From stage to screen : the legacy of traditional Chinese theatre in Chinese martial arts cinema soundtracks / Shuang Wang.
Wang, Shuang, author.
2023
ML2075
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Title
From stage to screen : the legacy of traditional Chinese theatre in Chinese martial arts cinema soundtracks / Shuang Wang.
Author
Wang, Shuang, author.
ISBN
9789811970375 (electronic bk.)
9811970378 (electronic bk.)
981197036X
9789811970368
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7037-5
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 161 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-7037-5 doi
Call Number
ML2075
Dewey Decimal Classification
781.5/42
Summary
Chinese martial arts cinema is held to be a synthesis drawing on artistic conventions of traditional Chinese theatre. Film sound and music perform as the legitimate heirs of some of the aesthetic ideas and norms of traditional Chinese theatre. This book critically examines the history of this under-explored field of inquiry from a theoretically comparative perspective, demonstrating that the musical codes drawn from traditional theatre are a constantly changing component integral to Chinese martial arts cinema. It explores the interaction between traditional Chinese theatre and Chinese martial arts cinema in how the musical codes of the former have shaped the aesthetics of the latter uniquely. This departs from conventional existing studies that focus on adaptation. The books historical and theoretical approach connects film, theatre and music, and re-defines the status of distinctive domains of filmic expression, grounding theatre as the pivot or hinge of film aesthetics. The book proffers this unique angle of research to rethink and re-imagine film sound and audiovisual synchronisation. Primarily intended for scholars in Chinese cinema, film music, Chinese theatre and visual culture, this monograph also presents introductory and comprehensive material for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in film and media studies, film music, Chinese cinema, and Chinese theatre.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
Abstract
Where Sounds Fail, Opera Starts...
Interdisciplinary Approaches in Chinese Cinema Studies
Chapter Divisions
Conclusion
References
2 Musicking the Chinese Martial Arts Cinema
Abstract
The Establishment of "Silent Screen Opera"
Peking Opera and Its Hybridization with Hong Kong's Martial Arts Cinema
The "New Wuxia Century" Movement and the Influence of Peking Opera
References
3 Operatic Film Songs and Cross-Media Composing in Cantonese Martial Arts Cinema
Abstract

Introduction
King Hu as the "Auteur"
The Blurred Distinction-Narrative Versus Additive
Musicking the Buddhist Philosophy
Journeying as Redemption, Body as Allegory
The Thieves' Journey to the Dead End
Qiu Ming: The Incarnation of Xia
Buddhist Salvation and Musically Glorified Body
Conclusion
References
6 Operatic Tradition and Its Transnational Refashioning: A Case Study of The Banquet (2006)
Abstract
Introduction
The Bamboo Forest: Audiovisual Magic and Romanticized Violence
Music as an Expression of Slow Motion
Hearing Suspense

The Climactic Fighting
The Operatic Design of Percussive Sound
Contextualized Non-diegetic Percussive Sound
Conclusion
References
Epilogue
References

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