Research On The Construction Of Cultural Memory In Documentary Films On "The Belt And Road Initiative"

President Xi Jinping,who proposed the construction of the " New Silk Road Economic Belt" and the " 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road" initiatives successively in 2013,established ties with the countries along the route on the premise of peaceful development,thus conforming to the people's hope of building a community of responsibility,interests and destiny together.Documentary is an artistic carrier to portray life,spread culture and review history.The proposal of " the belt and road initiative" has given it a new mission,injected new vitality and provided a new opportunity for the creation and development of documentary related to " the belt and road initiative".The documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" captures the shadow of history.It uses the accumulation of culture and the awakening of memory to build political mutual trust,economic integration and cultural tolerance among the countries along the line.It uses images to show the audience the great efforts made by the countries along the line under the " the belt and road initiative" initiative.It records history and pays attention to the present.It is a documentary type with important cultural value,historical value,social value and economic value.Documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" is the need of the development of the times.Its creation value and dissemination value are becoming more and more obvious,and it also shows important practical significance in today's world.The focus of this article is the research on the construction of cultural memory in the documentary film " the belt and road initiative".However,in order to arouse the emotional recognition of the people of the countries along the route,establish good communication and cooperation,and better spread the initiative of " the belt and road initiative," the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" borrows historical and cultural symbols from the ancient Silk Road and excavates the internal cultural memory,which illuminates the future as well as the past.The awakening of cultural memory plays an important role in fulfilling the mission of the documentary on the theme and promoting the emotional connection and cultural exchange with the people of the countries along the route.The documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" takes cultural memory as its core,while the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" as its carrier.The creation of the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" should permeate cultural memory into all aspects of topic selection planning,structural narration and audio-visual image performance.This article is mainly guided by the theory of cultural memory and documentary related theories.It mainly adopts the methods of literature research and case study,etc.Based on observing and studying a large number of excellent documentaries on the theme of " the belt and road initiative",it makes an in-depth analysis of the construction of cultural memory in them,and summarizes the creation rules of documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" based on cultural memory.Moreover,this topic highlights the important theoretical significance and practical value for the creation and research of relevant documentaries.This article will be divided into six chapters to study the construction of cultural memory in the documentary film " the belt and road initiative"The first chapter analyzes the theoretical origin and definition of documentary,the definition of documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" and the theoretical connotation of cultural memory.Furthermore,it discusses the connotation of Habwachs' collective memory theory to the assmann couple's cultural memory theory,and analyzes the assmann couple's cultural memory theory in detail.A comparative study of cultural memory and communicative memory reveals that cultural memory is a kind of basic memory.In the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative",cultural memory is used to find the identity of the countries along the line,which is of great significance to the spread of culture,the continuity of memory,the identification of emotion and the smooth communication.Finally,the relationship between " the belt and road initiative" documentary and cultural memory is expounded,and cultural memory is the foundation of " the belt and road initiative" documentary and the internal cause of inheritance.The second chapter focuses on the development process of " the belt and road initiative" related documentaries and the value significance of cultural memory construction in " the belt and road initiative" theme documentaries.However,from the perspective of creative concept,the documentary on this subject has evolved from the creative concept of focusing on documentary macro-expression of Silk Road history in the early days,to the creative concept of emotional intervention to show the changes of Silk Road with freehand brushwork,and finally to the creative concept of activating memories along the route with cultural symbols.His creation mode has experienced the evolution from " picture plus explanation" to story narration,and then to using cultural memory to construct emotional stories.However,cultural memory,as the core gene hidden in the documentary,is stimulated by memory to show the historical culture,social changes,ethnic styles,communication and cooperation of the countries along the route in the development process of the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative".The construction of cultural memory in the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" has the cultural value of shaping harmony but difference,enjoying beauty and sharing common interests,the historical value