A Semiotic Study Of The Minimalist Style Of The TV Documentary "China"

TV documentaries are playing an increasingly important role in the transmission of culture.Guided by the policy of promoting China’s excellent traditional culture,a series of phenomenal "Chinese" works have emerged in the field of TV documentaries,which have successfully aroused a boom in audiences’ appreciation of Chinese traditional culture.These works carry the unique marks and cultural roots of the country and nation,promoting national culture and enhancing cultural confidence.Unlike previous "China" TV documentaries,"China" departs from the documentary character and creates its own plot logic through symbolic expressions,reflecting a strong and intense Chinese spirit and culture.China" is highly innovative and stylized,giving a new version of interpreting China and history.For the first time among similar subjects,it presents the ideas,institutions and cultures contained in Chinese history in a symbolic form to the audience,with a conscious focus on the connections between them.In terms of narrative expression,the work clearly composes the vein of Chinese history from the stage of Chinese civilization to the stage of New China,selects representative figures and their events from each important point of Chinese history as the cut-off point,uses these representative historical figures and their events as narrative symbols,tells Chinese history by constructing a group of character symbols,and tries to extract Chinese spirit and Chinese values from them.In terms of stylistic expression,"China" draws on a large number of artistic techniques of white space in the construction of the theme,the laying out of scenes,the narrative and the use of expressions,so that the work presents a simple and uncomplicated effect,very minimalist style.This technique of simplification not only highlights the theme and narrative focus of the documentary,but also makes the content of the work more meaningful and gives the audience more room for imagination.As a successful model of presenting Chinese history with the symbolic expression characteristics of the minimalist style,"China" highlights Chinese culture and aesthetic values.Although there is still room for improvement and progress in the process of innovation,with its connotation and artistic value,it has provided a model for the innovation of "China" TV documentaries and become a new benchmark for the production standard of "China" TV documentaries.It has become a new benchmark for the production standard of "China" TV documentaries.Therefore,it is important to study the semiotic of the minimalist style of "China".