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Title: | The objectifying documentary: realism, aesthetics and temporality |
Other Titles: | Communication & Society |
Authors: | Capdevila, Pol |
Keywords: | documentary realism communication |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Communication & Society |
Citation: | Capdevila, P. El documental de objetivación. Realismo, estética y temporalidad. Communication & Society 28(4), 67-85.https://doi.org/10.15581/003.28.35942 |
Abstract: | This article deals with the representation of reality in documentary and describes a new category of documentary, namely, the objectifying documentary. The objectifying documentary originated in the 2000s, with examples such as Bosnia. Lost Images (2003), and questions a certain type of war propaganda. It pursues two goals: to deconstruct the conventions of the realist style and reveal the artifice behind its supposed immediacy and claim to provide “evidence” of what happened; and to tell a story from a rational, “objectified” point of view. It therefore takes on the appearance of an epistemological tool informed by scientific rationality. In this paper I first describe the characteristics of the realist style in documentary, which was hegemonic until the end of the twentieth century. I then develop the concept of the objectifying documentary and describe its visual and narrative strategies. My methodology is that of aesthetic analysis, as proposed by Corner (2003). I illustrate the concept of the objectifying documentary through the case study of a realist-style news report on the killing of Muhammad Al-Durrah in 2000, which has since been objectified by the documentary Das Kind, der Tod und die Wahrheit (2009). In the last section I analyse one of the most powerful visual strategies for constructing documentary objectivity, namely, the manipulation of temporality. In the conclusions I reflect on the presumed rationality and scientific nature of objectifying documentaries and their epistemic ideology |
URI: | https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/3818 |
ISSN: | 2386-7876 |
Appears in Collections: | Documentos internacionales sobre libertad de expresión y derechos conexos |
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