An Inquiry Into The Authenticity Of Historical Documentaries In The Context Of Digital Technology

Historical documentary is an important form of inheriting and developing history and culture with documentary as carrier.In the 21?(th)century,digital technology is entering the field of historical documentary with unprecedented strength.The digital production means represented by digital special effects greatly enrich the performance of historical documentary,expand its content category and improve its external quality.At the same time,it also has a profound impact on the creation of historical documentaries,affects the authenticity of historical documentaries,and makes the authenticity of historical documentaries take on a new look,and the expression of authenticity becomes more diversified.But at the same time let people also put forward the question to this essence attribute of it.Based on the background of digital technology,this paper explores the authenticity of historical documentary.This paper first considers authenticity as the basis of documentary creation,and explores the authenticity of historical documentary from three aspects:external reality and image truth,technical truth and artistic truth,philosophical truth and emotional truth.Make the authenticity of historical documentary become more pluralistic.Secondly,following the current development trend of computer digital technology,the paper discusses the manifestation of historical documentary after digital technology intervention.This article selects the representative historical documentary,discusses its use real person acting,the virtual scene construction,the 3D animation and so on creation technique,to present to the audience either "the reappearance of the real scene" or "the restoration of the evanescent scene",evoke and reconstruct the accidental,piecemeal "historical reality" in historical memory.At last,it reflects on the authenticity of historical documentary.Try to explore the balance between artistry and authenticity,and integrate it into the process of documentary creation.Combining with the objective reality and the process of artistic reproduction,the historical documentary can achieve a higher level of pursuit,that is,the pursuit of artistic reality.