Expansion of the Research Path of Chinese Film Theory in the Digital Age

In the era of globalization and digital culture marked by the Internet, big data, cloud computing, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, etc., technological revolution and media innovation have prompted the development of current film theory to turn to the focus on ontology again, and rethink "What are the movies of the digital era?" and "What might the movie become?". At the same time, the digital age has also brought about a shift in the paradigm of film research, recognizing the characteristics and advantages of films in the digital age from the perspective of the evolution of the film itself, combining new paths of film research methods, and exploring new possibilities and values for the development of Chinese film. It is expected that film theory can form a new interactive relationship with film creation in the digital era and play a leading role of theory so as to build benign film ecology.