Spatial Research on Tibetan Film Images --Taking the Works of Local Tibetan Directors in China Since the New Century as an Example
Abstract
Tibetan films, as a branch of Chinese national cinema, have produced many excellent works in recent years with the focus of film creators, and have made remarkable achievements in terms of filming techniques, artistic style, aesthetic value and film language, presenting a thriving scene in creation and dissemination. This paper explains the establishment of the external image space of Tibetan films since the new century, the construction of the internal spiritual space of Tibetan films, and the aesthetic presentation of the image space of the “Tibetan New Wave”, analyses and summarizes the ethnic and cultural attributes of Tibetan-themed film creations in a specific geographic region as exemplified by director Pema Tseden, and enriches research on the image space of Tibetan themes. The analysis summarize the national cultural attributes of Tibetan-themed film creation in a specific geographical area, enriching the study of Tibetan-themed images.
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