The Act of Documenting : Documentary Film in the 21st Century by Brian Winston ebook DJV, DOC, TXT
9781501309175 English 150130917X 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., For the filmmaker, those she films and all who watch her work, documentary in the digital era, faces existential threats and unparalleled opportunities. Objectivity, eurocentrism and the patriarchal voice -- documentary's dominant marks thus far -- are all seriously affected. Digital undercuts the integrity of the photograph as evidence; it facilitates access to the means of production and liberates distribution and exhibition; and it enables new forms of story-telling. And this is happening in the context of all the old issues that have confronted documentary from the beginning -- authenticity, ethics, objectivity, impact. Authored by Brian Winston, a leading figure in the field, and Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi, "The Act of Documenting: Documentary Film in the 21st Century" uses potentially canonical early 21st century documentaries -- from the linear to the ludic -- as a focus for arguing documentary is facing a new beginning., The Act of Documenting: Documentary Film in the 21st Century argues for nothing less than a fresh start for the documentary. Already it has escaped from the hegemony of Direct Cinema observationalism, but now ?post-documentary hybridity? in its late 20th century form faces newer challenges: digital image manipulation; blasé audiences; interactivity. To meet these obstacles the supposed anomalies to the observational documentary's scientistic, Euro-centric, patriarchal proclivities as well as the new hybridity must be fully absorbed into the concept of documentary film and theoretically contextualized as such. The Act of Documenting , using potentially canonical early 21st century documentaries as a focus, will make a case for the 21st century documentary and lay out an agenda for its study. Authored by a leading figure in the field, Brian Winston ? along with Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi ? goes beyond the Anglophone framework of documentary studies to reflect a new hybridity ? not between fact and fiction, but between mainstream documentary and its alternatives.
9781501309175 English 150130917X 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., For the filmmaker, those she films and all who watch her work, documentary in the digital era, faces existential threats and unparalleled opportunities. Objectivity, eurocentrism and the patriarchal voice -- documentary's dominant marks thus far -- are all seriously affected. Digital undercuts the integrity of the photograph as evidence; it facilitates access to the means of production and liberates distribution and exhibition; and it enables new forms of story-telling. And this is happening in the context of all the old issues that have confronted documentary from the beginning -- authenticity, ethics, objectivity, impact. Authored by Brian Winston, a leading figure in the field, and Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi, "The Act of Documenting: Documentary Film in the 21st Century" uses potentially canonical early 21st century documentaries -- from the linear to the ludic -- as a focus for arguing documentary is facing a new beginning., The Act of Documenting: Documentary Film in the 21st Century argues for nothing less than a fresh start for the documentary. Already it has escaped from the hegemony of Direct Cinema observationalism, but now ?post-documentary hybridity? in its late 20th century form faces newer challenges: digital image manipulation; blasé audiences; interactivity. To meet these obstacles the supposed anomalies to the observational documentary's scientistic, Euro-centric, patriarchal proclivities as well as the new hybridity must be fully absorbed into the concept of documentary film and theoretically contextualized as such. The Act of Documenting , using potentially canonical early 21st century documentaries as a focus, will make a case for the 21st century documentary and lay out an agenda for its study. Authored by a leading figure in the field, Brian Winston ? along with Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi ? goes beyond the Anglophone framework of documentary studies to reflect a new hybridity ? not between fact and fiction, but between mainstream documentary and its alternatives.