周剑云与《电影讲义》:对中国“影戏”理论的再认识

Zhou Jianyun and Film Handouts:Revisiting Chinese“Shadow Play”Theories

1924年,由周剑云主导的昌明电影函授学校成立,《电影讲义》作为该学校的教材,历时4年写作出版,系统地介绍了当时最为前沿的电影创作的观念,并融入了大量的关于“影戏”的创作理念。因此,对它的考察不仅能够深入地理解中国早期电影人的“影戏”观,也能体会到他们筚路蓝缕的从业精神。通过对《电影讲义》历史生成的梳理,可阐述“影戏”理论与中国现代进程中文化资源之间的借鉴关系。同时,在这部早期影戏从业者的专业教材对“影戏”理念的概论、编剧、导演、摄影研究中,体现出中国电影传统美学对当下重建中国电影文化的现实意义。

Chang Ming Film Correspondence School,led by Zhou Jianyun,was established in 1924.Four years later,Film Handouts was published on the basis of the teaching handouts of the school.It not only systematically introduced the newest concepts about film creation at that time,but also incorporated many theories about the creation of“drama play”.In this regard,researches into Film Handouts will reveal more about“drama play”theories held by early Chinese film producers and their devotion to the film cause in the face of all difficulties.A historical review of how Film Handouts was created and compiled tells the relationship of mutual reference between“drama play”theories and cultural resources in the process of China’s modernization.Meanwhile,as a profession textbook for early drama play practitioners with well-presented parts like introductions,playwright,direction and photograph,Film Handouts reveals the realistic significance of Chinese traditional cinematic aesthetics on rebuilding Chinese cinematic culture.