After listening to all the students’ presentations in class, I am very interested in Leo’s research topic, and what he said in his speech was very detailed. His topic is why recent fantasy movies are so pealing to audiences. Personally, I am interested in fantasy movies, and I have seen a lot of fantasy movies, such as Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and so on. So I think I have some ideas of my own about this topic.
Leo’s speech mainly explained three reasons for the popularity of fantasy movies. One is that fantasy movies often have exciting, attractive, and suspense story plots. The second is the realistic and immersive special effects brought by modern technology. Finally, the third reason is to use the right camera position and Angle to capture a better picture of the film, so that the film is closer to the picture and effect that the audience expected.
In addition to these three reasons he mentioned in his speech, I think the reason why fantasy movies are so popular can also be analyzed from the perspective of the audience’s psychology. In my opinion, one of the important reasons why fantasy movies are popular is that most people’s daily life is dull, while the plot of fantasy movies is indeed colorful. With the help of special effects technology, the protagonists of fantasy movies can do things that are absolutely impossible for people to do in real life. Fantasy movies have their own unique world outlook. They propose new solutions to the problems and puzzles in people’s lives and let the audience get emotional catharsis in their self-generated imagination. Moreover, in recent years, female audiences have made up an increasing proportion of the film audience. Looking at the fantasy films in recent years, we can see that more and more films take female characters as the main roles, such as Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, and so on. At the same time, female characters in fantasy movies are often extremely powerful, which allows women to break through the limitations of reality and get satisfaction from female characters in movies. This expands the original audience base, which is the reason why fantasy films have a wider audience.
In general, I think this is a very interesting research topic, and I think the three reasons mentioned by Leo in his speech are indeed the main reasons for the popularity of fantasy movies. At the same time, he can also analyze the reasons for the popularity of fantasy movies from the perspective of audience psychology.