Theory of the Filmic: Classical Interpretation of Chinese Film Aesthetics

Leilei Jia

doi:10.1515/jcfs-2023-0013

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Theory of the Filmic: Classical Interpretation of Chinese Film Aesthetics

Leilei Jia
Leilei Jia is the former associate dean of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and serves as a researcher and doctoral supervisor. He is a doctor of theater, film and television literature. He also serves as the director of the Research Department of Chinese Film Schools of Beijing Film Academy of Shanghai University, and he is a member of the Film Censorship Commission of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television. Leilei Jia was the associate director of Film and Television Research Institute, the dean of the Film and Television Department of the Graduate School, the director of the Research Center of Cultural Development Strategy, and the deputy dean of Chinese National Academy of Arts.

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From the journal Journal of Chinese Film Studies Volume 3 Issue 1

Abstract

When linking Chinese film theory with traditional Chinese aesthetics, it is worth considering that the core categories of ancient Chinese aesthetics ought to be incorporated into a film paradigm that includes the meaning of film itself and it should not just be the way of transplanting the concepts of ancient Chinese literature directly into the system of film theory, for example, introducing the concepts of poetry, painting and opera directly into the evaluation system of films. For this reason, the author expects to establish a core concept in Chinese film aesthetics as an aesthetic category that may be considered to be parallel to the poetic, the pictorial and the calligraphic: this concept is named ‘the Filmic’.

Keywords: Chinese film; film aesthetics; the Filmic

Corresponding author: Leilei Jia, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Beijing, China, E-mail: jialeilei1008@126.com

Translated by Tingyu Xiao, Communication University of China, Beijing, China.

About the author

Leilei Jia

Leilei Jia is the former associate dean of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and serves as a researcher and doctoral supervisor. He is a doctor of theater, film and television literature. He also serves as the director of the Research Department of Chinese Film Schools of Beijing Film Academy of Shanghai University, and he is a member of the Film Censorship Commission of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television. Leilei Jia was the associate director of Film and Television Research Institute, the dean of the Film and Television Department of the Graduate School, the director of the Research Center of Cultural Development Strategy, and the deputy dean of Chinese National Academy of Arts.

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Keywords for this article

Chinese film; film aesthetics; the Filmic