The Narrative Function Of Background Music In Documentary

Documentaries are came from the real life, by showing the original ecological life characters and events, restore the real life, express the creator's some value judgments and emotional projections of the life. The authenticity is the value and pursuit of the documentary. Music as an imaginative and symbolic expression, was once thought to destroy the authenticity of the documentaries. But with the enrichment of documentary creation means, music is more and more widely used in the documentary creation process. The music with commentary and natural stereo constitute the Documentaries'sound system. This article is mainly about the narrative function of background music in the documentary "Studying in Russia", to discuss the four kinds of narrative functions of the background music in the Character Documentary.