Study On Folk Custom In Tujia Film And Documentary

Although Tujia film and documentary are inconspicuous in minority theme film and documentary,it has remarkably shown its important status in recent years.In this paper,the development of Tujia film and documentary is divided into three stage: exploration stage(1980s-1990s),stable development period(2000-2011),prosperity and diversity period(from 2012 to now).As a favorite target of film and documentary works,the folk culture built folk images by diversified expressions.There are distinctive-folk flavors in Tujia film and documentary which mainly shows local customs,life attitude and folk tables.Therefore,it is of great significance to explore the regulation of development and folk customs in the Tujia minority theme film and documentary based on the folk images of Tujia.The Big Picture of Tujia folk culture is showed by film and and documentary.Four kinds of folks are included: the material life folk,the social life folk,the spiritual life folk and oral language convention.As the material life folk customs closely related to people's daily life,clothing,diet,construction,and transportation of Tujia folk customs almost are involved in every Tujia film and documentary works.And Wedding,funeral,music,dance,and religion which are as a unique folk custom are most frequently appeared.Especially,expressions of spectacular and diversity became the most important way which appealed people's attention.Tujia minority has no nationality character,so there is no obvious advantage in oral language convention.It is of great benefit to acquire more profound aesthetic significance and deep cultural connotation behind films by studying the folk custom image based on Tujia films and important documentaries.As a kind of national external-cultural symbol,how does the Tujia folk custom connect with the Tujia image? And how does the folk custom in the image show the art processing about creators? These questions have to be explored in the national image presentation.Whether angle of image or folk custom,in order to dig deeper into cultural deposits based on audio-visual expression of Tujia folk image.A broader view of folk custom presentation and creation for the personal documentary The Wedding Lament are supported by the aesthetic view and cultural trend of Tujia folk custom image.