This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such...This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such as blogs,forums,emails and online archives.The discussion highlights the role of AI in different stages of the research process,including question generation,sample and design definition,ethical considerations,data analysis,and results dissemination,emphasizing how AI can automate complex tasks and enhance research design.The paper also reports on practical experiences using AI tools,specifically ChatGPT-4,in conducting web-mediated documentary analysis and shares some ideas for the integration of AI in social research.展开更多
Documentary is an important form of audiovisual works with the characteristics of both authenticity and artistry, which plays a significant role in the spread of culture and knowledge. Reception aesthetics is a theory...Documentary is an important form of audiovisual works with the characteristics of both authenticity and artistry, which plays a significant role in the spread of culture and knowledge. Reception aesthetics is a theory of literary criticism raised by the German literature theoretician and aesthetician Hans Robert Jauss in the 1960 s, in which the focus of literary studies is shifted from the author and text to the reader. It emphasizes reader's participation and acceptance during the text understanding, by shifting the central position of studies from the author and work to the reader. It claims that only the works that have been comprehended and delivered by readers possess artistic value and meaning. With the characteristic of audience-centered, documentary happens to coincide with reception aesthetics theory which takes readers' horizon of expectation into consideration. Applying the theory of reception aesthetics as its interpretive framework, this paper makes an effort to study subtitle translation of documentary films.展开更多
＂Our relation to the past is being transformed by digital media. Internet and digital databases increase the presence of the past and remake our connection to both past and present＂ （Manoff, 2010, p. 9）. The use o...＂Our relation to the past is being transformed by digital media. Internet and digital databases increase the presence of the past and remake our connection to both past and present＂ （Manoff, 2010, p. 9）. The use of archive footage in documentary filmmaking has increased significantly, since the digitalization of audio-visual archives. Access is facilitated by databases and different interfaces. The theorization about the particular impacts of archive footage on the documentary text has not received much attention as yet as archive usage has been seen as unproblematic and digital archives as just ＂handy＂. This paper is a first step in the development of a taxonomy of how archive footage is being used by documentary filmmakers, while taken into account the production practices and the processes of archivization of archive materials.展开更多
Publicity documentaries play an important role in shaping the image of one country during the international communication.Seasons of China is a publicity documentary introducing the traditional Chinese culture 24 sola...Publicity documentaries play an important role in shaping the image of one country during the international communication.Seasons of China is a publicity documentary introducing the traditional Chinese culture 24 solar terms.Under the guidance of the framework of Harmonious Discourse Analysis,this thesis uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the harmonious discourse of this documentary based on the transitivity system.The research finds that the discourse of Seasons of China conveys the China’s ecological concept of respecting,following and protecting the nature,while telling the stories of Chinese traditional culture 24 solar terms,highlighting the image of China as a responsible country for ecological civilization construction.展开更多
Based on Fillmore’s frame theory, this paper examines the translator’s cognitive frame operation in the English subtitle translation of Quanzhou’s World Heritage application documentary. It analyzes and discusses h...Based on Fillmore’s frame theory, this paper examines the translator’s cognitive frame operation in the English subtitle translation of Quanzhou’s World Heritage application documentary. It analyzes and discusses how the translator maximizes translation effect between the source language and the target language, so as to enhance the readability of documentary subtitles and promote the spread of traditional Chinese culture. The findings are as follows: Firstly, in the translation process, the frame operations used by the translator include frame correspondence, intra-frame operations, frame replacement, frame perspective shift and frame transplantation. Secondly, cultural documentaries are full of culture-loaded words, for which the translator usually uses frame transplantation. Thirdly, due to the instantaneous nature of subtitles, intra-frame operations and frame replacement are applied in terms of cultural background of the target language audience. Besides, in order to enhance the audience’s reading experience, there may be some changes of narrative perspective in the English translation of cultural documentaries.展开更多
