A Study on Artistic Expression of Aesthetics of Gathering and Depart in the Film Version of the Painted Skin

Zhang Li

《Frontiers in Economics and Management》 1卷10期 (2020/10) Pp. 234-237

https://doi.org/10.6981/FEM.202010_1(10).0033

摘要

The Painted Skin is one of the well-known short stories of Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio written by Pu Songling -a famous writer in Qing Dynasty. The Painted Skin, describing a romantic tale between human and ghost, is a classical work which is often adapted into films or TV series. Basing on brave innovation, the images in the filmed Painted Skin shows the cultural and spiritual inheriting from the original theme and the Chinese literature. Besides, these images, adapted from modern perspective, achieved artistic sublimation through multi-angle performance. By converting the main characters, the film pursuits demonstration of Chinese marital ethnics, thus inheriting and spreading the Chinese traditional civilization. The happy ending of the film which achieves article aesthetics by integrating modern values into the film's theme, is converted to cater for audience and lay a foundation for filming more great works in the future.

關鍵字

Painted Skin ； Adaptation ； Film and television expression ； Artistic aesthetics

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