China News Service, Changsha, December 7 (Fu Jingyi and Liao Chen) The first historical documentary "China" named after "China" will premiere on Hunan Satellite TV on the evening of the 7th.
The film is a key documentary creative topic selected by the State Administration of Radio and Television of China in 2019. It observes history from the perspective of contemporary people. It tells the most turning, representative, and dramatic people and stories of the time. It reproduces how the Chinese in history build Dreaming, chasing dreams, realizing dreams, exploring the source and code of Chinese spirit, Chinese power, and Chinese confidence.
The whole film of "China" will use a total of 36 collectives in three seasons. Under a panoramic view, with ideology and national system as the main line, it will explore the people and stories that have the most influence on China today since the Spring and Autumn Period. The shooting method reproduces the personal choices and shining moments of Chinese historical stars, and reflects the evolution of history with flesh and blood historical pictures.
The documentary "China" reflects historical changes through character stories.
Photo courtesy of Hunan Satellite TV
The first season of the documentary "China" broadcast this time has 12 episodes. The story goes from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period when a hundred schools of thought contended in the pre-Qin period to the open, enterprising and inclusive Tang Dynasty.
The first episode focused on Confucius, the soul of Chinese civilization and the founder of Confucianism. It intercepted the two major turning points in the life of Chen Caizhi'e when he met with another ideological master, Lao Tzu, and extended Confucius's ups and downs but great life, and started from this Trace the enlightenment and development of Chinese original thoughts.
"China" discarded the redundant and dull commentary of the past documentaries, and instead used personal narratives. It returned to the historical scenes from the perspective of'human', and through the stories of these characters, the evolution of history was reflected." Hunan Zhang Huali, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Broadcasting Film and Television Group Co., Ltd., said that the documentary "China" is also a new attempt to "long video quality route", adopting the production mode of documentary content team partnering with film presentation team.
In production, "China" uses the current language style, cognitive system, wording and sentence formation to tell history, and presents the history of the time in a simple and profound way in front of the audience through deduction; in terms of narration, "China" abandons the linearity of traditional documentaries The structure adopts the dramatic structure of opening from the middle and portrait exhibition; visually, "assuming aesthetics" is enabled, and the hypothetical and symbolic techniques of the theater stage are integrated to establish a distinctive and self-contained aesthetic style.
Zhang Huali said that contemporary China is undergoing the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of our country, and is also undergoing the most ambitious and unique innovative practice in human history.
"Under this complex background full of uncertainties in the future, it is the right time for us to use images as our aspirations to sort out history and record China."
"It is not just to understand the history, but also to take the road to the future." The chief director Li Dongshen said. The documentary "China" looks back on history and thinks about how the long history and culture of China will affect future generations. The Chinese dream of "great rejuvenation" explores where the great rejuvenation dream comes from, and by reproducing how the Chinese in history builds, pursues, and realizes their dreams, it leads contemporary people, especially contemporary youth, to their future dreams.
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