International Online: The Journey of Life on Earth, From the Beginning of the Vast Ocean. In that deep blue, how many genetic codes related to civilization are hidden? In the cities closely accompanied by the sea, how many moving stories are worth excavating?
Recently, the first season of China's first coastal city documentary "Blue Ocean China" created by the CCTV network of the Central Radio and Television Corporation will usher in the end. Along the long 18,000-kilometer coastline of the mainland, the film gradually tells the romantic style and prosperity of ten cities such as Fuzhou, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shenzhen. In the excavation of marine culture, the exploration of marine science and technology, and the insight into the marine economy, "Blue Ocean China" not only clearly presents the past and present life of urban marine civilization in a clear context, but also plays an exciting battle song for the development of China's marine industry under the guidance of the strategy of marine power.
Born with the sea, to create a marine civilization image
In recent years, domestic documentaries on urban themes have emerged in an endless stream, but most of them focus on daily life in cities; documentaries exploring professional fields such as the ocean are not uncommon, but they mainly focus on the popularization of the mysteries of life. This time, "Blue Ocean China" innovatively combines the two themes, and creates a "Maritime Civilization Video Chronicle" through the depiction of the "City Sea" story of ten coastal cities.
As the first documentary on the theme of coastal cities in China, "Blue Ocean China" integrates the characteristics of "sea" with the style of "city", depicting the facets of marine civilization in different cities: the mangroves of the Beihai Sea show the marine ecology that continues to this day, the rock paintings of Baojing Bay in Zhuhai tell the splendid and vivid history and culture, the shacha noodles in Xiamen are the leisurely coastal life on the tip of the tongue, the intelligent docks in Shenzhen ignite the prosperous marine economy, and the scientific research team in Qingdao uses wisdom to dig deep into marine science and technology with unlimited potential... Through a story, the film intuitively shows that this coastline has been nurturing many possibilities of civilization.
Treasure Mirror Bay petroglyphs
In this "Video Chronicle", although the depiction of marine civilization spans thousands of years, the narrative line of "Blue Ocean China" does not unfold from a panoramic perspective, nor does it follow the longitudinal axis of time, but naturally captures different corners of coastal cities from the perspective of the protagonist. Compared with the textbook stereotype, this flexible use of typical stories and typical scenes not only shows the audience a more vivid urban civilization, but also gives each city a different character through the "customized mode" according to local conditions. The ecology of Beihai, the innovation of Shenzhen, the fashion of Dalian... In the shots, these distinctive themes highlight the characteristics of local marine civilization and at the same time metaphorically refer to the endogenous core qualities of each coastal city.
Through the recording of ecological folklore, the development context of coastal cities is presented, and the social pattern under the marine economy is sorted out through the tracking of the frontiers of various fields. Using images as the medium, "Blue Ocean China" depicts the "past and present life of urban marine civilization" at the intersection of popular science and viewability.
Rise to the sea and decode the spirit of the ocean that leads to prosperity
Taking the coastal city as the starting point, "Blue Ocean China" not only emphasizes the close relationship between "sea and city", but also focuses on depicting the interactive relationship between "sea and people" and "people and city", so it has a distinct sense of story. The film sees both big times and small people, and the two are woven into a group of Chinese ocean stories with profound cores, and in the resonance of the times with the theme of struggle, they naturally reveal a kind of high -altitude "marine spirit".
In Zhuhai, Margaret's family from Kazan, Russia, has formed the world's largest handicraft performance team, integrating Russian dance and Chinese kung fu and other arts, interpreting the harmony of Chinese and Western convergence; in Dalian, global clothing brands and well-known designers gather here every year to negotiate, and Dalian's clothing industry continues to go global, carrying exchanges that reach the world... These stories, which tell the passionate embrace of coastal cities and the world, reflect the most vivid impression that the ocean gives to people - openness and tolerance.
