Gleason-style documentaries-pay attention to ordinary people in real life, participate in various service undertakings for the purpose of public interests, and record the reality and serve the public.
Grierson resigned in 1937. Two years later, the film department of the General Post Office was taken over by the British Intelligence Department and renamed Crown Film Department, which was dissolved in 1951.
During Gleason's tenure, documentary filmmakers under his leadership formed the famous Gleason School, and the British film movement in film history refers to the creative activities of this school in the 193s and 194s.
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China's documentary stories are composed of contradictions. When selecting materials or shooting, we should first look at whether there are contradictions in the subject matter, whether contradictions can be formed, and whether contradictions or story details are photographed in the creation.
In the later editing, the author should also use the creative techniques of feature films, such as setting suspense, foreshadowing characters, cross-narration, and speeding up the pace, so as to strengthen the story-telling creation of documentaries.
On the basis of real records, the narrative style of documentary stories is not much different from that of feature films, such as suspense, details, bedding, repetition, climax, etc. It is not only the patent of feature films, but also can be used in documentaries.