| As an objective way of image recording,documentary is the most authentic presentation of the elderly,which has also become the best way for the elderly to enter the public’s field of vision.From the overall situation of the existing documentaries on the elderly in China,they are mostly reflected in the problems of social pension and the limited life of the elderly.They have not been able to show the daily life of the elderly in all aspects and angles,and have not formed a good value guidance.In terms of academic research,there are few such subjects,which also shows that there is a lot of room for excavation and research.This paper is divided into four parts: first,the creation status of documentaries on the theme of the elderly;The second is the narrative strategy in the elderly documentary,mainly from the narrative concept and narrative mode;Third,focusing on the construction of image the elderly,image the tracing of the elderly media,the presentation types of the image of the elderly and the analysis of the image shaping of the protagonist of the personal documentary after retirement;Fourth,the multiple value demands of documentaries on the elderly. |