Narrative Research Of The Documentary Series Of Origin Of Flavor

Since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to cultural construction.The enthusiasm of cultural innovation and creation of the whole nation has been continuously improved,and the soft power of national culture has been continuously enhanced.Therefore,the documentary has ushered in a broader space for development.The National Radio and Television Administration issued the Notice of "Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Documentaries in the New Era" on January 30,2022,and will continue to increase support for domestic documentaries and support more excellent domestic documentaries to go global.Documentaries have their unique advantages in spreading Excellent traditional Chinese culture,telling good Chinese stories and carrying forward The Chinese spirit."The flavor of origin" documentary series based on different regions,different positive close to the audience,in the rich cultural resources in China from the Angle of the diet culture,in-depth excavation of the excellent traditional culture contains the idea and value connotation,shows the audience at home and abroad more rich,more specific Chinese characteristics and Chinese wisdom.Since its debut in 2019,the documentary series of Origin of Flavor has not only gained wide attention in China,but also gained a large number of fans abroad.The first three documentaries in the series received 9.2,9.2 and 9.1 points respectively on Tencent Video,with a total of nearly 240 million views.The documentary also became the first documentary series purchased by Netflix,the streaming video service provider,produced by a Chinese team,and created the "overseas first" of domestic documentaries."Origin of Flavor" focuses its attention from the global scope to specific regions,highlighting the core concept of "origin of Flavor" and presenting a brand new visual experience to the audience from a unique perspective.This article selects the flavor of the front three of the documentary series"country of origin,chaoshan flavor,the flavor of origin yunnan" and "flavor of gansu as the research object,combining the theory of narratology,film and television narrative theory,on the basis of combing summarized the domestic and foreign related research,the research methods of text analysis and case study method,From the perspective of narrative research,this paper studies the narrative theme,narrative perspective,narrative structure,narrative techniques,narrative style and narrative language of the research object.Finally,the narrative value and enlightenment of the documentary series of Origin of Flavor to food documentary are summarized.Through the statistics of the main content of the research object and the study of its various narrative elements,it is found that the documentary series "Origin of Flavor" focuses on regional food ingredients and food in the narrative theme,leading the audience to trace the origin of food ingredients and show the unique food culture.The cross-use of civilian,internal and external focus perspective,tells the adherence and innovation of food taste in different regions,showing the life differences of different regions.Through the connection between food and characters,it depicts the image of an ordinary family making a living by craftsmanship,which is deeply rooted in people’s hearts and arouses the resonance of the audience.The narrative structure of block,series and multi-track highlights the rich and varied regional cuisine.The fragmented and story-oriented narrative style enhances the viewability of the documentary and caters to the viewing habits of users.Its distinctive regional narrative style highlights the strong regional color of the film.The combination of narrative montage and parallel montage presents the wonderful and unique regional stories.The perfect combination of a large number of aerial shots and close-up shots presents a visual spectacle to the audience,as well as the regional landscape.As the title of each episode of the documentary,the food name with regional logo highlights the regional characteristics and also enhances its own attraction.What makes Place of Origin stand out in the highly competitive food documentary market is its fresh storytelling.This paper summarizes the narrative characteristics of the documentary series "Origin of Flavor",and provides useful reference for the creation of such food documentaries in the future.