影像传记叙事的“拉远”与“走近”——论电影《我的父亲焦裕禄》的历史呈现

"Zoom In"and"Zoom Out"in Video Biography Narration:Study of The Historical Presentation of the Film My Father Jiao Yulu

作为一部人物传记片,电影《我的父亲焦裕禄》在叙事策略上做出了较多创新。一是“以人带史”,全景式地展现了渐行渐远的特定时代的风貌;二是通过艺术再塑,以单元化的情节冲突凸显人物性格特征,并表达创作者对于历史的认知;三是穿插了女儿的叙事视角,使镜头很自然地进入到焦裕禄的个人生活和家庭。影片的叙事策略大体可以概括为“拉远”和“走近”的叙事平衡,这对今天中国主旋律影视剧的创作有着诸多启示。

As a character biopic, the film My Father Jiao Yulu has made many innovations in the narrative strategy. The first is "telling history through people", which shows the scenery of a specific era in a panoramic manner. Second, with artistic reconstruction, the characteristics are highlighted by separated plot conflict, which also expresses the creator’s cognition of history. Third, the narrative perspective of his daughter is interspersed, so that the story of Jiao Yulu’s personal life and family is naturally presented. The narrative strategy of the film can be generally summarized as the balance between "zoom in" and "zoom out", which offers a lot of enlightenment for the creation of the prevalent Chinese films and TV dramas today.