This paper deals with the translation strategies of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words from the perspective of adaptation theory.It is based on the translation text of the sixth episode“Silk Road”and the seventh episode“...This paper deals with the translation strategies of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words from the perspective of adaptation theory.It is based on the translation text of the sixth episode“Silk Road”and the seventh episode“Dunhuang”of the documentary Hexi Corridor.Many words with Chinese cultural connotations appear in the subtitles of this documentary.This paper will be divided into four parts.The first part and the second part deal with the basic theories,i.e.,definition of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words and of adaptation theory.The original text is analysed in the third part.This part deals with the background and specifics of the language of the documentary film Hexi Corridor.The fourth part deals with the difficulties encountered by the author in translation practice and the corresponding solutions adopted by the author.The translation difficulties are solved by five translation methods,namely transliteration,loan translation,substitution,interpretation,and adaptation.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is utilizing quasi-experimental study to evaluate the educational value of a documentary film for transitional care about children dental health management The method used in this study is a ...The purpose of this paper is utilizing quasi-experimental study to evaluate the educational value of a documentary film for transitional care about children dental health management The method used in this study is a pre-post survey among nurse viewers. The study was completed over a 12-month period. In the experimental group, when the nurses watched the documentary film, they evaluated the documentary film highly and reported an intention to change their transitional care practice and mind as a result of watching the documentary film. Following viewing, children and their parents felt more strongly that ＂children with dental problems should meet with a nurse early＂ and that ＂transitional care greatly impacts children oral health＂. As a result, a documentary film about oral transitional care is an effective educational tool to improve nurses＇ transitional care awareness among children about the importance and needs of children. The results suggest that if significant modifications are obtained, this approach can be an efficient way applicable to other contexts of patient care.展开更多
This paper studies the four-character frame in the subtitle of the documentary Daming Palace, aiming to provide a reference for the translation of the documentary four-character case as well as better spread Chinese c...This paper studies the four-character frame in the subtitle of the documentary Daming Palace, aiming to provide a reference for the translation of the documentary four-character case as well as better spread Chinese culture. By analyzing, researching and summarizing the subtitle of Daming Palace and reading a lot of literature, the author has found that in Daming Palace the four-character frame is characterized by the use of the absolute four-character frames and the recurrence of some four-character frames, and that C-E translation methods of the four-character frame are mainly literal translation, free translation, provincial translation and concise translation.展开更多
Director Lu Chuan talks about bringing his new wildlife documentary to Cannes and shares his observations on China's conservation efforts Renowned filmmaker Lu Chuan has always had a deep passion for wildlife cons...Director Lu Chuan talks about bringing his new wildlife documentary to Cannes and shares his observations on China's conservation efforts Renowned filmmaker Lu Chuan has always had a deep passion for wildlife conservation.展开更多
Based on the history of documentary film development and related theoretical arguments,this paper analyzes YasujirōOzu’s work Tokyo Story.It combines Ozu’s expressed attitudes towards“family,”“life,”and“societ...Based on the history of documentary film development and related theoretical arguments,this paper analyzes YasujirōOzu’s work Tokyo Story.It combines Ozu’s expressed attitudes towards“family,”“life,”and“society”with the film’s narrative content,character development,and visual composition to elucidate the documentary aesthetics of the film.展开更多
The introduction of Confucius and Confucianism in the French version of the documentary Hello,China plays a crucial role in promoting traditional Chinese Confucian culture to French-speaking countries.By using French ...The introduction of Confucius and Confucianism in the French version of the documentary Hello,China plays a crucial role in promoting traditional Chinese Confucian culture to French-speaking countries.By using French as the narration language for the documentary,it facilitates the dissemination of Confucianism to French-speaking nations,particularly in Francophone Africa.This paper adopts a multimodal text analysis approach to explore how the documentary Hello,China constructs Confucius’personal image and his Confucian identity,as well as how it spreads Confucian culture overseas.Through analysis,the study aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the documentary,thereby suggesting ways to improve the global dissemination of Confucianism and promoting its broader and deeper outreach.展开更多
