Small Thumb Monkey Large World Reflections

Thumb Monkeys is a kind of traditional handicraft art with typical Peking style,which is also one of intangible culture heritage.It originated from the years of Emperor Dao guang,Qing Dynasty.With time flying,the craftsmanship has vanished for quite a long time.Such craft art has fade out of sight of the public as less people can master these skills and techniques.The documentary Preserving Thumb monkey is telling a story about the artisan –Sun Huai zhong.As a successor of this handicraft,he is firmly keeping the principle of inheritance and creativity in his mind and devoting himself to the career of improving the art level of Thumb Monkeys as times request.On the basis of traditional workmanship,Sun Huai zhong creates a new fusion art form,Rapping Thumb Monkeys,inspired by our daily life.This thesis is about to analyze the cultural and image value of this documentary,the theme,shooting features,visual design of this topic to elaborate the innovation point and shortage of this TV works to make more people learn these traditional art work and the inheritors’ backstory.Firstly,analyzing the meaning of the title which including the profound implication of this documentary.Secondly,analysis of narrative strategy,character creation from the theme of this documentary can understand this documentary from different angles.Thirdly,analyzing the audio-visual language of this documentary.Fourthly,the author thinks over the creation process in order to promote the creation ability of documentary.