Final Doc: Observation & Poetic Modes
Stills from “The Colors of Serenity” This project came about because I had a bunch of unused footage from a trip I made with a few …
28 Apr
Experimental Ethnography
Experimental Ethnography
Maybe this is a stretch. Maybe this is not what you were expecting. However, open your mind and hear me out. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, ethnography …
08 Apr
The Brownest Eyes – A Photo Essay (Performative Mode)
The Brownest Eyes – A Photo Essay (Performative Mode)
“Meaning is clearly a subjective, affect-laden phenomenon.” – Bill Nichols Many things add to and help shape our understanding of the world; experience, memory, cultural contexts, values, …
31 Mar
Reflexive Mode vs. Performative Mode
Reflexive Mode vs. Performative Mode
Reflexive Mode According to Nichols, the reflexive mode of documentary, “asks us to see documentary for what it is: a construct or representation,” as opposed to …
20 Feb
“Night and Fog”
“Night and Fog”
Night and Fog is a French documentary that was made ten years after the Holocaust, and documents the horrors and unspeakable crimes of the Nazis. The …
11 Feb
“Man with a Movie Camera” & other painterly mode documentaries
“Man with a Movie Camera” & other painterly mode documentaries
Dziga Vertov was a Russian filmmaker alive during Russia’s Stalinist era. Man with a Movie Camera applies what Vertov saw happening in his city and the communist …
27 Jan
Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North
poster for the movie, released in 1922 (Google Images) Many consider Nanook of the North to be the first feature-length documentary film. However, Robert Flaherty, the film’s creator …