A Study On Narrative Strategies Of Character Documentaries

Character documentaries carry profound cultural connotations and rich humanistic thoughts.They convey a lot of information with lenses and tell stories with images.Character documentaries also tell stories.Character documentaries impress audiences through stories and ideas and convey the themes and thoughts of documentaries.However,what means should we use to tell stories? How to create attractive documentary works? This paper discusses the above problems by combining relevant theories with personal practical works.Following is the main content of this paper: The first chapter,the introduction part analyzes the research background and current research situation of people’s documentaries.The second chapter expounds the related concepts,defines the category of character documentaries and the concept of story narration,and defines the relationship between story and authenticity in character documentaries.The third chapter expounds the narrative perspective of the story-telling of character documentaries,starting from the two perspectives of omniscience and limited knowledge,and combining with excellent works,it clarifies the respective functions of omniscience and limited knowledge,and lists the applications of omniscience and limited knowledge in personal practical works.The fourth chapter,in-depth analysis of the story construction in the narrative of character documentaries,on the one hand,the construction of the story main line,the story narrative chain and the character story arc strung together to build the story main line internally,including the creator digging the story main line in the early stage to find the characters with stories,on the other hand,In the later stage of creation,the accumulated materials from filming are organized and edited,and detailed analysis and discussion are conducted based on excellent documentaries and personal practical works.The fifth chapter analyzes the story narration of audio-visual language,involving the story narration of pictures and the story narration of sounds,and analyzes and demonstrates this view with excellent documentaries.In short,character documentaries require a good story,a unique perspective,a three-dimensional story framework,and audio-visual expressive power.By combining these elements,an attractive documentary work can be created.At the same time,character documentaries should also focus on authenticity and objectivity,respecting objective facts and the image of the characters themselves.