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A Narrative Study Of Medical Documentary Life Matters From The Perspective Of Media Framework

Posted on:2020-05-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K FuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330596481593Subject:Press and Communication
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In recent years,the documentary industry has developed very rapidly.Many excellent documentaries have received the audience's favor and spread on the Internet,triggering the topic of public opinion,and the subject of documentaries has returned to the public's horizon.Compared with movies and television,documentaries retain their authenticity to a great extent,making them both have the principle of authenticity of news reports.But documentaries also have stories similar to novels and movies in their creation.The creator must have a complete narrative in the documentary,whether through himself or a third person,whether using the text or beside it,the documentaries documentaries need to make full use of the narrative.The individual elements of the story are displayed in front of the audience,so that the audience can understand the ideas conveyed by the creator.The documentary " Life matters " was published in 2016 and caused many discussions.In 2019," Life matters 2" continued to be watched simultaneously on TV and on the Internet.It was a news documentary co-planned by Shanghai Oriental Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite Planning Commission to record various medical incidents in the way of fixed-point shooting in major hospitals in Shanghai.The production of the two seasons of The World has maintained a high level of documentary creation,and its score on the scoring website has reached an astonishing 9.6 points,which has to be attributed to the excellent narrative ability of The World.In order to tell good medical stories,the program team worked in groups to shoot a number of well-known hospitals on a designated spot,taking different medical themes as the entry point,each theme shooting lasted for 1-3 years,recording the whole process from admission to discharge,using those subtle story pictures to bring the audience into the fate of the characters,and had to weep or be ecstatic about it.This paper will study the narrative of Life matters from the perspective of media framework.Most of the scenes of Life matters are in Shanghai.Its producer and disseminator is Shanghai Oriental Satellite TV News Channel.Therefore,Life matters is a special documentary in Shanghai.Shanghai Oriental Satellite TV News Channel has received industry praise in documentary production.The documentaries they publish and discover also continue their tradition of storytelling,maintain the authenticity and rigor of news channel,and make the storytelling play an extended space,which makes people full of imagination.In the study of " Life matters ",the focus is on the narrative ability of the documentary.The narrative of the documentary has always been a difficult problem for the creator.The documentary is the real reaction of life.It is important for the creator to find all the elements of the story from the life.It can neither make the audience lose interest for a long time,nor make the audience confused by a brief omission.In the narrative space,the narrative theme of Life matters is focused on medical events.Through the narration of doctors and patients,the audience can see one after another fragile and strong individuals in the face of disease.Starting from the narrative structure and discourse of Life matters,this paper will analyze the narrative framework,narrative aggregation,narrative time and space,narrative characters and narrative text,images,adjacent voices and other elements of Life matters,and show the narrative ability of medical events through analysis,so as to provide thinking for the later creation of medical documentaries.When making documentaries,we should better grasp the narrative techniques and attract audiences with stories.Finally,this paper will discuss the inspiration of the narrative techniques of Life matters to documentary creation under the framework of media,and provide some ideas for documentary creation by analyzing its innovation and traditional advantages.
Keywords/Search Tags:Life matters, Narratology, Media framework, Medical documentary
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