COMPONENT 2
COMPONENT 2 SECTION B: DOCUMENTARY - Modes of documentary - Filmmakers’ theories - Case study Amy (Kapadia: 2016) Documentary as a genre o Documentary as a style of filmmaking endeavours to document rather than fictionalise o Documentary is enmeshed with ideas of representation and the “real” o Reality and realism o To create the idea of “the real” (art – Realism VS Impressionism) Re-presentation o What is presented on the screen is never “a window on reality” or a transparent reflection of reality. o Reality on the screen is mediated by the production processes: camera techniques, editing, lighting, locations o All the above ...