The Director Interpretation Of The Documentary 《Underground Idol》

In recent years,idol culture has sprung up like a rocket and has become a popular social phenomenon.More and more young girls are beginning to enter the idol industry,but as the industry market is saturated,the overall competition is becoming more and more fierce.Behind the glamorous above-ground idols,there are also a group of underground idols who have not yet debuted and are unknown.These people do not have good resources to support,no practice places,and can only perform on small stages.Most of these people’s fans are otaku,not good at communication,and their biggest interest is to participate in idol performances,trying to escape their inner emptiness and obtain spiritual comfort by chasing stars.The graduation project "Underground Idol" takes the underground girl group "Nana niko" and their otaku fans as the record character,telling the process of them stepping onto the big stage step by step,although they do not have any resource support,income is not enough,the agent runs away,and the team members leave halfway,but the members who remain in the end still choose to stick to their dreams and continue to stick to the road of idols.In this process,their otaku fans do not leave,idols seem to be their own projections,and helping idols realize their dreams is also their "lifelong desire".With the help of the tortuous dream chasing road of "Nana niko",to see the big from the small,reveal the development status of underground idols in China,and reflect the group characteristics of otaku fans,the innovation of this film is: First,the topic focuses on the subculture groups of underground idols and otaku.The academic circles have less research in this field,which enriches the research in this field and provides reference for other scholars to study this group.Secondly,in addition to the relationship between underground idols and otaku fans,the author also uses a series of conflicts and disputes to record the difficult survival status of underground idols with the help of story-based creative techniques,so as to enhance the appreciation and arouse the audience ’s thinking.Taking the graduation work ’ Underground Idol ’ as the main case,this paper mainly focuses on the creation of underground idol documentary.The creation instructions mainly have the following parts: first,the introduction part,including the background of the topic selection,literature review,and the significance of the topic selection;The second is the directorial interpretation of the work,mainly from the three aspects of character shaping,narrative technique,and audiovisual language;The third is to precipitate and summarize the shortcomings and reflections in the creative process,hoping to provide assistance to relevant creators in the future.