Research On The Construction Of Cultural Memory In Documentaries On The Theme Of The Yellow River

Great waves and great rivers give birth to Chinese civilization.The story of the Yellow River has long been integrated into the blood of the nation.Therefore,we can know China by watching the Yellow River.The establishment of the national strategy for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin has made the Yellow River culture flourishing again.Yellow River documentaries concretize the abstract "Yellow River culture",start from individual stories,explore the common pursuit,and awaken the cultural memory of the audience with the culture full of profound information,which is an important way for Chinese children to enhance their cultural confidence.Documentaries on the Yellow River build a bridge for people to understand the Yellow River and become an important means of cultural connotation and emotional interaction.The use of video to tell the Yellow River culture is easy to arouse people’s self-identity and the concentrated expression of national emotions,so as to construct modern people’s cultural memory of the Yellow River.The title of this thesis focuses on "Yellow River documentaries" and combines with the research on the construction of cultural memory.Based on the Yellow River documentaries,this thesis studies the relationship between documentaries and the construction of cultural memory.By sorting out relevant references,the author has sorted out relevant materials such as "Yellow River Culture","Yellow River documentaries","cultural memory theory" and "cultural connotation of documentaries".Observe and study the Yellow River documentaries and related film and television works,make in-depth analysis of the construction of cultural memory with existing cases,make comprehensive use of literature research method and case study method,and give some suggestions based on my own graduation work creation.The first chapter studies and analyzes the Yellow River subject documentary and the theory of cultural memory,and points out that the Yellow River subject documentary is the survival of Chinese Yellow River culture and literature by combing the Yellow River culture and literature.There is no clear definition of the Yellow River subject documentary.Based on the definition of the human geography documentary,this chapter analyzes and discusses the definition of the Yellow River subject documentary,and divides the development process of the Yellow River subject documentary into the initial stage,the development stage and the multiple development stage from the time dimension.In addition,the author further studies the connotation of cultural memory theory and points out the significance of the construction of cultural memory media.The second chapter focuses on the natural connection between the Yellow River documentaries and cultural memory,which involves many aspects of the cultural connotation of the Yellow River documentaries,in-depth investigation and insight into the unique value significance.Documentaries on the Yellow River play the role of cultural activation,historical retrospection and identity construction of Chinese sons and daughters.As a fresh Chinese history book,documentaries on the Yellow River can help audiences construct cultural memories of the Yellow River.On the basis of retaining the audience’s memory,one story after another is integrated into the image.The resonance of collective memory brings strong cultural resonance to the audience,and tells the story of the good man and the Yellow River from an ecological perspective.At the same time,Yellow River documentaries are the media carrier of cultural memory construction and play a positive role in the communication of culture.However,the current Yellow River documentaries are still faced with difficulties in the construction of cultural memory.The third chapter analyzes the construction of cultural memory on this level from the theme of Yellow River documentary.Documentaries about the Yellow River are rich in connotation and stubbornly express the aspirations of a community of life.They closely follow the content demands of the Yellow River culture and spirit,and use vivid images of the Yellow River stories to turn the Yellow River,which has been integrated into the blood of Chinese people,into a dream-seeking home.On the whole,documentaries on the Yellow River show their own unique evolution law.From establishing national pride by focusing on landscape,the perspective gradually sinks,and now shows high humanistic feelings by focusing on people’s life,which makes a positive exploration for the depth of the Yellow River story.As a result,the theme of the content has undergone a transformation process of "from grand narrative to life details".The fourth chapter studies the construction of cultural memory in the narrative mode of Yellow River documentaries.The expression effect is analyzed from the narrative structure of macro and micro interlacing,and the history is truly presented with symbols of elements related to the Yellow River in the documentary.The thinking expression of the creator endows the element symbol with intrinsic value,and uses narrative logic to organize and arrange the shooting material,forming a multiple framework to summon memory back,which requires the recipient to feel through decoding,and finally realizes the value of the work.In terms of narrative skills,the creator makes the story vividly reproduce the scene,excavates the details of the story,presents the history,moves the audience,and writes a tenacious and loyal life legend of people and the Yellow River.Chapter five is an in-depth analysis of the cultural memory construction of audio-visual expression of the Yellow River documentaries.The documentary on the Yellow River shows the solemn Yellow River with its unique colors and hues.It expresses the vast and surging firmness from the perspective of aerial photography,and grasps the punchline in the details.The distant and ethereal music and sound create a mysterious environment,the voice of the narrator softly sings,and the audio-visual language is used to render the narrative effect in the image construction of the Yellow River documentary.The audience has a strong emotional resonance in the interweaving of documentary and imagination,and arouses the common cultural memory.Chapter six looks forward to the future development of cultural memory construction of Yellow River documentaries and explores effective strategies for cross-cultural dialogue and communication.On the one hand,firmly grasp the geographical characteristics of the upper,middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River basin,analyze the traditional cultural elements in the Yellow River documentaries,and give shape to the Yellow River culture from the perspective of the nation and the world.On the other hand,in an international perspective,through the ancient and modern,in the Yellow River themed literary works to explore new inspiration,with the support of technical means to achieve cross-text dialogue.Starting from the Yellow River subject documentaries,this thesis takes many Yellow River subject documentaries shot in China since the 20 th century as the research object,explores the new way of constructing cultural memory in documentaries,provides a new idea for the analysis and understanding of Yellow River subject documentaries,and opens creative ideas for other cultural documentaries.