On The Aesthetic Innovation Of Jia Zhangke’s Documentary Films

Since the formation of documentary film art for a century,its definition and connotation have been constantly changing and enriched.The new documentary film in the 1970 s and1980s was born in the sublation of the tradition of Western documentary film,developed a series of new aesthetic characteristics in the integration and transcendence,and reconsidered the discourse relationship between documentary film and reality.Jia Zhangke consciously accepted the influence of the trend of thought of new record films and actively created them.This paper puts forward "Jia Zhangke’s documentary film" as an independent research field,starting from the research of oral history expression,spatial construction strategy and reflexive interaction,and goes deep into the analysis of the spiritual characteristics of introspection and irony in the film: oral history reflects the relationship between the times and individuals through private narration,And because of the "uncertainty of memory",the root of personal memory in the process of reconstruction has been paid attention to;Space is endowed with social,cultural and historical attributes in the process of construction.In the planning and arrangement of space and scenes,Jia Zhangke’s documentary films reflect a distinct sense of structure,which not only excavates and derives its significance from the internal structure of space,but also restructures the space in different fields,so as to achieve the effect of reshaping the facts;The conscious use of reflexive strategy directly declares the rebellion against the traditional concept of truth.By adding actors to play,the subject looks directly at the lens,the director’s voice "appears" and advertises his presence,the audience is aware of the process of film construction,the creative use of poetry,the careful design of the scene Instead,anti documentary techniques such as collage and interspersed pictures essentially make the film closer to real life and people’s living state,greatly enrich the connotation of documentary aesthetics,break through the thinking set and awaken the audience’s critical thinking.