Beijing Film Academy Yearbook 2016 (Book)

The Beijing Film Academy Yearbook is a collection of specially selected articles chosen from issues of the Journal of Beijing Film Academy. This volume collates articles published in the journal throughout 2016, and are translated for an English-speaking readership. Due to the increased academic focus on Chinese cinema, the Beijing Film Academy Yearbook project aims to contribute to this research with a first-hand perspective in order to narrow the gap for cross-culture scholarly dialogue.

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The Beijing Film Academy Yearbook is a collection of specially selected articles chosen from issues of the Journal of Beijing Film Academy. This volume collates articles published in the journal throughout 2016, and are translated for an English-speaking readership. Due to the increased academic focus on Chinese cinema, the Beijing Film Academy Yearbook project aims to contribute to this research with a first-hand perspective in order to narrow the gap for cross-culture scholarly dialogue.

The Journal of the Beijing Film Academy, founded in 1984, is edited by the Beijing Film Academy’s Department of Film Studies and is highly respected for showcasing the foremost research in Chinese cinema and film education.

 

Notes on Translation 

Preface

Chapter 1: Cai YuanPei’s Thoughts on Film Education 

Wu, YueQing; Li, Long

Chapter 2: Fifty Years of Film Directing Education

Xie, Fei

Chapter 3: Internet Literature and TV Drama: Brief Thoughts on the Emergence of a New Culture

Zhang, YiWu

Chapter 4: Between Heterotopias and Reality: Chinese Science Fiction Films in the 1980s and 1990s

Lin, Chao

Chapter 5: Binary Logic and Identity Dilemma of Chinese Sci-Fi Films through the Structuring of Narrative Space

Chen, YiShui

Chapter 6: The Psychological Resonance between the New Trends in Chinese Film-Making and the New Generation Audience

Zhou, Zhou

Chapter 7: Film Consumers as Both ‘God’ and ‘Creator’

Shi, WenXue

Chapter 8: ‘New Academicism’ Requires a Foundation of Academic Rationality to Adapt to New Environments

Zhong, DaFeng

Chapter 9: Twelve Years of Reform of Chinese Cinema

Wu, GuanPing

Notes on Contributors 

Journal of BFA Advisory and Editorial Board

Notes on Intellect China Library Series

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