Seeing Design in the Ordinary Chief Director:Ye Shen Length:Six Episodes Producers:bilibili,Xiaohe Media Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This is the first 4K documentary series in the field of design.What is good desig...Seeing Design in the Ordinary Chief Director:Ye Shen Length:Six Episodes Producers:bilibili,Xiaohe Media Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This is the first 4K documentary series in the field of design.What is good design?How does a design proceed from inspiration to presentation?The film traces the origin of design in people’s everyday life.Combined with rich animation and creative photography,it presents the designer’s inner world to pique people’s curiosity and make them question the design of objects around them.Through different categories of design,such as folk art,architecture,and public spaces,it provides an understanding of design and its application.展开更多
Ten Thousand Years of Life.Chief Director:Zhou Xiaomeng.Length:12 Episodes.Producers:Hunan TV,Mango TV,and OBM.Broadcasting Platforms:Mango TV,and bilibili.In the backdrop of China’s aging society,this film series fo...Ten Thousand Years of Life.Chief Director:Zhou Xiaomeng.Length:12 Episodes.Producers:Hunan TV,Mango TV,and OBM.Broadcasting Platforms:Mango TV,and bilibili.In the backdrop of China’s aging society,this film series focuses on the community of elderly people in China who have enjoyed longevity.展开更多
文摘This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such as blogs,forums,emails and online archives.The discussion highlights the role of AI in different stages of the research process,including question generation,sample and design definition,ethical considerations,data analysis,and results dissemination,emphasizing how AI can automate complex tasks and enhance research design.The paper also reports on practical experiences using AI tools,specifically ChatGPT-4,in conducting web-mediated documentary analysis and shares some ideas for the integration of AI in social research.
文摘Documentary is an important form of audiovisual works with the characteristics of both authenticity and artistry, which plays a significant role in the spread of culture and knowledge. Reception aesthetics is a theory of literary criticism raised by the German literature theoretician and aesthetician Hans Robert Jauss in the 1960 s, in which the focus of literary studies is shifted from the author and text to the reader. It emphasizes reader's participation and acceptance during the text understanding, by shifting the central position of studies from the author and work to the reader. It claims that only the works that have been comprehended and delivered by readers possess artistic value and meaning. With the characteristic of audience-centered, documentary happens to coincide with reception aesthetics theory which takes readers' horizon of expectation into consideration. Applying the theory of reception aesthetics as its interpretive framework, this paper makes an effort to study subtitle translation of documentary films.
文摘＂Our relation to the past is being transformed by digital media. Internet and digital databases increase the presence of the past and remake our connection to both past and present＂ （Manoff, 2010, p. 9）. The use of archive footage in documentary filmmaking has increased significantly, since the digitalization of audio-visual archives. Access is facilitated by databases and different interfaces. The theorization about the particular impacts of archive footage on the documentary text has not received much attention as yet as archive usage has been seen as unproblematic and digital archives as just ＂handy＂. This paper is a first step in the development of a taxonomy of how archive footage is being used by documentary filmmakers, while taken into account the production practices and the processes of archivization of archive materials.
文摘Publicity documentaries play an important role in shaping the image of one country during the international communication.Seasons of China is a publicity documentary introducing the traditional Chinese culture 24 solar terms.Under the guidance of the framework of Harmonious Discourse Analysis,this thesis uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the harmonious discourse of this documentary based on the transitivity system.The research finds that the discourse of Seasons of China conveys the China’s ecological concept of respecting,following and protecting the nature,while telling the stories of Chinese traditional culture 24 solar terms,highlighting the image of China as a responsible country for ecological civilization construction.
文摘Based on Fillmore’s frame theory, this paper examines the translator’s cognitive frame operation in the English subtitle translation of Quanzhou’s World Heritage application documentary. It analyzes and discusses how the translator maximizes translation effect between the source language and the target language, so as to enhance the readability of documentary subtitles and promote the spread of traditional Chinese culture. The findings are as follows: Firstly, in the translation process, the frame operations used by the translator include frame correspondence, intra-frame operations, frame replacement, frame perspective shift and frame transplantation. Secondly, cultural documentaries are full of culture-loaded words, for which the translator usually uses frame transplantation. Thirdly, due to the instantaneous nature of subtitles, intra-frame operations and frame replacement are applied in terms of cultural background of the target language audience. Besides, in order to enhance the audience’s reading experience, there may be some changes of narrative perspective in the English translation of cultural documentaries.
