This summer, the humanities documentary "Second Life" produced by CCTV, Shanghai Radio and Television, etc., has no celebrities to join, no luxurious productions, and it looks bland. Rush to the hot search, and during the broadcast of Dragon TV, it has also ranked first in the national provincial satellite TV program at the same time period for many times.

　　Why do audiences love it so much?

What is the secret code to the success of "Second Life"?

　　First of all, the quality of the works is excellent, and secondly, it is also due to the preference of young audiences for the art form of documentaries.

　　What is the second time in life?

It is "overcoming setbacks and ushering in a new life".

The film dares to enter the "deep water area" of life, showing the confusion and reflection of ordinary people when faced with major turning points in their lives, as well as the courage and tenacity to come back without fear.

The director team has deeply cultivated in-depth news reports, and has a keen grasp of social hotspots and an appropriate amount of attention.

The works have a sense of problem and a sense of social responsibility, fully revealing the depth and breadth of the times, and at the same time strive to build consensus with warmth, and carry out humanistic care.

　　"Deep water" is naturally not easy to travel.

The main creative team was willing to work "stupidly" to follow up each subject for an average of one and a half years, and recorded more than 10,000 hours of material before condensing the 8-hour film.

Through multi-perspective restoration, the protagonist's monologue, and the battle of viewpoints, the audience can feel that the protagonist, like us, is working hard towards an ideal life.

This kind of empathy is especially precious at the moment. It inspires kindness among strangers, warms others, heals oneself, and makes the audience go from "empathizing" to "respecting your choice".

　　In recent years, the creation of documentaries has flourished and received constant praise.

Where does its artistic charm come from?

　　Authenticity is the most powerful force.

People often say that "life is more exciting than fiction", which shows the real moving.

But documentaries are not just "porters" of real life. What kind of reality is chosen to record, and whether or not they maintain awe of the world around them and respect for the person being filmed during the recording process, all convey the creator's knowledge and thinking.

This is the more valuable part of the documentary.

　　Familiar things naturally make people close and easy to empathize with, while unfamiliar things can arouse curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

This is exactly what documentaries excel in.

The presentation of daily life by humanistic documentaries and the introduction of new fields by popular science documentaries are typical.

The best of them can also "integrate and deploy" the two, so that there is familiarity in the unfamiliar, and new knowledge in the familiar.

　　However, compared to popular science documentaries, there are not many humanities documentaries that are eye-catching at the moment.

This kind of selection is really not easy to operate.

Social life is so rich and diverse, it is inevitable that all requirements will be vague and not moving enough. Focusing on special cases may become trivial and it is difficult to reflect the general aspect of life.

To dig and extract valuable themes, it takes keen observation, deep reflection, clear insight, and superb lens language.

It's no wonder that some humanistic documentaries still have problems of one kind and another, such as one-sided pursuit of "original ecology", ignoring artistry; It is not difficult to understand that "The Second Time in Life" is "popular".

　　Today's young people have a broader vision, richer experience, higher aesthetic level and appreciation ability.

Good themes, created with heart and emotion, will surely be captured by them keenly and welcomed by them.