The Documentary "Lai Min Jiang’s New Journey" Director Elaborated

Chinese countryside not only exists in geographical space,but also refers to objects in cultural sense.It is the spiritual hometown of the sons and daughters of the Chinese people.It retains the profound cultural traditions of rural China and carries the long historical memory of the Chinese people.Rural documentaries form unique rural aesthetics through symbol tracing and image construction,activate the vitality of rural culture,and write the image of Chinese countryside.The documentary Lai Min Jiang’s New Journey takes Lai Min Jiang,a veteran engaged in rice wine brewing and rural construction,as the shooting object.Through his daily life and work process of making rice wine,driving villagers to get rich by opening a winery and actively engaging in rural cultural activities,it shows the image of a new village scholar and a new farmer.This paper will mainly focus on the background of topic selection,content of works,shooting and post-production of the documentary Lai Min Jiang’s New Journey,and reflect on the shortcomings in the creation process.It attempts to see the development of the grand era in the lives of small individuals,build a brand new rural image in the way of video documentary,explore the return of young talents and the new path of rural economic innovation and development,so that the audience’s emotions resonate with each other,highlighting the more vivid spirit of The Times.