The Audiovisual Rhetoric Strategy Of Characters In Documentaries

Contemporary character documentaries no longer belong to simple image records influenced by many factors,such as the documentary marketization and the audience's aesthetic consciousness.On the basis of not violating the principle of authenticity of the documentary,the director artistically creates characters through the rational use of visual rhetoric devices,which has become the norm in contemporary documentary creation.This method as a concept of character documentary art creation not only makes the character image more real and vivid,but also enhances the aesthetic value and market competitiveness of the documentary.The author believes that artistic rhetoric is necessary for the creation of character documentaries,and the rational use of audiovisual rhetoric is also an important means for contemporary character documentaries to get rid of traditional creative ideas and methods and to innovate and change character images.This article based on the analysis of the types of characters in the history of documentary development and the development of modeling techniques,and the discussion of the transformation of the characters' shaping styles at different stages of the documentary in our country,to affirm the role and significance of audiovisual rhetoric in documentary films on the construction of characters.And,through the discussion of the audiovisual rhetoric devices commonly used in character documentaries,the specific analysis of visual rhetoric elements and auditory rhetoric elements in the graduation works " A Barista in A Small city ",also used to theoretically guide the creation of the film and aesthetic art expression.