VIP Class Notes (Phil)

discussion about film industry in china

Vocabulary

graphic violence – extreme violence shown in films

exaggerate – make something sound better

version of events/history – an opinion about what happened

social realism – a film type about societal issues.

generic medicine – copy of a regular medicine

to Smuggle  – bring something illegally into a country

lenient – opposite of strict

it was a lenient punishment

to subsidize, a subsidy –  government financial support

to Censor , censorship – control of content of a film or other media.

nostalgic – a positive view of the past

biographic film – biographical film

low cost movie – low budget movie

In the early stage of The Chinese cinema industry, Kong Fu and Chinese drama are two typical features. Most Chinese movies contained these elements more or less before . People were attracted to the fancy special effects and images, but did not care much about the stories of movies. Chinese movies opened the door of to international movie world with its unique characteristics. After several decades of development, Chinese film producers have realized more and more about the important of stories in films. The Audience will lose their interest in the films which have never changed the characteristics but they will keep being attracted to good stories. Nowadays, Chinese filmmakers are much maturer and more creative than their predecessors, they are eager to show the good stories which with  of Chinese culture, concepts and thoughts to the world. Lots of young directors take their low cost movies to some international film festivals and impressed the audience.