FAMST 187CW Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anthropology Of Media, Micro Focus International, Intersubjectivity
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Lecture 7: observational mode, with focus on job. If observational films were completely neutral, then two observational films about the same subject would not differ thus, that is not the case. If so, then the film is fully observational. Definitely wouldn"t be there if not for the filming. Angle of the camera gives us a view we wouldn"t have in real life. Anxiety and unnerving feeling being stuck with the spilling guts for so long. Uncomfortable and unsettling because of the position the film puts us in. Most observational films put viewers in a place of comfort. Background in media anthropology - allowing the images to speak for themselves with little argument. Very in line with our idea of observational. "meaning guides our seeing, but when forced on things, blinds us, leaving us to see only what we expect" Cenesthesia: seeing something for so long that it starts to have a sensory effect, which you draw meaning from.
