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Final Documentary project- Poetic Mode using dance and photos.
| December 11, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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The Poetic Mode During the semester we learn about 9 forms of modes for a documentary film and each one of them have their own uniqueness. I will be talking about the poetic mode and how the filmmakers use it. Bill Nichols understanding of the poetic mode is that it’s particularly skillful at opening up […]
Autobiographical Comic
| November 25, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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Autobiographical film, today most commonly made in video, is a form of expression that is usually has characteristics of both the lyrical poem and the personal essay. The filmmaker uses images to lyrically capture the past or a state of consciousness in an emotional way. These film and video makers have turned their cameras and […]
Stories We Tell
| November 20, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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Families create their own narratives. Stories are passed on from generation to generation, and in this way the past continues to live, but it can also be obscured or distorted. In the film “Stories We Tell” looks at the relationship between Polley’s parents, Michael and Diane Polley, including the revelation that the filmmaker was the […]
Participatory film
| November 15, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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“What is the spirit of Christmas”
| November 13, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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Unlike the observational mode, the participatory mode welcomes direct engagement between filmmaker and subjects(s). Here the interviewer or the filmmaker gest involved in the documentary and asks the person questions so we can know more about them. They are often hand held cameras that are being use so footage can be a little shaky or […]
What makes a Documentary
| November 12, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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September 10, 2013 by mchaveza | 0 comments Through out the first chapter Bill Nichols brings out three points that I think are important. When we hear the word documentary the first thought that comes to mind is that of reality. That is not entirely true or correct, there are many aspects that make up a […]
“Triumph des Willens”
| November 12, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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September 25, 2013 by mchaveza 0 comments The title translation to english is called Triumph of the Will. It is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. Personally i think its more than just a record, by the time of filming it is an exultation of Adolf Hitler, who from […]
Yes, Participatory and reflective mode are different
| October 31, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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For the past week we have been talking bout the participatory and reflexive modes in documentary during class. We also have seen film who demonstrate traits that make up the meaning of the difference types of mode. Reflective Documentary first the key words that we must remember is about the awareness of the processes. It […]
Poetic Documentary- “Photo Journal”
| October 17, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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Poetic documentaries are more subjective and approach something from a more artistic and creative angle. Its main focus is on imagery of a personal feeling of the director or representation of something meaningful. Poetic documentaries tend to be more subjective according to Nichols (pg. 157) as each person will take something different. They rely […]
Old and New but still the same
| October 5, 2013 | Posted by mchaveza under Uncategorized |
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We have seen many films during the class and each one of them has a different technic. Recently we watch a film call Stranger with a Camera. This film is sort of a continuation to the tragic death of filmmaker Hugh O’Connor. Made by Elizabeth Barret, a native of eastern united states uses O’Connor’s death as […]
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