The documentary "Human Planet" shows an epic picture of the confrontation and symbiosis between man and nature by recording the living conditions of human beings on earth. Among them, the episode of the river shows the living conditions and countermeasures of the people who lived by the river in the face of high tides, severe droughts, and ice-covered rivers. Reasonable creation, harmonious coexistence with nature.
1. Spatial narrative connects the dots into a line
The documentary introduces the lifestyles and responses of different families to the rivers with different seasons. The film connects the dots and lines, from the Mekong River to the Tibetan canyon, from the Canadian river to Mali in Africa to northeastern India. The river is described from different periods and angles, and it is more representative to show the magnificent wonders of the river in different times and different places, and the survival wisdom of the local people.
2. The use of the lens shows a great macro
The film's photography technology is very shocking. Through a large number of aerial photography, overhead shooting, and slow motion shots, the natural grandeur and vastness are shown. In the scene showing Shan Niu crossing the Mekong River, the camera switches back and forth between the river and Shan Niu, showing the difficulty of crossing the river by rope, and using the mighty and turbulent water of the Mekong River to reflect the calmness of Shan Niu who lives by the river. The dark and thin body on the majestic Mekong River is not abrupt at this time. Instead, it is small to see the big, and it adds color to nature. The river and the mountains are like a symbiosis between heaven and earth, interweaving and merging, complementing each other. The last aerial shot is constantly pulled back, and a big perspective shows the grandeur of nature, and when human beings face the dangers of nature, they will definitely be able to fight against it, and then use and create the value of nature through wisdom.
3. Show great love above humanities
The film was shot in different parts of the world, with the theme of rivers, but it also showed different humanistic colors. In the Himalayas, Stankin sent his children to school across the glacier. This road to school is steep because of the glacier, but it is also because of the glacier, which has set up a bright future for the young children who yearn for the distance. And the father who returned home alone after sending his children to school did not embark on the sour and lonely road built by the glacier. People in Africa yearn for rivers due to lack of water, and rivers are the source of their spirits and the pillars that continue to move forward into the depths of the mysterious Pasley. Different rivers bring different spiritual worlds to human beings. They are disasters, dangers, light, the front line of life and death, and an infinite future.
In the film, it is not difficult to find that the film places human beings and nature in a situation of opposition, but in this opposition is actually the mutual compromise and interdependence of nature and human beings, and the performance of human beings in different environments Will and intelligence are also shown in the narrative. In fact, since ancient times, human beings have always had the problem of running in and integrating with the natural gods. From ancient times to the present, the two have domesticated each other. Man's conquest of nature and nature's revenge on man never stop. While paying attention to the fate of human beings, please also pay attention to the planet we live in. The turbulence and noise buried in the surface of people and nature are the eternal topics that documentary directors and producers most want to discuss with the audience.
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