Film-TV Making of Chieftains'Stories:Metaphor,Fade-in and Local Knowledge——Illustrated by the Filmed'The Story of Chieftain'of the Qiangic Ethnic Group
As one way of local governance in China's history,the chieftain system has aroused academic interest in historical and interdisciplinary studies. Literary writing and film-TV making of the chieftains'stories have been a trendsetter in recent years. During the chieftain film-TV production,The Story of Chieftain released in 2019 be-comes a milestone,mirroring revolutionary heroism and community construction for the Qiangic ethnic group. Start-ing from this film's background introduction,this paper focuses on analyzing its metaphorical usage,fading-in line-ar narrative and inbuilt local knowledge. In the conclusion,this paper is looking to the future of the chieftains' film-TV making art,which waits for a systematic development and regulation. Historical materials need a further treatment of art and sentiments,so specific historical experiences will serve today's purposes.
The Story of Chieftainfilm-TV makingmetaphorlinear narrativelocal knowledge