The narrative structure of this documentary is not a typical step-by-step progression. It begins with Sigman, who drives and sings, to the mystery of the singer Rodriguez and the rumor of his death by suicide, to the two. The co-producer's account of Rodriguez's failure to release the album in the United States, and his South African publisher telling everyone that the album was banned but very popular in South Africa, led to the development of Sigman's search for Sugar Man. The event of the search for Little Sugar Man unfolds in the logical order of development, but the various events that trigger the search are interspersed with explanations. The final narrative is through interviews with Rodriguez and his daughter, to learn about his life and work conditions, and through interviews with his colleague, the bartender, to learn about his success in South Africa and return to Detroit's mentality and state, such a narrative structure is combined with the theme of the film, in line with the basic content of the film, and such a narrative structure can greatly arouse the audience's interest in watching, setting up a lot of suspense to make the audience not help. Curious about the development of things, causing the audience to think, let the audience marvel at such a legend, but they are shocked by the low-key life he chose.
The film is narrated in conversation from the perspective of Sugarman fans, Sigman, the bartender, two co-producers, a South African distributor, a music journalist, and Sugarman's daughters. It's up to each of them to create suspense that drives the storyline. At the beginning, Sigman talks about Rodriguez's suicide, which makes the audience wonder why he committed suicide, which is true or false; the co-producer talks about his genius, but it was completely unsuccessful in the United States to set up the suspense of why he did not succeed. ; South African publishers' ignorance of Sugar Man and Sussex's owner's unanswered questions about copyright makes one wonder if all the money made in South Africa goes to Sugar Man; music reporter and Sigman's discussion on finding Candyman's conversation made people wonder if they found him; and through the stories of his daughter and Candyman's colleagues, the audience wondered if his life would have changed dramatically when he achieved that kind of success in South Africa. It is the key to the development of the plot, and it is also the key to attracting the audience.
It is worth mentioning that the film also added many clips similar to mv in the interview process to show the relevant characters, such as the co-producer interspersed the song "Sugar Man's 1970" in the memory of the first meeting with Little Sugar Man. Your distress", and echoing the song is Rodriguez carrying a guitar walking through the snowy streets of Detroit, and then the scene is on the streets of Detroit, the bartender recalled Rodriguez, saying that he was like a city The lonely soul, homeless, echoes the image of walking alone on the street, and it also changes scenes inadvertently, which is very clever.
To sum up, the narrative structure of the documentary "Looking for Little Sugar Man" is very delicate, it can let the audience into the story, and the rhythm control is also very suitable, which is worth learning.
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