of bearing memory and inheriting culture,the social value of seeking identity and gaining self-confidence,and the economic value of driving development and casting strength.The third chapter mainly studies the construction of cultural memory at the theme level of the documentary film " the belt and road initiative".It excavates from the principle of theme selection and the construction of theme content.The topic selection of the documentary film " the belt and road initiative" should first focus on activating the common culture of memory.The topic selection should carry the cooperation and exchange under the global influence,and the topic selection should also be full of humanistic care under the emotional identification.On this basis,we will explore the connotation of the theme,with historical memory as the theme,communication and cooperation as the theme,and the dream of our country as the theme.The documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" is based on cultural memory.It uses the theme of history and culture to show the historical culture and city features of the countries along the route to complete the construction of historical memory and place memory.It also uses the theme of communication and cooperation to complete the construction of commercial memory and the theme of dreams of home country to complete the construction of common memory of the countries along the route.The fourth chapter studies the construction of cultural memory in the narrative level of documentary films on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" by combining the relevant theories of documentary narratology.This chapter is to touch historical traces,broaden memory space and reshape cultural memory through the appearance of narrative elements,the construction of narrative means and the matching of narrative perspectives.In the documentary film on the theme of " the belt and road initiative",the narration of story events in narrative elements,the deduction of characters' legends,and the construction of environmental atmosphere are all effective ways to stimulate cultural memory and conform to the audience's psychology.In the narrative method,the construction of story,the real scene and the excavation of symbolic symbols are all the blend of history and reality,which not only can satisfy the expectation of the audience,but also has extremely high value to fill the memory gap.In the narrative perspective,through the objective recording of omniscient perspective,emotional sublimation of limited perspective and cross-cultural presentation of neutral perspective,the historical information is accurately conveyed,and at the same time,human feelings are full of warmth and coldness,thus enhancing the expressiveness of cultural memory in the documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative".The fifth chapter mainly studies the construction of cultural memory on the audio-visual level in the documentary film " the belt and road initiative".It forms an analysis system from the visual and auditory fields to realize the construction of cultural memory.In the visual field,while creating aesthetic experience through visual elements such as landscape,light color and composition,the vicissitudes of history and time flow depicted will melt into the internal cultural memory in the documentary and be depicted through external visual elements.Hearing,as the supporting force of memory,builds an emotional bridge by rendering grand atmosphere through human voice,music and acoustics,so that the audience along the line can awaken emotional identity and value identity in common cultural memory,thus arousing people's potential memory of culture,history and beauty,arousing resonance,and at the same time,highlighting the significance of cultural memory construction from the superficial to the deep.The sixth chapter is to imagine the future development prospect of the cultural memory construction of the documentary film " the belt and road initiative".It narrates the development strategy of the documentary film " the belt and road initiative" and the enlightenment of its construction.The background of globalization and the development of new media provide a platform for the creation and dissemination of documentaries on the theme of " the belt and road initiative".By relying on the memory kernel,we can stimulate theme innovation and grasp the advantages of media,improve the dissemination mechanism,and finally achieve the optimization of the dissemination effect of documentaries on the theme of " the belt and road initiative".This is the future development strategy of documentaries on the theme of " the belt and road initiative".At the same time,with the help of the documentary on " the belt and road initiative" which takes into account the two characteristics of tradition and reality,land and sea,the enlightenment of the cultural memory construction of the documentary on " the belt and road initiative" will be obtained,which will connect the world,allow more documentaries on " the belt and road initiative" to go abroad,march towards the world,enhance international influence and make the greatest contribution to the construction of the community.Based on the research of documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative",this paper takes cultural memory as the foundation and documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" as the carrier to find the " matching point" of national memory along the route.While documentary on the theme of " the belt and road initiative" has been widely recognized by the countries along the route,it also spreads the " the belt and road initiative" initiative to the countries along the route,establishes the links between countries,explores the emotions behind the culture,and uses the power of cultural memory to promote the construction and realization of the community of human destiny.