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CRITICAL WORKSHOP - Archive and Documentary

CRITICAL WORKSHOP

Archive and Documentary

Jane Dickson

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Navigating a sea of archive and documentary…

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Navigating a sea of archive and documentary…

Critical and selection skills

CRITICAL WORKSHOP - Archive and Documentary

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Navigating a sea of archive and documentary…

Critical and selection skills

Research, plan and create ashort documentary

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Man on Wire (Marsh, 2008)

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Iraq in Fragments (Langley, 2007; ICA Films)

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An Inconvenient Truth (Guggenheim, 2006; Paramount Pictures)

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The Lie of the Land (Dineen, 2007; Channel4)

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Nanook of the North, (Flaherty, 1922; Les Freres Revillon/Pathe Exchange)

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The Documentary Genre

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• Events in the films should be authentic and unstaged

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• Events in the films should be authentic and unstaged

• That the world depicted is real and not imaginary

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• Events in the films should be authentic and unstaged

• That the world depicted is real and not imaginary

• That the filmmaker is simply observing andrecording events

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L’Arrivee d’un Train a la Ciotat (Lumiere Brothers, 1885))

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Moana (Flaherty, 1926; Paramount Pictures)

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‘The creative interpretation of actuality…’John Grierson

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Selection and Construction

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Deutsche Wochenschau (1944; Imperial War Museum)

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* Institution - who made the film and why* Selection of archive * Technological considerations* Editing* Music* Commentary* Sound effects* What is shown* What isn’t shown* Audience expectations* Faking and Improvers

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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The Battle of the Somme (1916; Imperial War Museum)

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* A very patriotic documentary two months after the attack. You wish to encourage belief that the events of that day would help shorten the war.

* You are a pacifist film maker who wishes to show the pointlessness of the attack.

* A documentary for Channel Four showing the strategic importance of the 1st July attack.

The Task

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Research

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ResearchMoving Images

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ResearchMoving Images

Music

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ResearchMoving Images

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* A very patriotic documentary two months after the attack. You wish to encourage belief that the events of that day would help shorten the war.

* You are a pacifist film maker who wishes to show the pointlessness of the attack.

* A documentary for Channel Four showing the strategic importance of the 1st July attack.

The Task

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• What critical questions did you ask of the material?

• Did you have enough material?

• What questions should people be askingof your documentary?

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Thank you

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