Documentary Image Expression in Public Emergencies: A Case Study of Documentary Film "The Front Line"

Abstract

In recent years, public emergencies represented by the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 have occurred frequently, and the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century . As the most authentic and timely image form, documentary film, which focuses on the documentary expression of public emergencies, plays a competitive, original, powerful, influential and leading role, has been widely concerned and affirmed by the industry and beyond. Taking the documentary film "The Front Line" as an example, combined with the author's personal thinking as the executive chief director of the film, this paper analyzes the film from the perspective of creation, argumentation, narrative means and speech methods, and conducts in-depth thinking and theoretical analysis of the documentary image expression in public emergencies.