Hello out there
I am currently undertaking a project dealing with the aesthetic potentials of documentary film. Most writings and academic work on documentary still seem to deal with concepts such as voice, representation, truth, authenticity and ethical issues and very little with aesthetic value and the composition, function and effect of the aesthetics forms in documentary films.
What I seek is suggestions on:
1) academics who have already dealt with the aesthetic in connection with documentary film. I am familiar with the work of Michael Renov, Laura Rascaroli, John Corner and Björn Sorenssen but I would like to get other suggestions.
and
2) further suggestions for ways to focus my research. I currently think of three elements:
1 - an attempt to create a poetics of the aesthetic potential in three different documentary modes; the essayistic, the poetic and the subjective film
2 - undertake a study in the relationship between aesthetic form and documentary's ontological status of dealing with something "real"
3 - the tendencies of contemporary documentary to make use of stylistics traits from fiction film - how can this be understood in a
frame of reference aiming to look at documentary as an aesthetic experience
Hope this makes some sense and you can send me forward on my journey.
Many thanks
Steffen
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