As a medium with powerful cross-cultural communication capabilities, science fiction films play a crucial role in constructing national images and conveying cultural values. This study, through the annotation, collection, and analysis of visual, auditory, and linguistic modal elements in the films The Wandering Earth II and Interstellar, aims to explore how Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth II and American science fiction film Interstellar utilize visual, auditory, and linguistic modalities to construct distinct national images. The study demonstrates that through carefully designed visual modes (such as scene settings, character images, and color usage), auditory modes (including music, sound effects, and language), and linguistic modes (such as lines), the two films respectively construct distinct national images for China and the United States. The synergistic interaction of these modalities not only strengthens the communication of a nation's technological prowess, cultural confidence, and social values but also presents the world with a renewed national image.

Multimodal;The Wandering EarthⅡ ;Interstellar;National image

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.62639/sspjiss27.20250203

Published： 2025