Short-form dramas are rapidly occupying the global film and television market.In the current media context driven byalgorithms and the deep integration of audiovisual technologies,short-form dramas—with their fast-pa...Short-form dramas are rapidly occupying the global film and television market.In the current media context driven byalgorithms and the deep integration of audiovisual technologies,short-form dramas—with their fast-paced narratives andfragmented dissemination—constitute a new visual paradigm that structurally reshapes the traditional audiovisual ecosystem.Using Netflix’s Korean drama When the Phone Rings as a case study,this paper explores how short-form storytelling infiltrateslong-form narrative grammar in terms of textual structure,character development,and media logic,forming a multidimensionalpath of media collage and hybridized narration.In the pleasure-consumption mechanism shared by short dramas and shortvideos,platform algorithms and viewer psychology constitute a capital network of emotional circulation.Meanwhile,traditionallong-form dramas still exhibit irreplaceable cultural depth and reflective space through visual aesthetics and ethical storytelling.This paper advocates for a symbiotic model of audiovisual production based on the mutual embedding of long-and short-formnarratives,in order to resist the creative discipline and cultural homogenization induced by platform power.Amid the wave ofredefined viewing experiences,it becomes imperative to recalibrate the value coordinates of visual content between mediaefficiency and humanistic concern.展开更多
文摘Short-form dramas are rapidly occupying the global film and television market.In the current media context driven byalgorithms and the deep integration of audiovisual technologies,short-form dramas—with their fast-paced narratives andfragmented dissemination—constitute a new visual paradigm that structurally reshapes the traditional audiovisual ecosystem.Using Netflix’s Korean drama When the Phone Rings as a case study,this paper explores how short-form storytelling infiltrateslong-form narrative grammar in terms of textual structure,character development,and media logic,forming a multidimensionalpath of media collage and hybridized narration.In the pleasure-consumption mechanism shared by short dramas and shortvideos,platform algorithms and viewer psychology constitute a capital network of emotional circulation.Meanwhile,traditionallong-form dramas still exhibit irreplaceable cultural depth and reflective space through visual aesthetics and ethical storytelling.This paper advocates for a symbiotic model of audiovisual production based on the mutual embedding of long-and short-formnarratives,in order to resist the creative discipline and cultural homogenization induced by platform power.Amid the wave ofredefined viewing experiences,it becomes imperative to recalibrate the value coordinates of visual content between mediaefficiency and humanistic concern.
