The Application Of Oral History In Documentaries

Oral history,as an emerging method of history management,has achieved interdisciplinary and cross-domain development since its birth,and has harvested a lot of research results.This method of using oral records provides people with a new way to further understand the truth of history..On the basis of the traditional oral history through written records,the intervention of recording and video recording technology has made it possible to capture more accurately and comprehensively the spoken language,auditory language,and body language of oral speakers.Take what the historical witness sees,hears,thinks,and feels as close to the historical scene as possible to excavate the historical truth.In the course of the development of documentary creation,oral historical documentary,as a historical writing style and a new perspective of documentary,has become an important part of documentary creation."Eight thousand Xiang women go to Tianshan" is a special policy in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China."Xiang Women" is a group of women who are full of family enthusiasm in Chinese history.The veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japan are an increasingly invisible group.As the witnesses of major historical events,they are the heroes of the country and the "witnesses" of history.The documentary "Yingshan Red" adopts oral history and combines the type model of real movies to interview the representatives of these two groups and record the details of their lives.The film tries to explore the individual fate and historical truth under the special times by presenting the revolutionary enthusiasm,sincere faith,and love concept of the two people,and realize the dialogue between "past" and "present".On the contrary,the advantages and disadvantages in contemporary thinking and ideas are gained and lost.As the director of the film,from the time of shooting to production,the authenticity and reliability of the oral historical facts have been strictly controlled,and efforts have been made to create credible,cute,and plump characters based on the true content and views of the documentary.The "Xiang female" and "veteran" are not only symbolic titles,but individuals with flesh and blood and emotions and stories.