How to evaluate the documentary "Up the River"?

Without Yushui and Jerry, the film would be much inferior. Yushui's personal destiny and her family destiny are the true portrayal of the life of the Three Gorges people. Yushui connects the different time and space to be expressed in the film-or, because of choosing Yushui, the time and space of the film is broader and the transformation is very natural. She got on the cruise ship from home because the family of the Three Gorges Project became poor and had to work to supplement her family. Although she hates her parents, she often comes back, which naturally reflects the situation that this family faces immigration. Jerry's family didn't appear, and Jerry reflected the contradiction between an only-child generation who was desperate for success and wealth and the social environment of the rapidly developing commercial society. He is also from the Three Gorges, but on the other hand, the image of a young man full of desire is very representative.

montage

Forget the music of this movie, it's great. What I want to say is editing. The most important thing in editing is to tell a story with a knife, not fancy or formal-this is just a shallow goal. If there are a lot of materials, shot at different times and places, and finally not arranged in chronological order or place order, I believe that 100 editors will give 100 different versions of the story, with different perspectives and different meanings, and the final views will be completely different! Editing is a re-creation process. In this film, the link point of the clip is excellent-not the link of time, but the link of inner meaning. This is more logical and looks very comfortable and smooth. However, for editors, there is no doubt that a clear point of view is needed. It also proves that there are no objective records, even documentaries, especially documentaries.

Feature films and documentaries

A feature film has a script, and actors are invited to play the script; Documentary has no script and no actors, but life is the biggest script, and there is no better actor than a real person, if the director has a story in his heart. Documentary directors are definitely more ambitious than film directors.

hinder

Is there any interference from the crew in the development of the lens or "plot" I don't know. It's in the camera. It's not surprising. Life in the water, especially on the boat, has developed very smoothly. I have to wonder if she got special attention because of the intervention of the film crew. If it's not the film crew, can her parents go to the boat and talk to the manager? Will her colleagues be so friendly to her? Will the nature of her job change? -I don't know. If the existence of the camera has changed anything, it is only part of the truth.

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