Study On The Narrative Strategy Of The Police Documentary Series "Big City Without Small Things"

As a police documentary,no trivial matter in a big city describes the real situation encountered by police officers in their daily work.In the process of handling cases one by one,it reflects the harmonious and warm relationship between the police and the people.It has achieved good results in both word-of-mouth and broadcast volume,and won a double harvest.Studying the narrative strategy of "no small things in big city" and using the theory of narratology to analyze the reasons for the success of "no small things in big city" can provide some experience and theoretical reference for our documentary creation.This paper first analyzes the narrative theme of "no small things in a big city",and analyzes the characteristics of the narrative theme from three levels: the big theme of the documentary,the small theme of a single episode,and the events in each episode.The theme of policing in big city without trifles can hit the hot spot of the times and make a breakthrough.The theme of a single episode connects fragmented stories,which gradually endow the story with profound connotation.The screening of events is to reflect individual destiny through multiple stories.Then,it analyzes the characters in the big city without small things.The big city without small things depicts dynamic and vivid round characters through direct description and indirect expression.The police in the film are dignified and warm,and the suspect is cunning and ignorant.Next,it analyzes the narrative focus,narrative time and narrative space of "big city without small things",and studies its specific narrative strategies.In terms of narrative focus,no small matter in a big city reaches the theme through zero focus.The external focus sets suspense to promote the development of the event.The internal focus makes people immersive and adds more case information at the same time.In terms of narrative time,the three act structure is used to flexibly control the narrative time.The time sequence is mainly linear,and the time length is omitted and compressed.In terms of narrative space,no trivial matter in a big city uses static space to show the relationship between characters,dynamic space to create a tense atmosphere,virtual space to recreate reality,and synthetic space to assist narrative.Finally,this paper ponders the narrative strategy of "big city without small things" and analyzes the experience it brings to documentary creation.In the narrative theme,we should highlight the mainstream values and focus on the people.In terms of narrative content,it is necessary to unify the documentary and interest,and fit the public aesthetic.Narrative techniques should focus on innovative expression and seek breakthrough.In terms of narrative concept,we should stick to the bottom line of news ethics and make positive documentary works.