The Study On The Expression Of Emotions In Documentaries About People With Mental Disorders

According to statistics,people with mental disorders have exceeded 20 million in China,but common people rarely meet them in real life,let alone understanding their living situations.However,documentaries about people with mental disorders are windows for audiences to understand their lives,which can show their real living situations.It’s worth noting that the expression of emotions in those documentaries can close the psychological distance between audiences and those people.However,at present,there are still some problems in the expression of emotions in those documentaries.This paper is divided into five chapters to study the expression of emotions in documentaries about people with mental disorders.Chapter 1 analyzes constituent elements for the expression of emotions in those documentaries,including three emotional elements of shot object,creator and audiences as well as audio and visual elements such as full-length shots,close-ups,and music.Chapter 2 discusses methods for the expression of emotions in those documentaries,such as integrating emotions into "person","words",and "details".Chapter 3 summarizes the current dilemma of those documentaries from the perspectives of shot object and creator.Chapter 4 starts from real film,direct film and cognitive theory of emotion to explore the specific strategy for the expression of emotions in those documentaries,including the integration of real and direct films in creative concepts,the introduction of reflexive documentary mode,and the guidance of cognitive theory of emotion.Chapter 5 applies the above research results to the creation of graduation work My friends,and strives to optimize the emotional expression of people with mental disorders.The final objective of documentaries about people with mental disorders is to arouse the emotions of audiences such as empathy and care to those people.The study on the expression of emotions in those documentaries can make the strategy of emotional expression more specific,which is more conducive to the acceptance of audiences in emotion.