1, political theory
Documentary demonstration with real images. It gives full play to the technical and artistic advantages of the film, demonstrates with visual materials, and presents the characteristics of visualization and speculative complementarity. The materials used can be realistic or historical, and are not limited by time; Take the truth of the Sino-Indian border issue as an example. Its source of material can be China, Indian, British or other aspects, so it is not limited by the sequence of events themselves. Political documentary not only has some basic requirements such as authenticity of materials, rigor of argumentation and distinctiveness of views, but also pays special attention to the unity of visualization and science.
2. Current affairs reports
Documentary photos that report recent news events have the same nature as news documentaries. However, the scope of the report is not limited to one incident, and the structure is relatively complete. For example, Historical Commemoration, which reports the 70th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911, and Struggle, which reports the women's volleyball competition, etc.
3. History
Refers to the documentary photos that reproduce historical events in the past era. The characters and events it represents must accurately reflect the true nature of history, and cannot go against the truth of history, and cannot be played by actors. You can use historical film materials, historical photos, cultural relics, relics or works of art to shoot. This film should be worth recording. Such as The Storm of 1911, The Decisive Battle of Two Fates, Huaihai Qian Qiu, etc.
4. Biography
Documentary photos recording a person's life or experience in a certain period. The difference between it and general current affairs reports or historical documentaries is that it is centered on specific characters, and it is not allowed to be played by actors, nor can there be fictional plots and characters. For example, the poet Du Fu, the great Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary old man He Xiangning, Mao Zedong and Ye Jianying. Portraits, sketches, etc. , only show a person's side, also belong to this category.
Step 5 live
Refers to documentary photos that record various situations and States of people's real life. This is different from other documentaries, because the content does not need actors to participate in the performance at all, but reflects the real people and stories.
6, human geography film
A documentary that explores the natural conditions in a certain area or introduces social customs and urban and rural features. Such as the wonders of Huangshan Mountain, walking in Qaidam, exploring the wonders of soil forest, etc.
7. Stage
Documentary photos of live performances on stage. Live shooting of songs, dances, dramas, folk arts, etc. Stage performances can be deleted or abridged as needed, but the performance content cannot be adapted or added, which is different from stage art films adapted from stage programs. Such as folk songs and dances and friendship stage. China's first color stage documentary was 1953' s Butterfly Lovers.
8. Special series
Documentary photos produced individually or continuously under a unified general theme. Each of these films can be shown continuously or independently, such as Roaming the World, The Forbidden City and Modern Spring and Autumn.
Documentary is a film and television art form that takes real life as the creative material, real people and real events as the performance objects, and artistically processes and displays them. Its essence is to show the truth and use it to arouse people's thinking. The core of documentary is truth. The birth of film began with the creation of documentary. The experimental films such as "The Gate of the Factory" and "The Train Entering the Station" filmed by Louis Lumiere in France 1895 are all documentaries.
China documentary shooting began at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. The first one is Dingjun Mountain at 1905. Some of the earliest scenes, including social scenes in the late Qing Dynasty and historical figure Li Hongzhang, were all taken by foreign photographers. Documentaries can be divided into film documentaries and TV documentaries.