After various explorations by film artists from various countries in the 1920s, in the late silent film era,filmIt has gradually matured and started to have its own means of expression system.After sound entered the film, the means of expression of the film became more abundant.Language (dialoguemonologueThe use of music and sound helps to express people's complex thoughts and inner world. However, the emphasis on language means and actors' performance factors is bound to make sound films (especially early sound films) rely too much on theatrical practices. Therefore, some people believe that the 1930s and 1940s were "the boom period of drama films".
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The so-called traditional film, of course, is not completely equivalent to the drama film. Its basic characteristics can be summarized as follows:
1. Follow the tradition, that is, after a considerable period of accumulation, the established film rules;
2. The film structure principle based on the dramatic conflict law.The structural elements of the beginning, entanglement, development, climax, and ending are valued (for example, American literary theorist Lawson believes that the difference between film and drama lies in the free transformation of time and space, the parallel development of action, and the approaching of the camera to the characters. To sum up, it requires attention to play when drama conflicts occurCine cameraSports ability);
4. The characters are "good" and "evil", and the positive and negative characters are strictly divided;
5. In terms of the relationship with the audience, it is often the film author who makes the thought conclusion on behalf of the audience, so there is little room for the audience to think for themselves.After entering the modern film period, some parts of the traditional film concept were impacted, but its reasonable core remained and developed at a new height.
