Peninsula all-media reporter Wang Yue
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, works of party history have emerged on the TV screen and performed brightly. The documentary "Red Secret File", which ended successfully on CCTV-9, brought a spiritual baptism to the whole people.
As a major theme project of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, "Red Secret File" is a key project of the Central Radio and Television Corporation. Based on the cultural and spiritual roots of the 28 years from the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921 to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the program digs deep into the shocking stories behind the precious archives and relives the fiery revolutionary passion and unswerving revolutionary belief of the Communists.
The party history documentary represented by "Red Secret File" uses innovative methodology to achieve innovative breakthroughs, give new meaning to revolutionary aesthetics, meet the audience's strong market demand for the main theme content, and effectively promote the strong rise of party history theme content.
Structure a multi-perspective narrative and a new interpretation of historical archives
Refining the main theme of literary and artistic masterpieces from the "rich mines" of red resources, especially telling the story of party history to the younger generation, is the need of society and the call of the times. "Red Secret File" starts from the archives, adopts the linear narrative mode of time, and digs deeply and tells the story behind thousands of archives through the five chapters of "Guarding the Light", "Choosing Moments", "Winning Radio Waves", "Wind and Rain Together", and "Between the Lines".
In terms of accuracy, "Red Secret File" has become the documentary with the longest file search time and the most retrieved files. It is reported that since the beginning of 2020, 10 film crews have carried out shooting at the same time, covering more than 50 archives, memorial halls and red landmarks in more than 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, shooting thousands of archives, interviewing nearly 100 guests, and shooting materials for nearly 10,000 minutes. After refining and screening the materials, the program was finally condensed into 5 episodes, each episode was 50 minutes, the content was more plain and peaceful, rigorous and vivid, and the accuracy of the party history presentation was greatly improved, meeting the public's demand for high-quality content.
In terms of hardness, the "Red Secret File" involves the resolutions, speeches and telegrams of major events of important meetings of the CPC, and also includes many categories such as letters, diaries, newspapers and periodicals, audio recordings, and videos, of which 48 archival materials were disclosed to the media for the first time. For example, the original speech written by Mao Zedong at the first meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee on August 9, 1927, and the manuscript of "The Struggle at Jinggangshan" personally revised by Mao Zedong, and so on. These exclusive materials are rare and precious, carrying a heavy sense of history and reality.
In terms of density, in the historical process from 1921 to 1949, "Red Secret Archives" selects several historical moments related to archives at different stages of the revolution, and through the perspective structure of seekers, witnesses, witnesses, and insiders, it clearly explains the legend of our party's archival cause that has been established and inherited; it clearly explains the important conference resolutions of our party during the period of the agrarian revolutionary war and the stories behind them; and clearly explains the great struggle wisdom of the Chinese Communists in strategizing and working together from top to bottom to finally win a decisive victory for thousands of miles To clearly explain the great pioneering deeds of the Communist Party of China, which has always taken serving the people wholeheartedly as its fundamental purpose, united the masses of the people of all nationalities and all strata, and united as one to win the victory of the Chinese revolution; and clearly explained the extraordinary strength of faith and the spiritual origin of the Communists... Let more audiences understand, listen, and understand.
The hundred-year journey is magnificent, and the original intention of the hundred-year journey has lasted for a long time. Based on the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists, "Red Secret File" extends the potential and energy contained in party history to multiple dimensions such as planning, creation, production, and dissemination, and has become a "living teaching material" for the study and education of party history.
Release the spiritual light and continue to move forward
The touching stories and moving moments in the great chapters of party history can often be deeply moving and urge people to forge ahead. Since its broadcast on October 1, "Red Secret File" has continued to rise in word of mouth, and the Weibo topic #Documentary Red Secret File has been read by 120 million. Many users were touched to the screen, saying: "It can be said that I have witnessed how Chairman Mao wrote countless masterpieces, it is precisely: to go to the masses of the people!" "From porters to generals with great military achievements, the documentary "Red Secret File" records the glorious years of hard struggle of revolutionary martyrs."