These people-centered stories have also created a group of group portraits of "sea chasers" and "sea breakers" who have been moving forward. In Ningbo, a family of five generations of tower keepers on the 0.03 square kilometers of Qili Island, the mission of the lighthouse from generation to generation, adhere to the original intention of guarding the route; in Fuzhou, a teacher tried his best to find shipbuilders to restore the shipbuilding technology of a hundred years ago, and finally succeeded in making fuchuan, an ancient Chinese sailing ship, once again set sail on the necessary route of Zheng He's fleet to stop in Fuzhou 600 years ago; in Haikou, the "returnees" entrepreneurs and partners from all over the country who came from the free trade port actively introduced foreign street food truck culture into the city. And to incorporate local food and cultural elements into the creation... As Ding Pengfei, the film's chief producer, said, as an individual, the current Chinese "ocean spirit" should be another pattern of life, "not a matter of self-sorrow and joy, a cup of water and turmoil, but a close relationship between the fate of the individual and the country, and people are looking for and pursuing the value of life in the coordinates of history and the country."
Lucky boat
From this perspective, Blue Ocean China's understanding and presentation of the ocean does not stop at the bustling shoals, but touches the soul that surges in the deep blue. Combined with a vivid and perceptible typical presentation, "Blue Ocean China" allows the audience not only to understand the spiritual background of the development of marine civilization, but also to understand the spiritual core of China's economic take-off.
Expanding the sea and glory, we saw a new journey of a maritime power
As an art form based on reality, documentaries often assume the function of observing society and at the same time can be compared with the propositions of the times. As the first documentary work in China to focus on the development of coastal cities' marine undertakings, "Blue Ocean China" does not simply focus on the urban landscape, but excavates the diverse exploration and practice of these cities for the strategy of marine power in multiple stories.
From transportation, industry, science and technology to environmental protection, education, medicine and other fields, the ocean is pregnant with unlimited opportunities. In the film, through the perspective of "navigators" and "screws" in various fields, it can be seen that China's first automated green dock in Xiamen is lined with tower cranes, and the automated machinery supports the prosperity from day to night; the splicing of giant ships is carried out in the Dalian Shipyard, which was founded in 1898, which witnesses the rise of China's shipbuilding industry; the "big windmill" on the sea surface of Xinghua Bay marks that China's wind power development capabilities have ranked among the world's first squares. Behind it is inseparable from the hard work of the 10 MW offshore typhoon-resistant wind turbine; researchers rooted in the laboratory use renewable resources in the ocean to achieve the research and development of degradable materials... The achievements of the construction of a maritime power in the new era have spread out on the screen.
These documentary typical stories also raise awareness of the significance of building a maritime power among the public. As a documentary released from the network side, "Blue Ocean China" relies on the new media matrix of the Central Radio and Television Corporation to transmit influence, and in addition to the main film, there are also a number of fast-paced short videos depicting coastal cities under the relevant labels of social platforms. From the Zhuhai Vegetable Processing and Distribution Center for Hong Kong and Macao, which has been delivering fresh and frozen commodities to the Hong Kong and Macao markets for 59 consecutive years, to the Qingdao Port, a super port with the world's largest crude oil throughput and iron ore throughput, to the "Exploration No. 1" that started from Sanya and completed the artificial seismic profile measurement with a total length of 1059 kilometers, and the Dalian Naval Academy, the first naval officer school in New China. Combining shocking visual enjoyment with interesting plots, these presentations not only show the overall strategy of the marine power from the macro level, but also touch the audience's empathy from the micro level, creating an atmosphere for the whole people to pay attention to the ocean and the ocean.
Starting from the junction between sea and land, "Blue Ocean China" outlines the diversified style of coastal cities, tells the steadfastness of the "sea catchers" in fighting against the wind and waves, and records China's steady steps towards becoming a maritime power. In that blue background that has not faded for thousands of years, "Blue Ocean China" made a retrospective of the Chinese nation's long-distance voyage, and also issued an oath to the future to continue to meet the wind and waves and stand at the head of the tide.