A Study Of Narrative Strategy Of The Characters Documentary

Relying on the records of the work and life of the characters or the crowd,the character documentary usually explores the relationship between people,between people and nature,and between people and society,which occupy an important position and unique meaning in the documentary.Nowadays,with the development of character documentaries and the improvement of the audience's aesthetic cognition,documentary creators no longer record a certain image in a simple manner.Instead,on the premise of respecting the objectivity and authenticity of the documentary,they are increasingly focusing on the subjective narrative expression of "recording",that is,to tell stories by using narrative strategies rationally and skillfully.Inthemeantime,the creatorsofcharacterdocumentariesareno longerlimitedtoshow the glorious deeds of celebrities,but also often explore the true stories of ordinary people or marginalcharacters.Forexample,intheresearcher'sgraduation project "silence" that reflectsthe employment and life status of the hearing impaired through the stories of the two sisters in Tang family.Focusing on the character documentary "Silence" and cutting in from the theoretical perspective of narratology,this study analyzes the three dimensions of the narrative strategy of this character documentary,that is,the positive effects of the sound elements,lens grammar and space settings in this character documentary on the narrative.Through the "guided narrative" constructed by the sound elements,the creator can express the emotional needs with background musics,extend the picture information with sound effects and build a linear structure with narrator's commentary;at the same time,use the "binary narrative" created by the lens grammar to represent the balance of the identity through picture composition,to render the emotions of "joy and worry" through arranged lens,to highlight the noisy or quiet atmosphere with rhythmic changes;the setting of different spaces constructs different "scenario narratives",because the space's own meaning attributes make different spaces have different function of showingaffection,embodyingvalueandbeingactivelyinvolved.