Author(s)

Tianrun Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Art, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China

Corresponding Author

Tianrun Zhang

ABSTRACT

Creation of The Gods Ⅰ: Kingdom of Storms not only inherits the genre style of traditional supernatural films, but also achieves an innovation in its film aesthetics on this basis. In terms of narrative strategy, it simplifies the story based on the traditional supernatural novel "Investiture of the Gods" and incorporates contemporary visual perspectives to present the ancient Chinese mythological imagination in the form of a trilogy. It continues the intertextual tradition between supernatural films and classical literature, and tells the story in a narrative style that is more acceptable to contemporary audiences, laying the foundation for the film "Creation of The Gods Ⅰ: Kingdom of Storms" to go global. In terms of industrialized film production, there are also innovative strategies in film space aesthetics and audio-visual effects, so as to better showcase the charm of traditional Chinese culture through visual language.

KEYWORDS

Supernatural Films, Film Genres, Aesthetic Mechanisms, Cultural Connotations, External Dissemination

CITE THIS PAPER

Tianrun Zhang, Research on the International Dissemination Paths of Chinese Characteristic Genre Films—Taking the Film "Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms" as an Example. Media and Communication Research (2025) Vol. 6: 88-92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/mediacr.2025.060314.

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