The Richness Of This Story Comes From Its Narration-The Analysis Of Documentary An Unusual Summer

An Unusual Summer tells a story about a group of kids in a gymnasium, who are preparing tensely for the coming competition. The results of the sports meet in Shanghai, which is held every four years, are very important for their future. In the 100-day countdown to the competition, the kids were creating special childhood memories by jumping and flying again and again.This paper makes a explanation of An Unusual Summer in terms of the theory of film narratology. It makes a detailed analysis of, and reflects on, the work from several aspects: molding the images of the children by using Direct cinema and Cinema-verite, molding the images of both normalized children and socialized children, shooting skills, wild application of close-up shots, and the narrative montage mode. Telling a story with the camera to make the story fresh and alive.