School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Hanbing Shao
PhD by research
Thesis
Thesis
The ideological changes in Chinese society and the internalization of religious beliefs reflected in the Chinese daily life of the little person-based documentaries.
- Supervisor: Edward Braman
In the past, mainstream documentaries and films are traditional and conservative, especially state-sponsored works in China, play a vital role in shaping the national identity of a country. The situation has changed after 2010 while the economic development in China at an extremely rapid rate. Currently, independent documentaries are booming in China and the directors prefer to focus their shots on all those different segments of ordinary people with different educational backgrounds and various positions. As there are few references for this area of research, I would like to engage in the study of these documentaries that provide a perspective to reflect the Chinese social changes in terms of the group of little people. This kind of documentary usually presents social images with strong expressiveness and successful characterization. It always attracts foreign audiences rather than domestic attention.
