The movie "Beautiful Life" takes Huang Wenxiu as the prototype of the character, and tells the touching story of Huang Wenxiu giving up the job opportunity in a big city, resolutely returning to his hometown Baise City, Guangxi, and devoting himself to the front line of poverty alleviation. The film adopts the biographical narrative method of seeing the big from the small and bringing the surface to the point, and uses multiple art forms such as images and ** to cross-border narrative, showing the main theme story and beautiful picture of "human beauty", "scenic beauty" and "spiritual beauty" in Zhuangxiang under the background of the new era, with unique aesthetic characteristics.
The first is the "big and small combination", which reveals the big theme in small details. "Beautiful Life" is mainly narrated through many details, and there is almost no grand lens language. For example, in the film, Huang Wenxiu put live ducks sold to poor households in the trunk of her car, snapped up cheap sportswear for "fire sale" on the street, washed sweet potatoes by the river, and cut branches in the mountains, etc., showing her fine style of being close to reality, close to life, and close to the masses, highlighting the simple and hard-working image of the majority of party members and cadres who are deeply rooted in the front line of poverty alleviation. Through the plain narration of a series of specific events in the process of poverty alleviation and the skillful handling of details, the film reflects the perseverance of Communist Party members who are not afraid of difficulties and the insistence on "never withdrawing troops until they win a complete victory". At the same time, the film skillfully uses details such as the beautiful and clear Buliu River, the loud mountain songs in the mobile phone ringtone, and the characteristic language "can't be obtained" to narrate, presenting the fascinating natural scenery and humanistic customs of Guangxi, and conveying the theme of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The second is the "combination of points and faces", shaping the model of the times with a civilian narrative. Huang Wenxiu is a vivid embodiment of the advanced deeds of good young people in the new era who have taken root in the western region, rooted in the grassroots, and determined to build their hometowns, and is the epitome of thousands of team members on the poverty alleviation front. By narrating the daily work of Huang Wenxiu, the film shows the image of the vast number of poverty alleviation cadres in the village. At the same time, by showing the ordinary daily life of the vast number of poverty alleviation cadres in the village, it has created a vivid image of thousands of "Huang Wenxiu" and other good young people in the new era. For example, under the influence of Huang Wenxiu, "Li He", "Secretary Liao" and others in the film consciously took on the specific work of poverty alleviation, so that the audience could not help but be shocked by the real stories in reality, and involuntarily remembered the "Huang Wenxiu" around him by Huang Wenxiu, and felt that heroes come from their sides and heroes come from the people.
The third is the "integration of virtual and real", which combines documentary expression with artistic narrative. The film adheres to the combination of documentary and creation, and integrates realism and art well. For example, the "battle map" and work notebook in the film are a true portrayal of Huang Wenxiu's insistence on going deep into the masses, going to the masses to struggle, and carrying out work in a down-to-earth manner. The symbolic expression of the "red coat" and "butterfly" worn by the team sublimates the theme of the film - bright red represents enthusiasm, vitality, struggle, and sacrifice, while "butterfly" represents breakthrough, success, longing, and rebirth. The young figures in red clothes shuttled through the barren and dilapidated mountain villages, and the butterflies flying freely in the beautiful countryside, realized the perfect combination of picture beauty and image beauty.
Through the civilian narrative and artistic details, the film vividly presents the great spirit and noble sentiments contained in Huang Wenxiu's advanced deeds, and highlights how thousands of "Huang Wenxiu" interpret the original mission of the Chinese Communists with beautiful youth and compose the grand theme of the song of youth in the new era. The film won the Outstanding Work Award of the 16th "Five One Project" for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization in 2022.
The first is to lead the mainstream values. Firm ideals and beliefs are the theme of the film, and they are also the source of strength for Huang Wenxiu to fight for without fear of hardships. For example, at the beginning of the film, Huang Wenxiu sees the 2. on the dashboard of a carAfter the 50,000-mile trip, he posted "This is the Long March in my heart" on WeChat Moments. In Huang Wenxiu, what people can feel most is her enthusiasm and concern for the people. It was precisely because she could not worry about the poor households that she resolutely drove back to the village in the torrential rain and unfortunately died. Huang Wenxiu's attitude towards life and goals reflect the responsibility and pursuit of a Communist Party member, and the spiritual outlook of a good young man in the new era. The film adheres to the people-centered ideology, promotes the core values of socialism and the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, and can play a leading role in value invisibly.
The second is to set an example and exemplary role. "The great era calls for a great spirit, and the noble cause needs to be led by example. Huang Wenxiu actively responded to the great call of the party, walked out of the mountain, and resolutely returned to the mountain. With the desire to change the face of the countryside, she took root in the west and the grassroots, and made extraordinary achievements in ordinary posts. She helped the silversmith move, persuaded Gui Ping to go to school, and found Gui Fang to go home ......The little stories she did were vivid, concrete, and real. She is an advanced figure who can learn and be credible around the broad masses of the people, so that every ordinary party member and cadre can consciously keep up, so that every ordinary person can feel and learn. Huang Wenxiu is the epitome of countless first secretaries and team members who are struggling on the front line of poverty alleviation. Today, "Huang Wenxiu" has become a symbol of poverty alleviation, and this special symbol is connected with thousands of good young people in the new era and plays an exemplary role.
The third is to give full play to the value of aesthetic education. The film relies on the integration of real moving deeds and artistic narrative techniques, plus national and regional elements, on the basis of following the core of value, presents the audience with unique aesthetic interests such as content beauty, form beauty, and meaning beauty. The film highly integrates "beautiful life" and "beautiful mountains and rivers", and the simple lens language shows the charm of Zhuangxiang to the fullest. The beautiful scenery of the countryside and the beautiful soul of Huang Wenxiu reflect each other, constructing a beautiful picture full of scenery, people and spirit. The mountains and rivers are magnificent, and the spirit is endless, and it is here that the young Huang Wenxiu dedicates her enthusiasm, her perseverance and her youthful ......The film provides nutrients that nourish the audience's soul, can give the audience a strong visual shock, allows the audience to discover, feel and appreciate beauty in the film, and prompts the audience to cultivate and enhance the ideals of beauty, the sentiment of beauty, the character of beauty and the ability to beauty.
The author, Liang Yufeng, is a lecturer at the School of Marxism, Baise University; This paper is the phased achievement of the new round of Guangxi first-class discipline construction project - the Marxist Theory Discipline of Baise University and the School-level Teaching Reform Project of Baise University (2023JG51).