A Study On The New Fiction Documentary

Compared with the documentaries created according to"the creative treatment of actuality"of Grierson and the direct cinemas that willingly obey the"Kino-Eye"theory,"the new fiction documentary"is new. In the past twenty years,"the new fiction documentary"became more and more productive, while the studies of its theory relatively dropped behind. After absorbing the achievement of Lynda Williams and Shan Wanli, the author systematically generalize the definition, characteristics, backgrounds of"the new fiction documentary", its principle of truth and so on. Along with the development of the mass media and its marketization ,"the new fiction documentary"has made great progress. At present, it is made up of two sections: the former"new fiction film"and the newly-developed"new fiction TV documentary", both of which are called"the new fiction documentary". From the documentary films, the TV documentaries and the TV documentary columns, this thesis shows readers the development of"the new fiction documentary": from the field of film to the TV area, and the cultural charm appeared in its way of narration and the searching for the truth. In response to the doubts on"the new fiction documentary"for its commercialization and fictionalization, the thesis analyses some good contemporary films and television products. At the mean time, the original meaning of"the new fiction documentary"is interpreted thoroughly, so as to make it be accepted by more people, in a larger scope, and during a fairly longer course. Only in this way, can its function of cultural media be realized.