The Importance Of Fieldwork

With the leap-forward development of the new media,the creation of the documentary also burst into the period of prosperity.Although the documentary film industry is developing rapidly,there are still many problems such as some of the films' content is lacking logic,characters are not having an independent personality,and the quality of is substandard.To avoid these problems,at the beginning of creating the documentary film,workers should have a serious,responsible,pragmatic attitude.This paper takes the documentary "The Pursuit of Divine Deity" as an example to shows the advantages of fieldwork in the previous research and actual shooting progress.Combining the advantages of fieldwork with documentary film creation,this way not only guarantee the true features of the documentary but also dig out the characterization in more ways and more angles.Moreover,in the process of filming,documentary workers could also trace to its source,and create more meaningful and valuable stories.Furthermore,according to the method of fieldwork,documentary film workers can establish more intimate and friendly relationships with the person who are filmed,it will help and promote the success of documentary film making.