Music Documentary And Its Value In Music Communication

Music documentary, an important form of musical media, is a product following thetrend of the last decades in the music and film industries. Up to now there’s still little, if any,thorough research done on this subject among Chinese scholars. By organizing, classifyingand analyzing the important landmarks in music documentaries, various related articles ofimportance from different theoretical perspectives, the following essay will attempt to definethe concept of music documentary and make classifications for the different types, establishits uniqueness as a medium of music, explore its research value as an independent subject inmusic distribution, and to possibly establish new areas for future research as well as somenew directions of study.Chapter One is the overall study of music documentaries. From all the accessibleresearch materials, starting with the conceptual definition, the unique characteristics of form,content, expression of music documentaries will be studied to properly define this particularmedium and examine its history.Chapter Two will focus on organizing, integrating various styles of music documentariesby their form, content, and distribution.Chapter Three will analyze the structure of music documentaries, from their themeselection, source material, story-telling techniques, and attempt to find certain patterns,similarities and uniqueness.Chapter Four will study the particular research value of music documentaries in theindustry of music distribution, define the value of such medium to music culture, and itsability to contributing to culture.The Conclusion will summarize the previous chapters, and to establish some new areasof study in music distribution.