CREATING THE IMAGE OF A HERO IN THE DOCUMENTARY “LABORATORY B”

The purpose of this study is to find out what methods for creating hero images are used in the documentary film “Laboratory B”, prepared by Chelyabinsk journalists of the editorial board of “Regional Television”. Narrative analysis was chosen as the leading method of work. The study is practice-oriented in nature, since it examines specific techniques of journalistic work and methods of their application. The main result of the study is the conclusion that it is the storytelling technique that is the main method of creating and developing the image of the hero in the narrative. It also provides for the identification and description of other methods of creating a hero, which can be applicable not only to the documentary film, but also be universal for other media projects. It is assumed that the results of the work can be important in the future study of documentaries and their artistic components.