Sino-Western Film Co-Productions: Challenges and Opportunities
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2024-03
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Asia Institute
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© 2024 Siqian Tu
Abstract
In an era of ever-increasing global collaboration, international film co-production has become the norm. Despite China’s growing efforts to develop cross-regional and international film projects, very few have yielded satisfactory results. Furthermore, scholarly efforts on this topic have been confined to outlooks on the entire industry and have been limited in number. Studies to scrutinise the co-production process and unveil its challenges are missing.
A systematic approach to analyse international film co-production is needed. Drawing from the theoretical tools of translation studies and descriptive adaptation studies, the project employs a textual analysis with a hermeneutic approach, examining four cases of Sino-Western film co-productions to decipher the dynamics at play during international filmmaking. An analytical model is constructed to decode the filmmaking process and to expound the contributing factors. The model is composed of two parts: a descriptive component that aims to examine the production process through identifying adaptation shifts, and an interpretive mode that elaborates on the decisions of the filmmakers. Theoretical insights from media studies, cultural studies, and political studies are also involved to better understand the influences during the production of Sino-Western films.
This project contributes to the current realm of knowledge in two ways. Firstly, the proposed framework not only enriches the academic fields of translation and adaptation, but also holds potential value for the scholarly disciplines of media studies, film studies, and policy studies. Secondly, the analytical framework reveals the challenges and potential opportunities that exist within the Sino-Western film co-production industry. The proposed model contributes to a systematic study of filmmaking products and processes and provides a better understanding of the cultural production process. Overall, this research enriches translation studies and descriptive adaptation studies and holds implications for future Sino-Foreign films.
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film studies, Chinese studies, media studies, translation studies, adaptation studies, policy studies