Telling The Chinese Story Well:Study On The Narrative Evolution Of The Forbidden City Documentary

The Forbidden City,as one of the important carriers of traditional Chinese culture,has always been the favorite of many documentary films.Since the description and introduction of the Forbidden City in the 1950Sino-Russian co-production documentary "The Splendid River Mountain",the Forbidden City The theme documentary has gone through nearly 70 years of ups and downs.From the start-up and exploration period of 1950-2004,to the period of development and maturity from2005-2015,to the period of transformation and innovation from 2016 to the present,looking back at history,we can find that the strategic needs and market-oriented development of building a culturally powerful country The transformation opportunities brought about and the audience demand formed by the audience group and other factors are the inexhaustible impetus to promote the rise and development of the Palace Museum documentaries.During the evolution of the narrative texts in the Forbidden City-themed documentaries,whether it is in the narrative object,narrative structure or narrative theme,its changing process has shown a transition trend from "macro-narrative" to "micro-narrative".At the same time,from the perspective of its narrative technique,the evolution process of the narrative scene of the Palace Museum theme documentary life,diversified narrative perspectives,and storytelling of narrative rhythm maps the producers from "promoting Chinese history" to "telling good Chinese stories" Strategy improvement.From the perspective of audio-visual style,the diversification of the use of the documentary lens of the Palace Museum theme,the poetic color and shadow,and the spoken design of the commentary design also make it show a stylechange from "majestic" to "soft and poetic".Looking further,there must be some structural force behind the evolution of the narrative text of the documentary film of the Palace Museum.In other words,it is the economic,political,media and other forces that jointly promote the evolution of the narrative content,narrative techniques,and audio-visual style of the Palace Museum theme documentary.First of all,all aspects of the production and circulation of the texts of the Forbidden City documentaries are running in the market.Under the baton of ratings,the text enhances the storytelling and adds more entertaining content.In terms of communication,it also began to focus on cross-media communication and strengthen vertical marketing.However,while pursuing the maximization of market profits,the Palace Museum documentary is also constrained by political forces.It needs to fulfill the responsibilities of inheriting traditional culture,promoting the spirit of the times,and constructing collective memories.At the same time,the media environment is also influencing the creation of the Forbidden City-themed documentaries.In the context of popular culture,the media environment that integrates media and the internal demands for cross-cultural communication in the process of globalization require the Forbidden City-themed documentaries to keep pace with the times and constantly Innovate text narrative to adapt to changes in the situation.Throughout the narrative evolution of the documentaries of the Palace Museum,although the creation of the documentaries of the Palace Museum presents a good situation in the early days,we can still find that there are homogenization of the content of the topic selection,the expression of routines and the relative subjectivity of the narrative intentions.Waiting for a series of questions.The Forbidden City-themed documentaries must face the creation bottleneck,develop multiple choice topics by subdivided fields,enrich the skill and innovative text narrative,and promote a free and open creative concept to strive for further development space.Only in this way can the audience enjoy the form of "Tell a good Chinese story ",and embarked on a road of cultural self-confidence that promotes innovation.