The video age of DV

People's desire for expression often lurks in their hearts. If they can't find the right expression, their dreams will never fly. This era is complex and changeable, and only words and pictures can no longer satisfy the impulse to express themselves and record the present. There is no doubt that the image has a richer and more comprehensive expression.

The era of personal video is like meeting the Internet for the first time.

Young people who lead the fashion in the new century are not fashionable enough if they don't collect DVDs, don't know what DV(DigitalVideo Digital Camera) is, and don't care about Woody Allen and quentin tarantino. With the continuous rise of "independent video exhibition", those younger generations who catch up with their predecessors with DV have started a new revolutionary road-shooting close to life, low-cost operation, winning prizes abroad, returning home with honor, becoming winners and gaining the right to speak. ...

The development of photographic equipment began with the birth of the first black-and-white silent camera in 1895, and has quietly passed10 years. From the huge camera that professionals can control, to the compact DV machine that children of seven or eight years old can easily control now; From complex chemical action, imaging technology can be obtained to fast and convenient digital imaging technology; From only professional departments such as film and television companies can shoot and make projection images to non-professionals can also shoot and make images; From serving politics, economic interests and social science research to simply serving consumers, it has entered a new era-DV era.

In some unconscious urban people, with the heated topic of DV, a group of people holding DV to record their lives are gradually emerging. In early 2002, Phoenix Satellite TV began to hold "China Youth Video Exhibition-DV New Era". DV, which is born with a little different temperament, suddenly intersects with mass communication culture and is full of vitality. Many media cheered and announced loudly that "the era of personal images is coming", and their praise was similar to the excitement when they first came into contact with the Internet.

However, when explaining what DV is, we have to see two meanings of the word DV, one is the technical concept, and the other is hidden in the field of consciousness or spirit. In all kinds of misleading and imagination in the market, we must first make it clear that DV is not a movie. DV is a brand-new image language. Comparing DV with film, or measuring DV by film industry standards, will make DV effective. To explore the essence of DV, we must forget about movies and the rules of the film industry. /kloc-the invention of the camera in 0/850 forced the painting circle at that time to change from how to "accurately" restore "reality" to exploring the reflection of painting itself. Since then, various schools of painting have surged, and "Impressionism", "Fauvism" and "Abstraction" have come and gone.

Obtaining unprecedented audio-visual democracy from the audio-visual revolution

Today, DV has the same catalytic effect on images as a camera does on painting. Therefore, it should be our focus to discuss the unique affinity, portability, economy, technical foresight of DV and what DV can do for me. Jia said two years ago that the era of amateur movies is coming again. In China, this kind of voice, like the movie Xiao Wu, is only noticed in a very small circle, and the questioning and response are so weak. A young director once said: China is now a very suitable time to be represented by images.

The emergence of DV has broken the artificial boundary between professionals and amateurs, and finally eliminated the obstacles leading to film research and production, which has become an increasingly possible reality. The birth and popularization of DV player is an audio-visual revolution triggered by the development of science and technology. Every consumer has gained unprecedented audio-visual democracy in this audio-visual revolution, and movies, TV, CDs and videos are no longer audio-visual choices. Consumers of DV machines can make their own video stories according to their personal needs. A DV family with a DV camera can shoot what I think and love. As long as it is within the scope permitted by law, all the shots can be freely played according to their own wishes, such as weddings, funerals, parties, tours ... a portable DV and a capture card can always remember the fleeting good times. Tired of watching movies at home and abroad, I want to try again. No problem. I wrote my own script, invited a few friends to be actors, and imported the material into a computer equipped with a capture card through simple lighting and photography to complete a film and television work with low technical difficulty, which fully satisfied the creative desire of individual directors and performances.

A friend was very dissatisfied with the fate of the spider in The Dragon Slayer. Until recently, he used DV to vent his anger, arrested his girlfriend and several friends as able-bodied actors, rented several sets of clothes, and made Spider and Zhang Wuji a pair with DV. Not to mention the anger of Mr. Jin Yong and his fans, if it weren't for the birth of DV, how could this brother have the opportunity to do such a bad deed of disloyalty to the original?

I once met a paunchy woman who came to buy a DV machine when she was distributing thick electricity in a Sony store. Only when I approached her did I know that she bought a DV player to let her husband record the only happy moment in his life when he gave birth. I think, if there is no such touching scene as moderate price and simple operation of DV machine, how can there be video recording? In particular, events with strong privacy can only be preserved through personal precious images.

Create the public's "new visual thinking" and publicize their individuality.

Because of its friendly price and simple operation, people like DV very much. The sales performance of DV is rapidly popularized with the annual growth momentum of 10%, which has created new visual thinking and changed people's traditional views on movies.

At the 55th Cannes Film Festival, Jia's work Ren Xiaoyao, which was filmed by DV, brought back the gold medal and honor to the motherland, which caused filmmakers to think deeply about movies and DV. What Is Cinema? In the middle and late 1990s, a large number of non-film academy learners, non-film studios and media professionals filmed with DV, produced a large number of documentaries and feature films, and began to look for a non-industrial and non-mainstream video road, which made great contributions to film and television culture. The promotion of DV is not only the promotion of scientific and technological products, but also touches the ideological trend of modern people. The spirit of DV has infected a large number of modern people, and it is no longer arty, bold to publicize its personality, express itself frankly, and express its own perception and caring world. It is not the pursuit of profit in film and television industrialization, but the use of DV as a mirror to see the world, to expose social and cultural phenomena to the world with works, to let busy people think about life and society from more ways and angles, and to encourage people to implant their individuality and creativity into their lives and work.

The birth and development of DV enriched people's life connotation, changed people's ideas, and recorded in the hands of more and more DV owners, creating more beauty. Today, with the increasing popularity of DV, it has also changed from a simple technical term to a fashionable vocabulary: shooting images with DV. This change leads to another DV explanation in the spiritual field. In this field, DV is a state of life and a close record of the original ecology of life. DV allows people to find their long-lost innocence and enthusiasm for life, and let people observe everything they are used to from different perspectives. DV is a kind of power, and it is a sharp weapon for a few monopolists to express their power with images. The emergence of DV has changed the situation that the right to make images is only in the hands of a few film and television practitioners, so that ordinary people who have been standing outside the bureau in the past can also make images and express themselves. DV is a kind of freedom, a personalized expression that puts aside pressure, market and censorship. DV is purely a personal concern for society and oneself. The low cost of DV gives creators more creative space, instead of being exhausted for reasons other than art as before. DV is a tool to realize power supervision and an ugly social supervisor with democratic function. In fact, since Rodney King was beaten by the police and photographed by amateur photographers with personal cameras, many people in the United States picked up cameras to supervise the police, and organizations such as COPWATCH appeared; DV is another revolution in the field of communication and a pen in the digital age. DV creation is "video writing" to express desire rather than expression.

The stage of DV may not have an audience, but it is a paradise for dancers.