1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Mai 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: October 10, 1979
4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa City
5. Decision No. 4420/2019/QH-XHNV dated November 26, 2019, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.
6. Changes in the training process: Extension of the study period according to Decision No. 2453/QD-XHNV dated November 19, 2021.
7. Thesis title: The epic quality in the documentary films 'Hanoi, the Epic, 1972, the Historic Year, and the Victory at Loc Ninh' from a narrative perspective.
8. Major: Theory and history of film and television; Code: 8210232.01
9. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Phuong Lien, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
10. Summary of the thesis results:
This thesis aims to clarify the events of 1972 depicted in the documentary films "The Victory at Loc Ninh" by the group of authors Pham Khanh Hung, Dong Cam, Quang Dat, Trong Hoi, Quoc Hung, Nguyen Que, Thanh Dung, Bat Diet, Thanh Cao, Van Minh, Pham Nam, and Ho Thanh Xuan; "Hanoi, a Heroic Epic," directed by Phan Quang Dinh and Ngo Dang Tuat; and "1972, a Historic Year," directed by Le Lam and Vuong Duc Cu. Through a narrative approach, we want to explore the similarities and differences in the approach and methods of expressing the heroic spirit in these three documentary films of the People's Army Film Studio.
From there, we present research evaluating the documentary film genre, narrative art, and epic qualities by clarifying the story, plot, narrative structure, characters, narrator, and point of view. Simultaneously, the thesis clarifies cinematic language through an analysis of artistic elements such as staging, cinematography, editing, and sound. This leads to the affirmation of the values of documentary films, a genre with documentary value regarding history, current events, and pressing issues, containing social and humanistic significance. Furthermore, epic qualities are used by documentary filmmakers in their works to reflect major historical events in the life of a nation, thereby affirming the ideals and aspirations of the people and the era.
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INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: NGUYEN THI MAI 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: October 10, 1979 4. Place of birth: Thanhhoa City
5. Admission decision number: No.4420/2019/QH-XHNV Dated November 26, 2019 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humannities, Hanoi National University.
6. Changes in academic process: Extend the study period according to decision No. 2453/QD-XHNV dated November 19, 2021.
7. Official thesis title: The epic in documentary films “The epic of Hanoi”, “Historical 1972”, “Loc Ninh's Victory”, from a narrative perspective.
8. Major: Theory, History of Cinema and Television. 9. Code: 8210232.01
10. Supervisors: Dr. Nguyen Phuong Lien – Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
11. Summary of the results of the thesis:
The thesis aims to calrify the events that occurred in 1972 of the documentary films “Loc Ninh's Victory” by the group of authors: Pham Khanh Hung, Dong Cam, Quang Dat, Trong Hoi, Quoc Hung, Nguyen Que, Thanh Dung, Bat Diet, Thanh Cao, Van Minh, Pham Nam, Ho Thanh Xuan; “The epic of Hanoi”, directed by Phan Quang Dinh – Ngo Dang Tuat; “Historical 1972”, directed by Le Lam – Vuong Duc Cu. Through approaching a narrative perspective, we want to court the similarities and differences in the way to approach, and also the express modality of the epic in three documentary films of People's Army Cinema.
Since then, we put out the researches to estimate at documantary films, narrative art, and the epic through clarifying the story, plot, narrative structure, characters, narrator, point of view. At the same time, the thesis also clarifies movie language through analyzing artistic factors such as: staging, filming, editing, and sound. From this point to defining the values of documentary film, a kind of valuable documents of history, hot events, hot issues, containing social and humanities meanings. On the sides, the epic's used by mainstream documantary filmmakers in their works to reflect historical big events in the life of a nation, a country, by which affirming the ideals and aspirations of the people and the ages.
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