PHL 710 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Death Masks, Intentionality, Docudrama
6 May 2019
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Gregory currie - visible traces: documentary and the contents of photographs. Dictionary entries depend too much on context to be of any use to an outsider. Does not give intention, nor are they extentionally correct. Would suggest that the filmic documentary is either any transcription, or recording, of events, or that it is an interpreted representation of the factual. Transcription of real life/a bit of what actually happened (oed) vs. creative treatment of actuality (grierson) First allows any piece of exposed film to be documentary (since all film is a film of something actual) Each definition on its own it overinclusive; together they correct each other"s faults and cover the target. Style and subject might be indicators of documentary status but are not defining features. Much of what we call documentary is a mixture of such and non-documentary - but that does not undermine the significance of documentary. Fundamental issues about representation/the nature of photographic representation.
