Author(s)

JingRu Wei 

Affiliation(s)

Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao Special Administrative Region 999078, China.

Corresponding Author

JingRu Wei 

ABSTRACT

As a unique genre of Chinese cinema, opera films have always undertaken the mission of inheriting traditional Chinese culture. Since the new century, the explosive development of digital technology has broken its rigid paradigm of "stage recording" and promoted media reconstruction and aesthetic transformation. This article explores the paths of technological innovation in opera films from three dimensions: technological aesthetics, the integration of 3D/VR/XR technologies, and image empowerment with technological breakthroughs. The findings show that digital technology not only reconstructs the spatial, soundscape and narrative logic of opera, but also revolutionizes the production process, audience-performer relationship and communication field through in-depth integration with emerging technologies. The essence of technological innovation lies in the self-adaptation and proactive evolution of traditional culture in the digital age, with its core being to uphold the ontological aesthetics of opera, find a precise balance between technological rationality and artistic sensibility, and ultimately help opera art achieve creative transformation and innovative development in the contemporary context.

KEYWORDS

Opera films; Digital technology; Technological innovation; Innovative development

CITE THIS PAPER

JingRu Wei. Technological innovation in Chinese opera films since the new century. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2025, 3(8): 21-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3200.

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