By reviewing the contemporary films produced in the East and West, the author of this thesis makes a comparative study of monster image in horror films between the two worlds, and reveals the truth that monster image ...By reviewing the contemporary films produced in the East and West, the author of this thesis makes a comparative study of monster image in horror films between the two worlds, and reveals the truth that monster image has been gradually transformed into convergence with the impact of modern computer-generated technology although the distinction of their respective cultural identities are still there. This shifting phenomenon also accounts for the influence of Internet technology and economic globalization on filmdom.展开更多
As an iconic historical character,Marie Antoinette as the Queen was loved and hated by the French people.She experienced a period of great prosperity during a revolutionary time in France.In this paper,we are going to...As an iconic historical character,Marie Antoinette as the Queen was loved and hated by the French people.She experienced a period of great prosperity during a revolutionary time in France.In this paper,we are going to explore how Marie Antoinette was painted in the eighteenth century and study the power dynamic within her court life.However,the portrait art can only depicts people on the outside,no matter how vivid the portrait painted.Sofia Coppola,the American film director,made a film which gives us a new impression of Marie Antoinette from the inside out.展开更多
By exploring the Gothic idea of non - organic vitality in the film The Silence of the Lambs(1991),and via the techniques of camera shots,this paper makes a probe into the important functions and various effects of the...By exploring the Gothic idea of non - organic vitality in the film The Silence of the Lambs(1991),and via the techniques of camera shots,this paper makes a probe into the important functions and various effects of the Gothic elements on the characters,plots,setting,psychological state of the hero and heroine and the ending of the story in order to demonstrate the powers harnessed by the Gothic woman within the genre.展开更多
文摘By reviewing the contemporary films produced in the East and West, the author of this thesis makes a comparative study of monster image in horror films between the two worlds, and reveals the truth that monster image has been gradually transformed into convergence with the impact of modern computer-generated technology although the distinction of their respective cultural identities are still there. This shifting phenomenon also accounts for the influence of Internet technology and economic globalization on filmdom.
文摘As an iconic historical character,Marie Antoinette as the Queen was loved and hated by the French people.She experienced a period of great prosperity during a revolutionary time in France.In this paper,we are going to explore how Marie Antoinette was painted in the eighteenth century and study the power dynamic within her court life.However,the portrait art can only depicts people on the outside,no matter how vivid the portrait painted.Sofia Coppola,the American film director,made a film which gives us a new impression of Marie Antoinette from the inside out.
文摘By exploring the Gothic idea of non - organic vitality in the film The Silence of the Lambs(1991),and via the techniques of camera shots,this paper makes a probe into the important functions and various effects of the Gothic elements on the characters,plots,setting,psychological state of the hero and heroine and the ending of the story in order to demonstrate the powers harnessed by the Gothic woman within the genre.
