Editor-in-Chief: Nguyen Thi Phi A

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THI PHI A 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: September 7, 1975
4. Place of birth: Ha Tay
5. Student recognition decision No. 3014/2019/QD-XHNV dated: July 30, 2019 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis topic: VIETNAM WAR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIRECTOR JORIS IVENS THROUGH THE FILMS: Sky and Earth (1965), Distant Vietnam (1967), Parallel 17 - People's War (1967), Conversation with President Ho Chi Minh (1969).
8. Major: Theory, History of Cinema - Television; Code: 8210232.01
9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Ngoc Thanh, former Principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Theatre and Cinema.
10. Summary of the results of the thesis: Through the research on the topic of the Vietnam War from the perspective of Director Joris Ivens through the films: Sky and Earth (1965), Distant Vietnam (1967), Parallel 17 - People's War (1967), Conversation with President Ho Chi Minh (1969), the thesis has achieved the following results:
Firstly: Through the subject matter, it can be seen that documentaries reflect life through real people and real events, which is the most basic characteristic of documentaries. The appeal of documentaries lies first of all in the fact that they let people see real life, life that is not arranged, staged, or embellished... Documentaries originate from authenticity. Documentary filmmakers need to be honest and have sharp analysis and a high ability to generalize about an important issue in life.
Second: Documentary films have become a field that can manage society with a comprehensive, accurate and especially reliable vision. During the war years, cinema was an indispensable part of people's lives and struggles. Each film released was warmly welcomed by viewers, because it was a great source of encouragement, helping people overcome the hardships and dangers of war. Historical circumstances have created conditions for the success of the documentary genre with dozens of films winning major awards at international film festivals.
Third: To complete the purpose and research tasks, the thesis has started from the theoretical and practical basis, which is the analysis and generalization of documentary films about Vietnam by filmmaker Joris Ivens - a famous Dutch documentary filmmaker who has influence in the world because of his progressive thoughts, with his vision beyond the times and progressive thoughts, he was present in Vietnam during the fierce period of the war to make films that shocked world public opinion. Helping the people of the world understand more about Vietnam, a Vietnam that is being invaded by imperialists.
Fourth: By studying 04 films by director Joris Ivens about the Vietnam War, the thesis has shown the interpretation of important arguments on the topic of people's war, the topic of peace movements in the world, the perspective from observing reality, the perspective when comparing reality and comparing contrasts, the perspective through the lens of documentary characters, the perspective or the soaring in the approach to the topic, to approaching people.
With the direct filming method used by Joris Ivens, it is a form that creates the most emotions for the viewer. The filmmaker will capture all phenomena in the most authentic way. With the sophistication of the creator, the film will have a natural realistic value like itself. That is the factor that will create novelty and power that no elaborate arrangement can have, that is the power of truth. When it comes to filmmaker Joris Ivens, the direct filming method is the style that made his name in the history of world documentary cinema.
Fifth: The thesis has discussed the storytelling in documentary films. Director Joris Ivens has used many storytelling methods such as storytelling through the narrative ego; through real evidence to increase the persuasiveness and thereby increase the attractiveness of the story; authentic storytelling through the perspective of direct cinema or simple storytelling such as the way of speaking, the simplicity of a leader... that is storytelling through the narrative ego, authentic storytelling through the perspective of direct cinema.
Sixth: The thesis has shown some characteristics in reflecting reality. That is the historical realism style, reflecting the reality of people's war, the optimism in the war film of filmmaker Joris Ivens has partly expressed the Vietnamese spirit, the spirit of solidarity and indomitability, refusing to back down before the enemy even though they are a great power.
11. Practical application:
The research of the thesis can be used as reference material for editors, film directors, and researchers on documentary films.
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1. Full name: NGUYEN THI PHI A 2.Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: September 7, 1975
4. Place of birth: Ha Tay Province
5. Admission decision number: No. 3014/2019/QD-XHNV, signed by the President of University of Social Sciences and Humanity, Hanoi National University on July 30th 2019.
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: Joris Evens'view on the Vietnam War through his movies: BauTroiva Mat Dat (1965), Viet Nam XaXoi (1967), Vi Tyuen 17 – ChienTranhNhan Dan (1967), Dam Thoaivoi Chu Tich Ho Chi Minh (1969).
8. Major: Theoretics, history of cinema and television 9. Code: 8210232.01
10.Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Ngoc Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema.