基金Research Startup Project for Doctors at the School of Foreign Languages,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology(Fund Project No.:1F-21-305-101).
文摘This paper deals with the translation strategies of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words from the perspective of adaptation theory.It is based on the translation text of the sixth episode“Silk Road”and the seventh episode“Dunhuang”of the documentary Hexi Corridor.Many words with Chinese cultural connotations appear in the subtitles of this documentary.This paper will be divided into four parts.The first part and the second part deal with the basic theories,i.e.,definition of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words and of adaptation theory.The original text is analysed in the third part.This part deals with the background and specifics of the language of the documentary film Hexi Corridor.The fourth part deals with the difficulties encountered by the author in translation practice and the corresponding solutions adopted by the author.The translation difficulties are solved by five translation methods,namely transliteration,loan translation,substitution,interpretation,and adaptation.
文摘The purpose of this paper is utilizing quasi-experimental study to evaluate the educational value of a documentary film for transitional care about children dental health management The method used in this study is a pre-post survey among nurse viewers. The study was completed over a 12-month period. In the experimental group, when the nurses watched the documentary film, they evaluated the documentary film highly and reported an intention to change their transitional care practice and mind as a result of watching the documentary film. Following viewing, children and their parents felt more strongly that ＂children with dental problems should meet with a nurse early＂ and that ＂transitional care greatly impacts children oral health＂. As a result, a documentary film about oral transitional care is an effective educational tool to improve nurses＇ transitional care awareness among children about the importance and needs of children. The results suggest that if significant modifications are obtained, this approach can be an efficient way applicable to other contexts of patient care.
文摘This paper studies the four-character frame in the subtitle of the documentary Daming Palace, aiming to provide a reference for the translation of the documentary four-character case as well as better spread Chinese culture. By analyzing, researching and summarizing the subtitle of Daming Palace and reading a lot of literature, the author has found that in Daming Palace the four-character frame is characterized by the use of the absolute four-character frames and the recurrence of some four-character frames, and that C-E translation methods of the four-character frame are mainly literal translation, free translation, provincial translation and concise translation.
文摘Director Lu Chuan talks about bringing his new wildlife documentary to Cannes and shares his observations on China's conservation efforts Renowned filmmaker Lu Chuan has always had a deep passion for wildlife conservation.
文摘Based on the history of documentary film development and related theoretical arguments,this paper analyzes YasujirōOzu’s work Tokyo Story.It combines Ozu’s expressed attitudes towards“family,”“life,”and“society”with the film’s narrative content,character development,and visual composition to elucidate the documentary aesthetics of the film.
文摘The introduction of Confucius and Confucianism in the French version of the documentary Hello,China plays a crucial role in promoting traditional Chinese Confucian culture to French-speaking countries.By using French as the narration language for the documentary,it facilitates the dissemination of Confucianism to French-speaking nations,particularly in Francophone Africa.This paper adopts a multimodal text analysis approach to explore how the documentary Hello,China constructs Confucius’personal image and his Confucian identity,as well as how it spreads Confucian culture overseas.Through analysis,the study aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the documentary,thereby suggesting ways to improve the global dissemination of Confucianism and promoting its broader and deeper outreach.
文摘Seeing Design in the Ordinary Chief Director:Ye Shen Length:Six Episodes Producers:bilibili,Xiaohe Media Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This is the first 4K documentary series in the field of design.What is good design?How does a design proceed from inspiration to presentation?The film traces the origin of design in people’s everyday life.Combined with rich animation and creative photography,it presents the designer’s inner world to pique people’s curiosity and make them question the design of objects around them.Through different categories of design,such as folk art,architecture,and public spaces,it provides an understanding of design and its application.
文摘Ten Thousand Years of Life.Chief Director:Zhou Xiaomeng.Length:12 Episodes.Producers:Hunan TV,Mango TV,and OBM.Broadcasting Platforms:Mango TV,and bilibili.In the backdrop of China’s aging society,this film series focuses on the community of elderly people in China who have enjoyed longevity.
