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HIBISCUS TOWN

The film produced in the year of 1986 which based on the novel written by Ga Hua. The film critically defined as one of the classic cinematic approaches and it has presented the standard behavior of the political agenda. It has put forward the victimization and humiliation in the small village where the salvation is termed as a culture. The film has focused on the changing nature of fate and has provided the revolution in the small town of China. It has filmed the humiliation of the humankind in the Chinese history. The Chinese disturbance period best presented in the movie.

It has provided the working and the experiences of the widow. It has provided the recognizable features of the political environment. The film has been featured and directed by the Xie Jin. He has shown the fortunes of some ordinary people in the film. The film still provided at the 17th minute of the film has been based on the set the telephoto shot provided. The super composition of the image presented with the collaboration of the tracking shot. In the shot, three people are talking in the interior room with a low angle providing the eye level of the audience (Ryan, 2013).

People are chatting, and the background has provided the exterior market at the low angle. In the shot female character seemed worried while talking to the other men in the shot. They are working and chatting while the person in the background the scene describes the nature of the working and the living style of the people around. The wall chalking outlines the ways of communication adopted in the Chinese culture at that time where people provided with the communication channel. The shot has provided the high level in the background. The camera in the shot is placed in horizontal order (Richard, 2001).

Next shot taken is in the second half of the film where the reverse angle shot is taken. The angle shows the background of the village and the cloudy around filled to present the feeling of the character. However, the Cultural Revolution in this village has provided through taking in view the surroundings of the area and the separated families. It has best featured the scenes of the low and high level of eyesight to towards the audience. The revolution has destroyed the hold if the churches in eth society where people were exploited in the nature of aristocracy.

The super composition of the image presented with the collaboration of the tracking shot in the film. In the film the people are talking about the interior and exterior rooms with a low angle providing the eye level of the audience. The camera is used to describe the feelings of feudal and the ordinary people as peasants. It has turned into a masterpiece and slightly presented the human draw experience by this structure. It has promoted the political development and the belief through the camera lens (Hayford, 2003).

Work Cited

Andrew K. 1996. In Hibiscus Town the Party Secretary is a woman, implying a choice to de-gender the power relation. 21, “Anti-Maoist Gender: Hibiscus Town’s Naturalization of a Dengist Sex/Gender/Kinship System,” Asian Cinema 8.2 (Winter 1996-97): 66-75.

Hayford., C. W. 2003. Xie Jin’s hibiscus town: revolution, love and bean curd.

Ryan., X. H.G. 2013. Interpretation, film language and tourist destinations: A case study f hibiscus town, china. Volume, 42. PP: 334-358.

Richard., M. 2001. "Confucian Conceptions of Civil Society," in Simone Chambers and Will Kymlicka, 22 ed., Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001), pp. 190- 204