| In the report of the journalist on camera, all the frame information except for acoustic language, including the space length of the journalist’s framing out, the period of time and the posture and movement of the journalist etc., can be presented and expressed by Lens Language. Lens Language is composed by the scene category of frame, shooting angle, form composition, picture motion, picture length, picture assembling and many other elements together. The different combinations of elements construct the lens language in different forms, which will be applicable to different type of news.In the narrative TV news, the expression of lens language determines the narrative subject and the narrative perspective of the picture. Through the lens language, the function of the witness, explanation and expression of the news information, the promotion of the plot development, the characterization, the establishment of the narrative time and space can be achieved all. Through the use of the lens language, the exclusive effect of strangeness and spectacle of the TV new can also be achieved.In the difference of Chinese and Western cultural background, the lens languages used by TV news reporters are different, which is mainly reflected in the proportion of images, scene category, angle, picture motion and entrance degree of the reporters etc.. Behind this surface phenomenon, it can be indicated that different lens languages can construct different space and time information and different relationships between characters, which is determined by the logical relation, the concept of space and time, philosophy and TV culture context in different cultural background.Even with the same type of news, under the same cultural background, the lens lanuages can also be different due to different reporters on camera. Being the famous journalists both, Chai Jing’s lens language is more emotional, more like telling a story, with characters full of distinctive personality and with outstanding narrative plot. While Lu Qiu Lu Wei’s lens language expression is simpler, the first priority of which is to expose the reasons behind the facts of news, weakening the story as well as the characters, plots and emotions on camera, emphasizing the role of observer and recorders of journalists in the news. This is t e expression of lens language regarded as’De-centralization of reporters’. The totally opposite styles of their lens languages are mainly caused by their different work experience, personalities and television practice context, which will be finally united to the social ideology and the professionalization of news, united to the rules of the development of media and television features, unified to the industrial competition of TV commercialization tide, united to the opportunities of being famous promoted by current situation as well as united to the return of personality in TV lens language.The future world is a world surrounded by multi-screens. The revolution of imaging technology is closely related to the expression of TV media. To understand the feature and function of the elements of lens language thoroughly in order to search for new expression rules of lens language is the only way that the journalists on camera can meet the audience’s demand, keep leading the direction of public opinion in such a competitive environment. |