We chose Lin Zhanxi, a professor of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University and chief scientist of the National Juncao Engineering Technology Research Center. According to the original creative idea, we intend to directly use Professor Lin Zhanxi's dictation as the main content of the documentary.
but had trouble shooting. As a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Professor Lin, who is nearly 80 years old, has to carry out closed-loop management, prepare materials, and at the same time deal with the affairs of the Juncao Center during his departure from Fujian to Beijing. The shooting schedule has been postponed again and again, and the submission of works cannot be delayed. After several deliberation, we found a new creative idea - to look at my father's Juncao career from the perspective of Lin Dongmei, and to use the two characters of Lin Zhanxi and Lin Dongmei to promote the storytelling. The adjustment of creative ideas and the interviews that are getting better have given the main creative team more confidence. Lin Dongmei's frank and natural revelation also added color to the documentary. In the post-production of
, in the face of massive amounts of material, we decided to abandon the comprehensive manuscript, re-build the structure, and tell the story in a lighter way. In terms of lens presentation, image montage techniques of different time and space are also used many times to express the intersection and turning point of Lin Zhanxi and Lin Dongmei's career in Juncao, so as to achieve double output of picture content and narrative content.
The production of "Uncle Mao's Journey to the Sea" is an exploration of "old models and old topics" in a "new form". Due to the particularity of Hainan Taiwan Sansha Satellite TV, the Tanmen fishermen represented by Wang Shumao are the group we have been paying close attention to. How to use 9 minutes to let the audience understand the special bond between Tanmen fishermen and the "ancestral sea", understand the spirit passed down from generation to generation, and silently tell the "past and present" moisturizing things of a thousand-year-old fishing port , is a major difficulty in this production. During the shooting of
, the deepest impression was the scene of Uncle Mao and his wife looking at old photos at home. This scene, let us begin to really enter his inner world. When we saw the old photos of him and his wife, we tried to "gossip" the process of their acquaintance and falling in love, thus pulling in our relationship with him. During the later interviews, Wang Shumao gradually opened his heart and talked about topics he rarely talked about, such as the psychological process of how to take responsibility after his son died. This passage shows his firmness and determination to "guard the ancestral sea" and highlights the theme again.
Looking back on this shoot, the most touching moment for me was when the subject Zhang Wen explained winter fishing to tourists at the Fishing and Hunting Museum.
Zhang Wen is a stubborn inheritor, and he always speaks only a few words in interviews. But when he explained the details of the winter arrest, he became eloquent, especially when he talked about the help and teaching of the previous generation of inheritors, his eyes were full of cherishing and nostalgia. At that moment, I realized that this is a standard northeastern man, rich in emotion and grateful. So in the following interview, we found a new breakthrough point - emotional cut-in, and therefore met "another Zhang Wen". Although
"another Zhang Wen" does not fully understand the local investment in ecological protection, he is indeed a witness to ecological changes and a beneficiary of ecological dividends. He has also quietly changed his understanding of ecology over the years, and has witnessed the process of neighborhood villagers getting richer due to ecological improvement. Therefore, in the process of supplementary shooting and post-editing, we adjusted Zhang Wen's role from a participant to a witness, starting from chatting with the family, and digging into the local how to protect the ecology and develop tourism in "Chagan Lake" Complement each other" is a solid journey forward, witnessing the improvement of the local ecology in the new era and the happy changes in people's lives.
The person we selected is Liu Boming, a senior technician in the hydraulic press forging plant of China First Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. - an "iron man" who has been working with his team for 32 years to build great power.
In mid-September, we started to follow Liu Boming. Although I was mentally prepared before the shooting, the products processed at a high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees would be very hot, but when I arrived at the scene, I really understood that the "hot" here is beyond ordinary people's imagination, and it is not enough to describe it as "scorching like the sun". Due to the high ambient temperature, our team was sweating instantly while standing in the workshop, and the camera also automatically shut down when shooting the forgings at close range. Liu Boming often stood here for several hours, and even lost 7 pounds after one shift.
The unbearable heat of ordinary people has become less difficult in Liu Boming's light-hearted jokes. In our opinion, if heavy hydraulic forging is compared to a symphony, then Liu Boming is the commander-in-chief of the symphony. Under his mobilization, the hydraulic press, manipulator and crane operate harmoniously and cooperate skillfully. It was hard work, but he enjoyed it.
