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April 08, 2009
Voynaristic: What's the Truth About Objectivity in Documentaries?
As for myself, I'm not sure there is such a thing as pure objectivity in documentary filmmaking -- or really, in any art form. In fact, I'm no longer even convinced that there's such a thing as an "objective truth" to capture at all, regardless of the intent one has or the media used; every event has myriad points of view, and even if you capture the truth as one given subject sees it, aren't you still missing the pieces of other perspectives that would add up to the whole? And even if a filmmaker believes he's genuinely capturing the reality of what unfolds before him, is it possible to sever elements like the choices of how shots are framed and edited, which bits of dialogue are included or excised, or even what music is used where, from the end result of whether a document shows a black-and-white truth versus showing the story the filmmaker sets out to tell?
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Posted by kvoynar at April 8, 2009 09:49 PM
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