Why are movies that reflect social realities so popular?

Hello friends of Zhihu, I am the director Wen Muye. I am very happy to communicate with my friends through Zhihu movies. I am also very grateful for the honorary title of 2022 Zhihu Filmmaker of the Year. Thank you for your recognition.
What I understand is that realistic-themed movies will be closer to the audience, and most of the realistic-themed movies are closely related to the audience, whether it is the texture of the movie, or the realistic meaning and emotions expressed in the movie, reducing the The audience’s understanding cost can also resonate well with a group of the public.
In terms of specific analysis, I think it can be roughly divided into three levels. First, the first level is the core expressed by realistic-themed films, which must be close to the public’s emotions; Make it clear; the last is a sense of material outside the film. In the entire production of the film, there cannot be any link that is divorced from reality; these three things are what I think can constitute a realistic texture that is familiar to the audience; for example, “I In terms of the subject matter, “Not the God of Medicine” describes the three elements of “birth”, “sickness” and “death” in the life of ordinary people, so that the film story it shows will be far from the audience. It is very close, which allows the audience to better embody emotions; when filming “I’m Not the God of Medicine”, I used some handheld photography techniques, and I also hired a lot of non-professional actors, so that the presentation of the film can be “grounded”. “Qi” can be “very realistic”; including our entire preliminary preparation, in order to strengthen the sense of reality and create a “body sense” closer to our real life for the audience, our art department has also done a lot of surveys and interviews. Let the actors’ costumes and shapes fully create the feeling of “people around” the audience; in terms of photography, some location surveys and some detailed shooting angles are also hoped to be as close to reality as possible from the material, so that you can While being as close to reality as possible, then artistically process the film.
I think the integration of the above three levels, the texture formed can make it easier for the audience to enter the story of the film, and it is easier to feel the main idea expressed by the core of the story, which is why movies that reflect realistic themes are popular. Reason for welcome.

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