Regarding Shanghai’s cultural and historical background in the 1930s, it unfolded a booming picture scroll of Chinese film industry development. Initiated by the demand for entertainment and leisure, the film industry has risen rapidly in China and become a new avant-garde fashion feature in people’s life. Meanwhile, movie theaters are also mushrooming in this dynamic soil. When Chinese film was born, it faced Hollywood as a competitor who monopoly and dominated the film industry. Also, the filmmaking conditions were under utmost poverty with the lack of creative freedom. China’s film industry has been playing catch-up with all efforts, for instance, purchasing first-run theaters or forming a chain of companies to improve the theatre’s Chinese movie audience rate to promote the Chinese cinematic industry. In addition, the Chinese film industry also learned critically rather than copying Hollywood mode. For instance, Chinese movie stars emphasize more fashionable femininity rather than the strident sexuality of Hollywood stars. For the creation of the movie, Chinese film also combined Chinese tradition with the film, and the teahouse was one example with unique Chinese features.
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Name: Zhang Tianhao
You have analyzed different aspects of the Chinese filmmaking and film markets with sufficient contextual understanding. Good work. It will be great if you can provide concrete examples, for example, any actual films produced that features Chinese tradition or fashionable feminity?