A Narrative Study Of CCTV’s Large-scale Documentary “China Film Chronicles”

"Chinese Video Chronicles" is a major project.It is expected to shoot 2,300 episodes,covering most of the counties and county-level cities in China.The shooting and production of each episode of "China Video Chronicles" is one for every place.The birth of a unique business card,and now the shooting of this video chronicle has entered its fourth year,with a total of more than 400 episodes.For the audience,this is a good opportunity to understand the geography and landscape,and it is also a time to appreciate the tradition.The gluttonous feast of culture.The reason why the "Chinese Video Records" is called "Huge Story" is due to the large volume of this documentary,and its shooting footprint covers most counties and county-level cities in China,and each episode lasts for about 40 minutes.The documentary will string together the splendid cultural treasures scattered on the land of China,and gather them into a timeless poem that shows the hard work and courage of the Chinese nation.In today’s rapid development of China,counties and county-level cities should not be forgotten corners."Chinese Video Chronicles" has a unique narrative approach,which not only retains the characteristics of the compilation of the Chronicles,but also integrates and exerts the advantages of documentaries.The media platform’s communication advantages have made more people aware of the local culture.This article takes "Chinese Video Records" as the research object,starting from the perspective of TV narratology and documentary narrative theory,and analyzes the documentary using document analysis,content analysis and text analysis.The introduction part mainly summarizes the background of the topic selection,research significance,research review,theoretical basis,research methods and innovations.The first chapter,"Overview of the Development of Chinese Video Records",analyzes the concepts and types of documentaries,the development of CCTV’s large-scale documentaries,and demonstrates that CCTV,as a mainstream media,has rich experience in the production of high-quality documentaries.The content guarantee,at the same time,summarizes the current status of the documentary from three aspects: the creative background of "Chinese Video Local Records",the development of the communication platform and the current development status.The second chapter introduces the theory of local records and related theories of documentary films,summarizes the narrative rules that should be followed when shooting thedocumentary,and analyzes the "Chinese Video Local Records" according to the local records compilation rules and documentary filming rules.Today’s strategy is focused on the new era and its narrative features.The third chapter focuses on analyzing the narrative content characteristics and value of the documentary through text analysis.The selection of content themes adheres to the principle of both inheritance and innovation,conveying that it can strengthen the audience’s understanding and recognition of traditional culture,and It can evoke the value reflection of the local emotional resonance of the audience.The fourth chapter analyzes the narrative form of "Chinese Video Local Records" from two aspects of narrative structure and narrative language.This article believes that this documentary is unique in its narrative content and narrative form structure,but a good documentary should bear the responsibility of spreading mainstream culture and mainstream value.If there are more shots and the audience does not pay,then this The documentary will lose its value,so through the above research,Chapter 5 analyzes the dissemination effect of this documentary,and combines the narrative level,from strengthening the promotion of new media platforms,innovating narrative methods,enhancing the aesthetic value of the documentary,and paying more attention to this region.Four aspects put forward suggestions to improve the dissemination of documentaries.