英文毕业论文西方电影中人物语言对人物性格塑造的影响.docx

英文毕业论文西方电影中人物语言对人物性格塑造的影响.docx

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英文毕业论文西方电影中人物语言对人物性格塑造的影响

摘要

自电影这门艺术形式问世以来,不少杰出的导演为观众打造了一部又一部精彩的电影，塑造了一个又一个生动的电影人物。

这些电影之所以深深地打动了观众的心，是因为成功地塑造了一个又一个性格鲜明的银幕人物形象。

而话语又是人物塑造的关键。

因此，从语言学角度，结合社会语言学在人际交往方面的论述等，对电影人物对白进行分析，探索话语分析与电影人物的表现之间的关系，从而以此来探询人物语言对电影中人物性格塑造的影响。

关键词：

西方电影；人物性格；人物语言；影响

Abstract

Frommoviebirthuntiltoday,manyoutstandingdirectorshavecreatedmanybrilliantmoviesforaudience.Thereasonwhythesefilmscandeeplytouchedtheheartsoftheaudienceisthatfilmhavesucceedinshapingmanyvividfilmcharacters.Thediscourseisthekeyoftheshapingofthecharacter’sfigure.Inaddition,fromthelinguisticpointofviewandanalyzecharacters’dialogue,toexploretheperformanceofthefilmcharactersandtherelationshipbetweencharactersandlanguage.Andtheaimistostudytheimpactoflanguagecharacter’snature.Thisarticleattemptstoexplore.

Keywords:

westernfilm;character’snature;characterlanguage;impact

Contents

4.2.1Seriouslanguagestyle............................................................................104.2.2Comicallanguagestyle.................................................................................114.2.3Pithylanguagestyle..................................................................................124.2.4Tactfullanguagestyle...................................................................................13

4.4Theimportanceofcharacterlanguage...................................................................15

1Introduction

Generallyspeaking,thecharacterizationisreflectedbythelanguageofthepeopleinthefilm.Thekindoflanguageistheappearanceofthekindofpersonality.Butfilmisdifferentfromit:

onlythroughthelanguageandactionsofthecharactertheaudiencecanknowwhatkindofthecharacterinthemovieis,soisthereverse.Therefore，thispaper,figuresfromthemovietostartwiththelanguageofthecharactersexplorelanguageshapetheimpact.Thearticlelistedaconsiderablenumberofclassicmoviedialogueforanalysisanddialoguewillbedifferenttypesofclassificationinordertobetterconclusions.FinallyIcanrefinemypointofview.Throughthisresearch,IhopetogainadeeperunderstandingofWesternfilmsintheimplicationSignificance.

2TheFormationofCharacterLanguageintheFilm

Language,asweallknowisahuman-specifictools,itisusedtoexpressspecificsymbolsorafewrelativelyfixedmeaning.Withthepassageoftime,theprogressofsociety,thetypeandformoflanguagehasbeenincreasing.Forexample,wehavelivinglanguage,writtenlanguage,officiallanguage,stagelanguageandmovielanguagewhichwewanttodiscussion.

Fromaprofessionalpointofview,movielanguageisaspeciallanguageartswhichtounderstandandreflecttheobjectiveworld,transmissionofthefeeling.SuchastheaffectionbySpielbergandhistoricaldetailsofKurosawaAkira.Butnow,wewilltalkaboutwesternmovielanguagewhichisjustmeansthewordsbycharacterinthewesternfilm.

Sinceitisthewordsbycharacter,soweshouldknowwherethosewordscomefrom.Inotherwordsishowcharacterlanguageinthefilmbeformed.AndthenIwillbedividedintothreeaspectstoexplaintheformationofmovielanguage.

2.1Thefundamentofmovielanguage——reallifeinwesterndevelopedcountries

Sincethebirthofthecapitalistmodeofproduction,capitalismbegantoaffecttheworld.Capitalistcountrieshaveestablishedandtheestablishmentofthecapitalistsystemhaschangedthewholeworldineverywhereall.Initially,applicationofthesteamengineledtotherapiddevelopmentoftheindustry,sothatthecapitalisteconomyhasbecomedominatedaroundtheworld.Thendevelopmentofprinting,inventionofgramophone,andemergenceofmoviesandsoon,ledtocapitalistculturebecamefashionableallovertheworld.Eventoday,despitethesocialistcountrylikeus,butitisundeniablethatcapitalismisstillthemainimpactofthisworld!

Capitalismwasbornforseveralcenturiesandinthecapitalistcountries（thedevelopedwesterncountries）,ithasformedauniquewayoflife,includingtheirlanguage.Peopleinwesterndevelopedcountries,thewesterneducation,political,cultureandsoonconstitutetheirreallife.Inthislife,peoplewillbegraduallydevelopedintoauniquelanguage.Ofcourse,thislanguageisnotanewtypeoflanguageornewlanguagenorm,butthelanguagebythecommunityenvironmentalimpact.

Thesourcesofmovielanguagearenotbaseless,butrefinedinlife.Nolifenomovies,alsonolifelanguagenomovielanguage!

Whateverthenatureofthecountryis,thefundamentalsourceofmovielanguageisourlife.Therefore,thefundamentalofmovielanguageistherealityoflifeinthedevelopedwesterncountries!

