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The act of documenting

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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

Title The act of documenting : documentary film in the 21st century / Brian Winston, Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi.
Publisher New York : Bloomsbury Academic
Creation Date 2017
Notes Also issued in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations
Language English
National Library system number 997010701501805171
MARC RECORDS

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