It has been empirically argued that actual knowledge is not acquired through learning, but rather through actions complemented by a period of critical reflection. After watching ” A Bite of China”- characterized as a documentary that vividly showcases a wide range of food from various places, I have been greatly provoked especially concerning what has been learned in the course, which encompasses the use of aesthetics, music and the truths reflected in the document.

One of the highlights in the documentary “A Bite of China” is the aesthetics involved. Viewing from the documentary, I can easily see that the flexible use of shooting skills brings food to life. A lot of shallowing close-up shots impresses the audience to a great extent, to which the effect of aesthetics is created. Although the food has no life, the way the documentary is shot adds life, aesthetics and brilliance to the food. This has given me a great lesson on how we can employ documentary to show aesthetics, and involve audiences into the documentary with a variety of shooting skills applied, which deepens my understand of using food to convey aesthetics. “A Bite of China” also uses different kinds of music in different scenes. The application of music vigorizes the documentary. For example, the music uses fast-moving strings and high-and-low jumping woodwind instruments to create a vibrant life for all things to be revised urgently. This helps me to understand the principles of using music to create a sense of atmosphere that drags the audiences in. Music in the non-fiction media contributes to triggering the audience’s imagination about what occurs in it.

What strikes me most in the documentary is the utilization of itself to exposes the truth. As it is obvious, “A Bite of China” shows audiences the appealing food, which uses simple materials to make credibly delicious food, but the food is itself the show of the culture. Throughout the documentary, the food, including the Sichuan cuisine and Guang Dong cuisine etc., reflect the habits and traditions of the people in different regions respectively. This considerably provokes my thoughts on how a documentary is well connected with the culture itself. That’s why we say we need a documentary to interpret and transform the world.

To conclude, “A Bite of China” is a documentary that depicts various food in various places”. From this, I have learned how the non-fiction media, especially its music, aesthetics and the reality exposed, helps us to understand and interpret the world. So in the future when I plan to embark on the field of film shooting, this experience helps me to better utilize film and document to show what life it is.

“F for Fake”, a documentary by Orson Welles, is more than a documentary.

Director Orson Welles presents the famous fake master of the Hungarian painter Elmyr de Hory in the 20th century, interwoven with a sensational autobiography that Clifford Irving faked American flying-industry tycoon Howard Hughs. And then he created a miracle between his girlfriend, Oja Kodar and Picasso. True or false, a lot of montages, the quick transition between scenes and Welles himself, to get involved from time to time, very interesting.

The story of Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving presents two main questions in the film: What is art and the boundaries between truth and falsehood, and in the end, a piece by Orson Welles entitled “Picasso’s Affair” is more straightforward to challenge the concept of ” work of art “. Oja Kodar coined that the grandfather destroyed Picasso’s paintings and then made the fakes to sell. Except for Picasso himself, nobody knew that this was not Picasso’s handwriting. Under the name Picasso, the exhibition was a hit. Except for Picasso himself, nobody knew that this was not Picasso’s handwriting. Under the name Picasso, the show was a hit. All the critics and the artists appreciated the achievements of the works. So do people here really enjoy the works, or it’s just about Picasso’s title?

Orson Welles, in addition to some transitional episodes and the final “Picasso’s Affair”, the story of Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving is taken from the film and news footage of French director Francois Reichenbach. However, Orson Welles bought the film and reassembled it to create a different story. The quick re-edited film has nothing to do with the original BBC documentary. Considering all aspects, shouldn’t “F for Fake” be the work of Orson Welles?

The “F for Fake ” from content to narrative to form ranges between the boundaries of ” Truth ” and ” Falsehood “. The story is connected one by one, and the characters are tied together. This is not only an innovative step in film editing technology but also represents a new opportunity for documentation.

• Learn more photography techniques and photography methods.
• Exercise more about the video and audio editing technology.
• Provide some convincing works for me in future job interviews.
• understand and have a very clear concept of non-fiction media.

When I started to choose between theory and practice, I intended to choose a studio with higher practicality. Because the person who knows himself best is himself, I prefer to accept and learn the technology that needs more technology in operation than the pure theoretical research, so that is the reason why I chose Real to Reel. I used to take a course on the studio of basic photography, which was interesting at that time, and when I successfully took some photos that made me feel very satisfied with myself, it gave me the feeling that “I could have made such a perfect work.”So I hope that I can take my photography further by “Real to Reel” this semester. If I can, I hope to learn more photography techniques and photography methods related to this photography technology that I have never met before (such as setting camera parameters or placing lights between microphones, etc.).

Moreover, I also hope that I can exercise more about video and audio editing technology, probably because I haven’t used the relevant photographic editing software for a long time, so now I am almost unfamiliar with the operation of this software. At the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to re-learn the skills I have forgotten. I also hope to work with other students to create our good works, which will also provide some impressive works for me in future job interviews.

Besides, to be honest, I don’t have a very clear concept of non-fiction media until now, because even now, I just think that non-fiction media is the same as documentaries. That’s another reason I chose Real to Reel: I’m interested in documentaries. Although I admitted before I took the first week of classes after school that my idea of documentaries might be too one-sided. Absolutely, it requires a very strict way to record facts, no extra ornate decoration, and narrative as the main form of expression. But later on, I found that non-fiction media can be expressed in many forms, not only by different editing techniques but also in abstract form (which surprises me). Although I don’t know if my understanding of non-fiction media is correct or wrong, I intend to break all my previous ideas about non-fiction media through this course from now on. I want to understand it again from the most fundamental point of view.