视觉叙事理论框架下中国城市的海外形象建构—以深圳国际宣传片《深圳最深处》和彭博社《Welcome to Shenzhen》为例
Construction on Overseas Image of Chinese Cities Through Visual Narrative Theory —A Case Study of Shenzhen International Advertising “The Deepest Shenzhen” and Bloomberg’s “Welcome to Shenzhen”
City promotional films play a crucial role in establishing city image. This paper selects some shots from Shenzhen’s overseas city image promotional films, and based on visual narrative theory, conducts a visual discourse analysis of the videos from the three aspects of reproduction meaning, interaction meaning and compositional meaning. Meanwhile, the paper analyzes the characteristics and functions of various elements in the images as well as the interactions among the various elements, aiming to improve the quality of the city promotional video, so as to better shape and optimize Shenzhen’s overseas city image.