Coexistence of Drama and Film: Cross-media Translation and Remediated Expression of Spatial and Temporal Processing in HD Drama's Film
The domestic "dual-performance integration" model of offline exhibitions and online broadcasting of drama works has become an important development trend in the cross-media creation of "coexistence of drama and film" between stage art and film/television art, forming classification forms such as spoken drama film, opera film, opera film, dance drama film, and physical theatre film. Among them, the media change from stage to screen has led to the cross-media translation and remediated expression of the work's time and space. In particular, the narrative time of online images has shown stylistic changes of omission, freeze-frame, and duration, and the narrative space has shown visual reorganization of deconstruction, reconstruction, and puzzle-like patterns. This plays an important role in breaking the formal style of original stage works and reshaping a new "interesting visual form". This article cuts in from the spatial and temporal processing of HD drama films, reflects on the changes in narrative time and space and stylistic innovation in cross-media creation, and seeks the remediated generation path for the modern creation of traditional stage art.
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