The act of documenting : documentary film in the 21st century / / Brian Winston, Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910150305003321
• Autore: Winston Brian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-5013-0920-X; 1-5013-0919-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 070.1/8
• Soggetti: Documentary films - History and criticism; Documentary films - Production and direction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: AN AGENDA -- 1. "A Much Hailed Triumph" -- 2. "The Shakiest of Foundations" -- 3. The Act of Documenting -- PART ONE: DIGITAL POTENTIALS -- 1. "A Walk in the Woods" -- Image: -- AUTHENTICITY: Indexing -- Evidence -- TRUST: Manipulation -- Judgment -- SAVVY: Inferences -- Probability -- 2. "A breath of fresh air for documentary" -- Kit: -- CONTRADICTION: Digitization -- Standards -- GLOBALIZATIONi: Proliferation-- Resistance -- 3. "Life as narrativized" -- Story: -- INTERPASSIVITY: Navigation -- Feedback -- Intervention -- HOMO NARRANS: Texts -- Stories -- SCRIPTRIX NARRANS: Challenge --Paths -- PART TWO: ACTUAL EFFECTS.... -- .... on THE FILMED -- 4. "To thine own self be true" -- Performing: -- APPEARING: Distrust -- Presentational Acting -- Representational Being -- BEHAVING: Performativity -- Casting -- 5. "Giving Voice" -- Co-creating: -- CONTROL: Engagement -- Empowerment -- CHANGE: Facilitating -- Embedding -- .... on THE FILMER -- 6. "To Make Space For The Un-Thought" -- Subjectivities: -- GENDER: Narcissism -- Auto -- Biography -- EMANCIPATION: Exclusions -- "Facts" -- 7. "Nous somme dans le bain" -- "We are implicated" -- Care: -- HARM: Involvement -- Consequences -- RIGHTS: Protocols -- Control -- .... on THE SPECTATOR -- 8. "You have to make up your own mind" -- Perception: -- EXPECTATIONS: Truth -- Omission -- ASSUMPTONS: Wow! -- Ostranenie -- 9. "When the lights go up" -- Reception -- OUTCOMES: ; Impact -- Engagement -- Research -- CONDITIONS: Autonomy -- Hazards -- MINUTES: THE ACT OF DOCUMENTING -- Considerations
• Sommario/riassunto: Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression. The very distinctions between the filmed, the filmer and the spectator are being dissolved. The Act of Documenting addresses what this means for documentary's 21st century position as a genus in the "class" cinema; for its foundations as, primarily, a scientistic, eurocentric and patriarchal discourse; for its future in a world where assumptions of photographic image integrity cannot be sustained. Unpacked are distinctions between performance and performativy and between different levels of interaction, linearity and hypertextuality, engagement and impact, ethics and conditions of reception. Winston, Vanstone and Wang Chi explore and celebrate documentary's potentials in the digital age