2.2ThetonefordifferenttypesofmovielanguagesettledbytheScriptwriterandscript

Thescriptisthebasisofafilm,orthedrawingsofthefilm.Sothefilmcomesfromthescript.Agoodscriptcancreateagreatfilm.Ofcourse,agoodscriptisnotjustmeansthegrandscene,deephistoricalbackground,andcomplexcharactersrelations.Evenifitisaprosaicscript,aslongastotellastorybyheart,wealsocouldsaythisisagoodscript!

Screenwriteristhesoulofascript.Noscriptwriternoscript!

Havejustsaid,evenifitisaprosaicscript,aslongastotellastorybyheart,wealsocouldsaythisisagoodscript.Thepersonwhotellsthestorybyheartisthescriptwriter.

Withthescriptandthescriptwriter,themaincontentsofafilmwillbestructuresup,whichalsoincludethecharacterlanguageinthefilm.Characterlanguageinthefilmofthescript,calledlines.Linesaredifferentfromwrittenlanguage,butalifeoflanguage.Itistheneedforbytheactor.Lifelanguageisalsoinseparablefromthelanguagesofexpressionandrhetoricscopeoflinguistics.Somovielanguageisastandardizedlanguage.

Thefilmalsohasmanytypes.Evenasamestorywhichuseonetypeoffilmtoshoot,itcanbeformedseveraldifferentscripts.Inotherwords,accordingtothedifferenttypesofmovies,scriptwritershouldwritedifferenttypesofmovielanguage.Forexample,toshootastoryintoacomedy,scriptwritershouldmakecharacterlanguageveryrichsenseofhumor.Thisisthereasonwhyscriptwriterandscriptcansetthetonefordifferenttypesofmovielanguage.

2.3Theimportanceofperformancebyactoronmakingtheirwordsrichanddeep

Asweallknows,thewell-knownAmericanOscarawardsforthegreatestconcernisthebestactoraward.Thiscanadequateprovedtheimportanceofactorinthefilm!

Whyagoodactororamoviestarcanmakefilmhyperchromicmany?

Ofcourse,herewedon’ttalkaboutthereasonsforeconomics.Thisisbecausegoodactorormoviestarwithagoodqualityofperformancescandepicteveryaspectofcharactersinthefilmbetterandmakemoviecharactersreductionofthescriptbetter,evenbeyondthescript!

Actorinthefilmperformancecanbesummedupastwoaspects:

Firstislimbmovements,andsecondislanguage.EarlyfilmssuchasCharlieChaplin'sfilmsaresilent,limbmovementsbecometheonlymeansofthemethod.Withtheemergenceofmovieswithsound,andtheimportanceoflanguagewillrevealtheplan.

Filmlanguageisdirectlyfromthecreationofthescriptbyscriptwriter,sotheactors’performanceshouldbeontheneedtoshowthescript.Andactorperformingisonthequalityofthescripttobeaffectingthecontentofexpression.Actorsintheperformancesarenotjustfluentinaccordancewiththescriptof,butneedtoplay.Foragoodactorwhograspthelanguagewillbeveryaccurate,andthatistosayhecanplaybetter,canmakelanguagebeenrichedanddeepened!

3TheProcessofShapingCharacter’sNature

Thecharacteriscomplex,buthasitsbasiccharacteristicsofthemoreprominent.Tocreateagoodimageofcharactermustbeabletoadheretothesebasiccharacteristics.Forexample,tocreateaheroicfigure:

Firstofall,hisbraveisoneofthebasiccharacteristics,thenwewilljointheuniquecharacteristics.Atlast,afterenrichthelimbmovementandlanguage;wewillseeavividhero.

Ijustsimplytalkedabouttheprocessofshapingapersonality.Ifreallywanttocreatecharacter’snatureforgood,weneedtofrommanysidestobestudied.Next,Iwillbestartfromtwospecificaspectstodiscusshowcharacter’snaturebeformedinthefilm.

3.1Thecharacter’snaturestereotypedbythescripts

Wehavesaidthatscriptcansetthetoneforthelanguageinthefilm,andscriptforthecharacterscanbestereotypestoo.Isawidevarietyofcharacter’snature,eachhasauniquepersonalityofeachindividual.Filmfromthelifeandthecharactersinthefilmcomefromlifetoo.Soscriptmustbeabletoportrayanimageofvividcharacters.Suchcharacterizationisnotjustasimpledescription;itisjustlikeinthenovel,buttouseadetaileddescriptionofmovementandlanguagetoportraycharacters.

Inthescreen,wecanseeallkindsofpeople;thesepeoplearenoteasilyarising,butattherequestofthescriptbyarise.Peopleoutinthescriptforthechoicemustbebasedontheplotofthestory.Forexample,toheightenprotagonistimageoftheheroic,strugglingwiththebadguysandbadguysbesubdued.Whentheyareintheirbattleforthecriticalmoment,wecan’tarrangethepolicesuddenlyappeared.Butinordertorealizethelegalcommunity,thepolicewillhavetoappearafterthebadguysaresubdued.Italkaboutthecharacterscomeonthestageisnotunrelatedtoshapewithcharacter’snature,buttheyaredirectlyrelated.Becausethefiguresinthecharacterinafilmareshownbyclearitisverydifficult.Therefore,onlyadhere