More Heady Bullshit:
Henrik Juel, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Roskilde University, working from some ideas borrowed from Eric Barnow’s contribution in Documentary - a History of the Non-Fiction Film (Oxford University Press, 1974) says:
A documentary film can be seen to function as a prophet - explorer - painter - advocate - bugler - prosecutor - observer - catalyst - guerrilla - performer - therapist - spin doctor. (I once misspelled "bugler" as "burglar," but perhaps that might be another possibility for the filmmaker.)
I like that.
I like that we as doc filmmakers have roles to perform, and also our films serve functions outside of our involvement.
And NONE of this should EVER be considered while making a doc.
Henrik Juel, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Roskilde University, working from some ideas borrowed from Eric Barnow’s contribution in Documentary - a History of the Non-Fiction Film (Oxford University Press, 1974) says:
A documentary film can be seen to function as a prophet - explorer - painter - advocate - bugler - prosecutor - observer - catalyst - guerrilla - performer - therapist - spin doctor. (I once misspelled "bugler" as "burglar," but perhaps that might be another possibility for the filmmaker.)
I like that.
I like that we as doc filmmakers have roles to perform, and also our films serve functions outside of our involvement.
And NONE of this should EVER be considered while making a doc.
1 comment:
Ha Ha. I put that quote from Barnouw at the top of my Documentary Production syllabus. I think I should add your quote as well.
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