his works,Anthony Chen’s examination and reflection on Chinese world issues,his attitude towards modern society,and his cognitive thinking on culture and life can be restored.From the perspective of the social context of film creation,the film creation of director Anthony Chen is closely related to the social reality of Singapore in three aspects:Singapore’s economic development,cultural diversity and national identity,and Singapore’s film development.Secondly,Anthony Chen’s personal experience and adherence to self-editing and self-directing creation methods make his films penetrate strong personal experiences.At last,it gives a brief overview of Anthony Chen’s film,and sorts out the developing context of his creation.From the perspective of the artistic style.The most striking feature of Anthony Chen’s films lies in its documentary image expression,life-flow film creation,depth-of-field lens,scene shooting and the distinctive use of natural light,which makes his works real,simple and beautiful.In addition,Anthony Chen’s unique style is also reflected in the construction of film time and space,which makes time appear in the form of catalyst.His writing of modern space reproduces the oppression and closure of urban society with split frame composition.Meanwhile,Anthony Chen’s film creation also emphasizes a poetic emotional expression.By constructing different symbolic images throughout the film creation,sound effects,actual sound and silence effects are used to enhance the tension of the film,forming a unique film style with "Anthony Chen characteristics" and expressing the spiritual experience and cultural reflection behind the images.From the perspective of the theme selection of the film.Anthony Chen often focuses on the social situation in Singapore and the interpersonal relationship in the Chinese world.The examination of social symptoms,identity anxiety under reflection and identification,the gradual disappearance of Chinese culture,the decline of traditional families,the delicate and fragile relationship between people and various difficulties faced by women have all become the themes repeatedly written in Anthony Chen’s films.On the one hand,these themes come from Anthony Chen’s personal experience in his growth and film creation,and on the other hand,they are the true reflection of social reality.The film language reflects the cultural phenomena in different social contexts.Anthony Chen’s films are based on the individualized experience of Chinese identity and the image expression in Singaporean social context.This paper mainly explores his realistic image style and pays attention to the roles and meanings of characters,images and plots in his films,aiming to study the humanistic feelings and perspectives of the times expressed by directors,and therefore provide a feasible path reference for the creation of Chinese world film directors. |
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