JRN 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Errol Morris, Private Investigator, Milkshake

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Journalism
• Course: JRN 412
• Professor: Marsha Barber

Document Summary

Reflexive documentary: (cid:862)the thi(cid:374) blue li(cid:374)e is do(cid:374)e i(cid:374) the (cid:396)efle(cid:454)i(cid:448)e (cid:373)ode, d(cid:396)a(cid:449)i(cid:374)g atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to fo(cid:396)(cid:373)al ci(cid:374)e(cid:373)atic processes. Title: co(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) prose(cid:272)utor"s argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that poli(cid:272)e are the (cid:862)thi(cid:374) (cid:271)lue li(cid:374)e(cid:863) separati(cid:374)g so(cid:272)iety fro(cid:373) a(cid:374)ar(cid:272)hy(cid:863) Note mo(cid:396)(cid:396)is"s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:448)ie(cid:449) t(cid:455)le: subject often staring directly into a camera. Invented the interrotron which uses teleprompters as a sort of teleconferencing two- way mirror, allowing both interviewer and interviewee to look into the camera lens while also looking at one another. Final audio scene: morris and harris heard over shots of tape recorder, because camera broke down on the day of the interview. Pioneering: credited with pioneering modern crime-scene re-enactments on tv and in documentary. Errol morris: previously a private investigator, approached film as an investigation, leads us (cid:862)the ju(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) to (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) (cid:449)ho is telli(cid:374)g the t(cid:396)uth, and to question everything in the documentary (reflexive mode of documentary)