One day during the filming, Liu Boming's asthma recurred, and the symptoms became more and more serious, so we accompanied him to the hospital for examination. Due to allergies, the hospital advised him to rest for a period of time, but Liu Boming joked with us: "I'm a 'hard hit' person. I'm not allergic to anything, but I'm allergic to 'rest'." The next day, Liu Boming appeared in front of the forging press again. In the sweltering heat wave, he waved his arms, shouted the intercom, and calculated the parameters... At that moment, we felt a special power, this power is It is the best interpretation of "craftsman spirit".
"Duofu People in "Duofu" may be one of the few "group portrait stories" in the "Me and My New Era" series of microdocumentaries. It is difficult to tell a good story about a group portrait, and it is even more difficult to show a good group portrait in a micro-documentary with a duration of only 9 minutes. Making the content more storytelling is an important consideration for us.
The field research work in the pre-shooting period coincided with the special period of epidemic prevention and control in our province. We used a combination of online and offline methods to collect a large amount of information about the subjects through on-site visits, multiple video communications, and data sorting. Over time, community workers and residents became familiar with us and provided many interesting stories.
An 87-year-old old man took out a photo album that he had collected for many years, took our director's hand and said, "Seeing how serious you are shooting, I am willing to tell you the story of me and my wife, you are exclusive." During the interview, the old man told the fond memories of the dusty years with deep affection, and only then did the touching stories, cherished memories and happy moments in the film come into being.
The most impressive thing about this creation is the "Heavenly Road". In the past, the understanding of the "Heavenly Road" only stayed in pictures and words. This time, when we saw the "white line" that twisted and twisted among the dangerous peaks in the aerial viewfinder, everyone was deeply shocked. In the past, Mao Zhishu led the villagers to build this road despite difficulties and dangers, so that the people of Xiazhuang could go out and get rid of poverty. Now, young people learn knowledge and improve their skills abroad, and then return to Xiazhuang to build their hometown along this road, step by step on the road of rural revitalization. For
's previous filming productions, sufficient time will be set aside for interviews and research before filming, and the script will be carefully polished to follow the established planComplete shooting and production. Although many times, adjustments will be made according to the actual situation, but the general creative direction is clear. However, this time broke our previous work habits. Due to the lack of time and the lack of preliminary research, we could only find correlations in the details and make connections through a large number of follow-up shooting and interviews. At the same time, under the premise of following the rules of storytelling, try to speed up the rhythm and increase the frequency of information conversion.
"My Heart is in the Plateau" is the subject of Wu Tianyi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The old gentleman devoted all his life energy to Qinghai, to the people he loves and to the plateau medical research work he is engaged in. This is undoubtedly a very important task. Good topic, very good characters, but it's not easy to tell the story well.
In the early stage of creation, I repeatedly consulted various materials and books about Academician Wu Tianyi, and pondered over and over again, and finally decided to use the perspective of Academician Wu Tianyi to narrate the course of more than 60 years of high altitude medical research and describe his life. The experience is linked with the sincere "Chinese heart". We researched and surveyed the scene of Academician Wu Tianyi's work in advance, formulated detailed shooting copywriting and sub-shot scripts, and optimized and ensured the accumulation of materials to the greatest extent. In the narration structure of the program, when it perfectly matches the expression method of the "self-report" of the series, focus on innovating the expression method. Different from the expression method of "commentary + picture" in general documentaries, the film has no commentary and no dubbing.
This film brought me the biggest gain is the constant pursuit of the ultimate mentality. In about 15 days after entering the later stage, we made more than ten revisions, because the pictures, live sound and music were all embedded with each other, and each revision was "a hair and a whole body", but every time It was worth it once. Careful carving in exchange for the perfect presentation of the documentary. Therefore, a good program is polished over and over again. In the future program production, I will also think more, have more creativity, and of course make more changes.
talked about the former mountain forest farm and the national "forestry hero" Sun Jianbo, and people around him would all say that this is an "old model" because his story has been photographed many times by the media. Facing the "old model", it is impossible to tell the story step by step as in the past. How to tell the story in a vivid way of shooting is the difficult problem of this creation.
doesn't have much wiggle room when time is tight and tasks are heavy. Coupled with Sun Jianbo's physical reasons, he could not meet the needs of multi-scene shooting. After repeated thinking, it was finally decided to use Sun Jianbo's granddaughter as a small incision and cross the narrative to enhance the appeal.