11.Summary of the findings of the thesis: Through the process of research: Joris Ivens' view on the Vietnam War through his movies: BauTroiva Mat Dat (1965), Viet Nam XaXoi (1967), Vi Tuyen 17 – ChienTranhNhan Dan (1967), Dam Thoaivoi Chu Tich Ho Chi Minh (1969); The thesis has achieved the following results:
1. It has been studied and concluded that the basic feature of a documentary film is the reflection of real-life portrait through real people and events. Documentary films show their charm by conveying an actual real-life event without being staged, controlled, colored, etc... Veracity is what documentary films need, to begin with, documentary filmmakers need to be truthful and sharply analyze, generalize crucial points of a real-life problem.
Documentary films have become a field that can influence society with a broad viewpoint, accurate and especially trusted. During the war years, the availability of cinema was an unreplaceable part of the daily life of the war-torn country.The people warmly welcome every movie that came out, because those movies are the source of encouragement, helping people overcame their hardships and the danger of war. The historical setting has provided opportunities for the success of Vietnamese documentary films through various movies awarded in many Film Festivals.
2.To have the theoretical and practical basis of the topic and accomplish the purpose and research mission, the thesis was demonstrated by surveying and systematized the theoretical contents such as documentary film overview, cinema direct in documentary film, summarize the categories, methods using in documentaries, summarize the topic of war, the documentary film festival in Vietnam, documentary films about the Vietnam War by filmmakers around the globe and overview about Joris Ivens and his main works.
Through research and systematized for the research about Joris Ivens and his documentaries, the author has the following observation: By using the method cinema direct his movies, Joris Ivens forms in viewers the most emotional possible, filmmakers' film all the events in a truthful way possible, with the dedication of a creator the footages will have a natural realism value as it is in real life. That is the element that creates the novelty and the power no staged can compare to, the power of truth. When talking about Joris Ivens, the method of cinema direct is the style that puts his name in the history of documentary of the world, including documentary films about the Vietnam War.
3. From there, the thesis researches the main idea of ​​the topic, perspective, and storytelling technique of Joris Ivens. In which, by studying the 4 movies by Joris Ivens about the Vietnam War, the thesis has concluded important points on the topic of the people war, the topic of the movement fighting for peace throughout the world.
Those characteristics reflect the reality of the people's war showing the Vietnamese's spirit, unity, and indomitable spirit toward enemies even though they are a powerful nation.
4. Through the research, analysis of those 4 movies, the author concludes various crucial points. Those are the perspective, the method to approach the problems, which includes the viewpoint when observing reality, viewpoint of comparison between reality and the contrast, the viewpoint through a character perspective, and the viewpoint when approaching the topic, people. In the way of storytelling, including telling stories in first person self-narrative, through actual evidence to increase the persuasion and the engagement of the story, a truthful telling technique through cinema direct and telling the story in a modest, natural, a deep impact in a documentary. When analyzing Joris Ivens' storytelling technique in his documentaries, the author emphasizes Joris Ivens has sued various storytelling techniques to increase persuasion and through that enrich the excitement of the story; the author also stated that those traits are from experiences, competent storytelling, the ability to approach problems and the talent of documentary filmmaking of Joris Ivens.
5. Besides that, the thesis studied another major idea is Joris Ivens' documentary filmmaking style. Whereby, in some of the traits in reflecting reality with a historical realism style, reflecting the truth about the people war and reflecting the optimism in war films. Joris Ivens' documentaries have direct cinema, poetry, the hardness of steel, humane, and the people. Besides, the thesis examines the cinematography in Joris Ivens' films through the direct cinema technique and the art of opposing scene.
6.The thesis has analyzed to overview Joris Ivens through various aspects like the notion in filmmaking, his reflections of reality-style, perspective, storytelling technique, and filmmaking style through artistic and technical elements. From there, Joris Ivens' documentaries about Vietnam – a famous Dutch documentaries, with his world influenced by his progressive ideas, with a vision surpassing his era and his appearance in Vietnam during the fierce period of the war to create movies that shocked the whole world, helping people around the globe to understand, empathize, share and support Vietnamese people fighting for justice, stop the American invasion and free their nation.
12. Practical applicability (If any):
The thesis can be served as a reference for editors, directors, documentary film researchers.
13. Further research directions (If any):
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