Magazine-Format Documentary Seires Of Column Arrangement Are Research

Magazine—format documentary series, the elfevident is a TV program which usingformation of magazine and makes up from various columns. It was born in the United States.In1968, a TV program called60Minutes, which was established by Columbia BroadcastingCompany, had an enormous effect by then and was recognized as the ancestor ofMagazine—format documentary series in academia. In China, Magazine—formatdocumentary series was emerged on the revolution of television news in80’s. The firstMagazine—format documentary series was produced by Shanghai Channel in1987called the"IN THE NEWS". It has fixed columns, using the formation and let host to present. Later on,the CCTV and other TV stations produced their own Magazine—format documentary serieswhich were unique and various. As time goes by as well as the development of technology,TV news programs became more diverse. In the intense competition, only improve theformation of the program, satisfy the need of audiences and find the subject which audiencesinterested in could the program get the long-term development. So, it is significant to do aresearch on formation of magazine. Only through the research on Magazine—formatdocumentary series, could they make programs highlight the idea and diversify the content.CCTV NEWS Program broadcast in2003, and at the same year in May, CCTV presenteda new Magazine—format documentary series called News Weekly（used to called CHINAWEEKLY）. This program uses45minutes to summarize what happened in this week andintroduced most popular celebrities in this week. Since it broadcast for ten years, it alreadyhas its own characters and became a most popular TV News Program. This essay takesCCTV’s News Weekly as an example, using many cases to do a research onMagazine—format documentary series and trying to find some experiences on the NewsWeekly as well as could provide some data to the future programs.The article is divided into four parts, through the case studying of News Weekly,discussing the advantage of formation of Magazine—format documentary series, the designof columns, how to pick up the content of program and so on. The essay represents thatstory-style formation and using of montage make the success of programs. Simultaneously,the article points out the drawback of Magazine—format documentary series in the process ofdevelopment. At the end of article, it gives some advices to the development ofMagazine—format documentary series such as establish the awareness of the audience,choose the content which audiences interested in, make use of the resource of internet. And a good relationship between anchors and brand of program also plays a vital role in theproduction of programs.