A Narrative Study On The Street Character Documentary "Cobbler A Second"

Character documentary is a special branch of documentary.It truly restores the living state of groups or individuals,explores the reasons for people’s corresponding behaviors and thoughts and emotions in real time and space,and reflects the current social reality and style of The Times.Through the depiction and presentation of real people and events,the character documentaries create vivid character images and depict the destinies of characters full of twists and turns.They are good at seeing the big from the small and reflecting the living state and spiritual world of their group with the character stories and fate of typical individuals.It is not only the exploration and in-depth of the inner world of individual characters,but also an important way to reveal the logical commonality of group behavior.It can deeply analyze the relationship between individuals,groups and society,reflect the real social problems,summarize the causes of problems,actively seek solutions,and promote social harmony.In today’s society,the creation of character documentaries is no longer top-down,lofty and unsophisticated,but should go deep into the folds of life and stick to immersive and sinking creation.The creators have also changed their positioning accordingly,going deep into the lives of ordinary people,aiming at films more recognized and accepted by the public,and creating films more in line with the aesthetic and emotional needs of the masses.Adhere to the basic principle of documentary,improve their creative techniques and forms of expression,optimize narrative strategy,change the traditional documentary presentation way of flat and straight narrative,form innovation,increase the thickness of content,open up a new world for documentary creation.Ah Er is the protagonist of "Ah Er the Cobbler".The film takes ordinary people as its shooting objects and creates the character image of Ah Er through video techniques.The main content of the film is his living state and past experience of sticking to the cobbler career for 30 years,which shows the hardships and difficulties of his life,his friendly relationship with neighbors,his thinking on life,and the reasons behind the disappearance of traditional handicrafts.The introduction is a summary of the research background,research significance,narrative research of character documentary,research methods and innovation.The first chapter defines the concept of character documentary and its main narrative characteristics;The second chapter is based on the creative conception of narrative theory,combined with the personal work "A Cobbler",the narrative perspective,narrative mode,narrative attitude and narrative behavior,narrative time and space and rhythm,and block narrative structure and other aspects of interactive analysis;Finally,summarize the shortcomings and problems in the creation,reflect and look forward to the future.