"The Power of Record and Truth" - The 2022 CCTV Documentary List Release Event was recently held in Beijing, which is the first time that the CCTV has held an annual documentary list release event. At the event, 50 blockbuster new films to be launched by the station in 2022 were released, which aroused the high attention of the industry and the audience.
It is reported that the content of these 50 high-quality documentaries planned to be launched by the general station covers many sections such as "documentary films", "time and shadow journeys, cultural history", "poetry of life and humanistic documentaries", "Pulse of China , physical geography", "power of science and technology , science and technology", "international cooperation above the firmament" and so on. These works cut from multiple dimensions, in addition to actively responding to the theme of the times, promoting technology, themes, and model innovation, but also bringing together various big names and directors to tap many exclusive high-quality resources. They depict fireworks in the world, paint the spirit of heaven and earth, trace ancient civilizations, down to future science and technology, and have a huge scale of international cooperation. In addition to seeing the majesty and beauty of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, the long history of Chinese civilization, the solidarity of human destiny, and the vastness of space in the universe, the audience can also feel the Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength contained in these works.
The documentary has been called "The Mirror of Social and Human Survival". The presentation of people is the embodiment of the core values of the creator. In 2022, the documentary "Chasing Fish in the Sea" will be launched by the General Station to follow the Chinese fishermen who fish in the ocean to witness the bittersweet and bittersweet in their daily lives; "Qinghai-Tibet Scientific Expedition" will return to the characters themselves, telling the stories of scientists, young students and logistics support personnel, under the threshold of ecological civilization, to explore scientific exploration and dedication; "Art in the Field" will follow sui Jianguo, Xu Bing, Xichuan, Bi Gan, Gao Yanjinzi five artists, into the ancient Guizhou Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Record their artistic journey in the depths of the beautiful village, empower rural construction with art, and realize the perfect combination of the motherland's great rivers and mountains, the inheritance of intangible folk culture and artistic life.
In terms of gastronomic themes, the creative team of "Taste of Macao" has eaten all over 397 large and small restaurants in Macao, focusing on comprehensively reflecting the birth, flow and prosperity of Macao cuisine, and using food as a window to tell the story of Macao behind the taste, painting an open and inclusive picture of Macao cuisine. After "The Journey of the Crab", "The Journey of the Peppers" will meet the audience in 2022. "Fresh History" focuses on four well-known people in the long river of history, including Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Cao Xueqin, and Lu Xun, interpreting the story between cultural people and food from their perspectives. Stripped of the serious coat, the audience sees the most vivid and grounded side of these people in the long river of history.
In 2022, the documentary will continue to lead the audience to punch in the famous mountains and rivers, "The Power of Nature" in the land of China to find and show the great power of nature, excavate the secrets of all things; "China Micro Business Card • World Heritage" shoots China's cultural and natural world heritage sites, adopts an international expression method, and presents the most representative cultural nature of the heritage site through touching details... The fourth season of "Aerial Photography China" continues to use the shooting methods of the first three seasons, all completed by aerial photography. With a new image language that combines macroscopic bird's eye view of natural development and microscopic attention to humanistic history, it shows the most beautiful scenery of 11 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions such as Liaoning and Hubei to audiences at home and abroad.
Imagery is the art of time. Those key moments in the long river of years have all triggered the audience's warmth and respect for history. In 2022, the station will launch a series of works in the history and culture section. "Great Dunhuang" (4K) takes Dunhuang as a historical example to tell the history of trade exchanges, cultural exchanges and artistic exchanges between the East and the West, showing the fate of the Chinese nation for two thousand years and pursuing exploration; "Shan Hai Jingqi" presents a magnificent epic of the collision and integration of china's ancient ethnic groups and cultures, telling the legendary epic of the initial stage of Chinese civilization, as well as the heroic genes and national values of the Chinese nation that have been handed down to this day; the fourth season of "If National Treasures Can Speak" will enter the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Let us once again see the veins and traces of Chinese civilization growing in history.
The exploration and application of new technologies is an important way to expand the boundaries of documentary development. In 2022, the station will launch a documentary giant screen film "Flying Over the Sky" with the theme of the Chinese space station, the image content of the space part of the film will be filmed in space by two sets of 8K ultra-high-definition cameras developed by the station, and the equipment will adopt the technical standard of "8K, 50 frames, full frame", which will be the highest technical standard for human shooting images in space so far, fully embodying the innovation leadership position of the "5G+4K/8K+AI" strategy of the station.
In 2022, the station will successively launch a number of documentaries on the theme of the Winter Olympics. "From Beijing to Beijing" is filmed by ordinary people, the documentary tells the life story of a group of ordinary people in beijing, the city of the Two Olympics; the Sino-foreign co-production of the documentary "Flying Over the Ice and Snow Line" will be launched in 11 languages at the same time, it tells the different life choices made by 6 athletes from different countries and regions in different situations in order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
International cooperation in the field of documentary creation is a kind of cultural exchange and reference. "Great Dunhuang" invited the Documentary Team of Britain, Germany, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, India, Japan and other countries to participate in the production, it is based on cultural exchanges and artistic exchanges in the history of Trade between the East and the West, confirming China's civilization values of "harmony and difference" and "Beauty and Beauty and Commonality"; "Peking People, the Last Secret of Mankind" reveals the secrets of the early formation of human society, the secret of clans, division of labor and language creation, by the General Station and the French National Television Group, Co-produced by France's 10.7 production company; "Flying Over the Ice and Snow Line", which tells the story of six ice and snow athletes preparing for the Winter Olympics, is co-produced with the Netherlands; "Wild Seasons: Rare Wild Animals in China" is jointly produced by the world's top wildlife shooting team to leave precious moving images of Chinese national treasure animals.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhua City Reporter: Moschig
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