From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI

Fang Cao

doi:10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786503.20260702

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From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI

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From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI
From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI
Communication University of Nanjing, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211172, China
2026年7卷第2期页码：16-19
纸质出版：2026-04-30
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786503.20260702
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Fang Cao. (2026). From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI. 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 7(2), 16-19.

Fang Cao.From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(02):16-19.
Fang Cao. (2026). From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI. 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 7(2), 16-19. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786503.20260702.

Fang Cao.From "Recording" to "Generating": The Reconstruction of Film Lens Aesthetics by Generative AI[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(02):16-19. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786503.20260702.

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Abstract

Generative AI subverts the traditional film aesthetic paradigm based on photographic indexicality through algorithmic image synthesis

realizing a paradigmatic shift from "recording reality" to "generating reality" in film creation. Starting from the perspective of film ontology

this paper analyzes the technical logic of generative AI's image generation and its impact on the traditional "myth of total cinema". By exploring the changes in film lens language in composition

movement

light and shadow

and montage under the intervention of generative AI

it reveals the triple reconstruction logic of AI film aesthetics: the ontological shift from photographic ontology to algorithmic generation theory

the subject migration from single human creator to human-AI hybrid subject

and the formal fission of lens language driven by technological affordance. Combined with practical cases such as Sora and Runway Gen-2

this paper also reflects on the crises of hyperreality and emotional defocus in AI-generated images

and puts forward the development prospect of human-AI collaborative creation

providing a new theoretical perspective for film aesthetic research in the AI era.

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