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.
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
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