In the process of filming her granddaughter, the biggest inspiration is not to try to make her adapt to your rhythm, but to quickly integrate yourself into her world, follow her way of thinking, and build trust as soon as possible. She will also let go of her vigilance and nervousness, and use simple and unpretentious language to tell us the bits and pieces between Grandpa and the tree.
The story of Shi Guangyin's sand control is well-known in Shaanxi. How to tell the old story new is a major difficulty in the production of this shoot. At the same time, the length of the work also puts forward high requirements for the creation: 8-minute feature films or documentaries on the large screen are not easy to explain, and on the mobile terminal they have become the most unfavorable medium-to-long videos with “complete broadcast rate”. , the emotional interaction of small screens and other advantages, and the omni-media attributes suitable for multi-screen communication have become another major difficulty.
how to "applaud again"A great audience”? The theme must be highly refined and the main line highly clear, but “one sing and three sighs”, that is, a small plot for three minutes, each plot contains at least one climax and an emotional turning point. The main creative team has thoroughly Excavated and communicated with the protagonist many times, and finally decided to focus on Shi Guangyin's lifelong sand control, practice the theme of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", use Shi Guangyin to control sand, Shi Guangyin's son died of sand control, and his grandson took over. Sand control shows "lucid waters and lush mountains"; Shi Guangyin and his grandson lead the villagers to become rich in places where sandy land is now forest land to show "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets"; choose a number of scenes such as potato harvest and cooperative cattle farm dividends. The whole scene and the whole process are recorded and filmed, the theme is unified, and the scattered points are presented. Through the roller coaster-style emotional connection of "laugh points", "tear points" and "happiness points" to achieve emotional resonance that breaks through the circle. In terms of editing techniques, the narrative is reversed. Viewpoint, highlighting large subtitles, live sound, and heavy sound effects, and adopting packaging techniques such as time travel and camera reversal, so that the heavy theme can be easily displayed, and the depth, emotion, and communication are greatly improved.
"Promise" micro-documentary creation, we focus on solving three problems: old and new, more and less, unique and integrated.
first, solve the old and the new. For Zhejiang media, Sheng Awei is no compromise." "Old model", how to find new highlights is a challenge. We adopt the expression method of the intersection of progress and completion to sort out the time nodes, establish a narrative timeline, strengthen problem orientation, and highlight Sheng Awei's zeitgeist of chasing the end and promoting common prosperity ; Second, solve more and less. In the face of more than 200 hours of material over four years, we try to start with the staged expression of the character's spirit, pick up typical scenes, and focus on twisting good materials to the theme. The third is to solve the problem of independence and integration. Different from the creative teams of other stations, this time the Zhejiang Satellite TV team is tasked by the news center, the program center works collaboratively, and the dual centers "1+1" complementary resources are promoted, and there is synergy in this. A breakthrough in the accuracy of the method, we follow the form of unified action, building group interaction, and forming a special class team, giving full play to the advantages of the news center's record accumulation, the program center's production advantages, and doubles complementing each other, forming a transparent and efficient micro-documentary creation method. , which not only maintains the news of the documentary, but also radiates the vividness of literary and artistic creation.
Through the exclusive interview with the representative of the main creative team of the series of micro-documentaries "Me and My New Era", we can feel the difficulty of the creator more truly , they went deep into the grassroots, recorded and captured the emotions and fate of typical characters from zero distance, and used faithful records and innovative artistic techniques to create a group portrait of the people, and also painted a grand picture of China in the new era.
z 14zIn this series of micro-documentaries, we also realized more deeply, "The new era belongs to everyone, and everyone is the witness, founder, and builder of the new era. "In the past ten years, every ordinary person has been writing about his own splendor and insisting on his own hard work. It is the ordinary you and me who have formed this indomitable and prosperous new era of China.
Time flies, but there is thickness and strength. The warm and innovative documentary will not fade, and the spirit of the times will always shine.
