Research into my World Cinema project.

So, this is my first blog looking in depth at World Cinema. Ive got to say before hand, I'm upset at leaving the topic of New Media technology. I really enjoyed this topic. However in the same sort of way i know i will enjoy the A2 level study, i am about to commence. World cinema has always been a very fascinating area to me, as i have always liked Martial Arts and Traditional oriental films. The styles and portrayal of the culture has always been interesting to me. More so, probably now than ever due to the sheer size and boom in the industry. I am even going on a trip to China in February, to discover more about the mysterious culture of oriental china. So it almost seems appropriate that my area of study will be world cinema, more so how the styles of combat reflected in the oriental films have been copied and used by western films. However its not just China that my study will be on, its Also Japan and other oriental areas such as Thai Land too. Martial arts films have become increasingly popular recently especially with the use of special effects in western films. We see such films as "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and others such as "Curse of the golden flower" have set a benchmark for modern chinese films but i will also be comparing the impact on western film from such films as Thailand's "Ong-Bak" films. Which i also enjoyed mabye even more than Chinese and Japanese films that have huge financial backing. Overall this project for me will be about comparing Western and Oriental film and seeing how one affects the other. Martial Arts such as Karate, Kung-fu, ju-jitsu, Tai-Kwon-do, judo and even to more degree now Muay Thai and how they affect western fight scenes in western movies. Movies like transporter starring Jason Stratham are showing distinctly Chines styles. People such as Mike Leigh in his films with Mike Pope doing cinematography which happens to be distinctly Japanese. Shots showing the whole room and everyone in it are Japanese in origin. How has the different styles of Shots etc also affected the shots used in Western cinema.
More to come soon.
Joe Carbonaro