An Analysis Of The Presentation Of Collective Memory Elements In The Epidemic Era In Private Documentarie

Traditional documentaries often use a grand narrative perspective and top-down discourse to construct collective memory.While it is true that this practice can strengthen collective memory by constructing a glorious national image at a particular time,the collective memory thus constructed may suffer from a single theme that is easily deconstructed and a lack of attention to individual experiences.The rapid development of the internet and the powerful dissemination capacity of self-media have given every ordinary person a wider space for discourse,but the threshold for video creation has also fallen,and a large number of online videos have fragmented the expression of images related to collective memory;the right to construct collective memory is gradually flowing to the general public,and is no longer unilaterally controlled by the official elite discourse;"grassroots The"grassroots" have emerged one after another to challenge the authoritative discourse and have an influence that cannot be underestimated.Personal documentary is one such art form,capturing the everyday lives of ordinary people from a private perspective,aiming to empower people to express themselves and affirm the meaning of individual existence,not only serving as cathartic therapy,but also being able to assume a corresponding social responsibility through images,carrying and shaping collective memory.Although personal documentary is often seen as an artistic means of expressing personal memory and self-reflection,researchers should not only explore its individuality,but also ignore the huge social,historical and political value hidden behind it,not to mention its power to build collective memory.As an important public point in our human history,the significance of the New Crown epidemic is closely related to the social life of each and every one of us,and we should preserve this special period because the collective memory of the epidemic is a memory that belongs to every citizen of our country as a whole.The study of personal documentary from the perspective of collective memory is not only innovative,but also an attempt to present collective memory in images and dialogue with the past,with the aim of linking it to the future.This paper summarizes the macro presentation of collective memory in images and the problems that arise in the development of personal documentary and uses the personal work Chao Feng as an object of study to explore whether private documentary films can be an element in the construction of collective memory.In concrete practice,the content of collective memory is selected through the selection of main characters with multiple identities and themes that can generate consensus with the public,and through a variety of narrative strategies,the personal documentary can become a storytelling text that can be told to achieve the purpose of building collective memory;collective actions,rituals and symbols are presented through figurative activities and abstract symbols to show individual behavioral experiences,becoming an element of collective memory.The collective actions,rituals and symbols are presented as an element of collective memory through embodied activities and abstract symbols.On the basis of the existing research on creativity,the bottom-up approach to constructing collective memory in personal documentary is explored through the analysis of classic works and theories.