This is the public's heartfelt admiration and deep resonance with the cpc's century-old history of struggle. Behind the strong communication and strong resonance, "Red Secret File" approached the revolutionary ancestors from the archives, inscribed the precious footprints of their revolutionary journey, let the audience follow the camera to personally experience the turbulent but passionate era, and experience their sincere heart of seeking up and down and pushing the revolution to victory.
The program successfully outlined the images of many historical figures, such as skillfully praising Zuo Quan of Abe Norihide for his wisdom and scheming to boost morale; Lin Shuang, a leading figure in the new China's communications and aerospace industry, who led the growth of top communications technical talents; the large-scale production movement of women in northern Shaanxi represented by Hei Yuxiang and Gao Lanying, which provided a solid backing for the War of Resistance; and zhao Yunxiao, a young and heroic man, was executed when his child was more than a month old, and had to endure the pain of writing a farewell letter to his children. From the leadership to the officers and soldiers, to the ordinary people, the characters and stories presented in "Red Secret File" have both personality and representativeness, which makes the audience unforgettable.
Why did the theme of party history become "tide" and touch people's hearts more? In fact, the history of its own appeal needs more infectious expression. "Red Secret File" uses the means of suspense narrative to carry out narrative from multiple time and space angles, showing the great and ordinary figure of revolutionary martyrs in the affectionate review of the history of the homeland and personal destiny; prompting and illuminating the direction of our lives between history and the future, and then promoting the upgrading of documentaries from artistry to era and social with huge era tension.
Based on the present, Long Xiaogang, the grandson of General Long Kaifu, told the students the revolutionary story of his grandfather Long Kaifu, recalling his life as a porter, learning culture, and doing revolution. Long Kaifu's loyalty and belief in the party has not only been inherited and carried forward in the family, but also remembered and passed on by generations of red soldiers. He Tingying, the father of He Jiming, former vice president of the People's Liberation Army Information Engineering University, had an influence on him, prompting him to think about how the party command gun was formed. During the Northern Expedition, Mao Zedong talked with He Tingying many times, and gradually sprouted a new type of thinking on the building of the people's army in the course of investigation and reflection. Today, He Jiming has returned to his hometown and transformed a simple rural grain depot into a large lecture hall, continuing to sow the seeds of revolution...
"Red Secret File" connects the innovative expressions of the past and the present, making a new breakthrough in the creation of party history themes, allowing party history stories to enter the public and integrating into life, showing the latest achievements in party history research. New to history, the program also allows more audiences to draw experience and wisdom from the century-old party history, feel the great power of thought, and gather the surging power of the new journey.
Feel the history of the party and cultivate aesthetic taste
The party history theme programs represented by "Red Secret File" not only have ideological penetration, but also have aesthetic insight, which is a good recipe for improving the aesthetic ecology of the current young generation.
The century-old party history, with the people and the same frequency with the times, comes with empathy energy and discussion value, which can make the current audience realize the connection between themselves and the ordinary people who had the light of thought, the charm of ideals and the power of youth a hundred years ago.
Under the leadership of the introducer who joined the party, the peasant He Page duo wrote down his oath one by one, which became the earliest surviving cultural relics with the oath of joining the party. In this regard, young netizens said: "This cultural relic is heavy, full of many revolutionary stories!" "Cherish for a long time, inspire future generations, do not forget the original heart, and be loyal to the faith!" "You come from light and shadow, but you are more dazzling than light and shadow" "Drag my father to squat together at 8 o'clock tonight to guard the earliest surviving cultural relics that have been written into the party oath!" Crazy to play calclall! ”
"Red Secret File" complements the educational significance and aesthetic value of the program, which not only provides people with spiritual strength and moral indoctrination, but also brings an aesthetic enlightenment, which has strong practical significance for improving the aesthetics of the whole nation.
Only by understanding history can we see far, and only by understanding history can we go far. Through "Red Secret File", the audience builds a richer spiritual home in the dialogue with history and life, can gain more flexibility in thinking, emotion and cognition, and recreates the fiery real life with revolutionary heroism.