The ethics of representation in documentary film
Unlike fiction films, documentary refers to reality with the intention of “expressing truth”, which is why filmmakers have an obligation to both viewers (that represented facts are true) and to the subjects / characters. However, these obligations are not explicitly outlined, as the documentary trea...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
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| description | Unlike fiction films, documentary refers to reality with the intention of “expressing truth”, which is why filmmakers have an obligation to both viewers (that represented facts are true) and to the subjects / characters. However, these obligations are not explicitly outlined, as the documentary treats reality in a creative way, which forces us to talk about ethics, understood as codesof human behavior. These codes are not unchangeable, but vary from society to society and from age to age, but a constant is the inequality of power between the subjects and the filmmakers. This article proposes to investigate a number of specific axes such as the necessary conditions to consider a given consent as valid, the strategies adopted to conducting interviews and the representation of death from the analysis of three recent Argentine documentary: Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos (2003, Sergio Wolf & Lorena Muñoz), Yo presidente (2006, Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn) and Bye bye life (2008, Enrique Piñeyro). |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-148602020-02-06T17:32:39Z The ethics of representation in documentary film La ética de la representación en el documental Lanza, Pablo Cine documental Personajes Ética Documentary film Characters Ethics Unlike fiction films, documentary refers to reality with the intention of “expressing truth”, which is why filmmakers have an obligation to both viewers (that represented facts are true) and to the subjects / characters. However, these obligations are not explicitly outlined, as the documentary treats reality in a creative way, which forces us to talk about ethics, understood as codesof human behavior. These codes are not unchangeable, but vary from society to society and from age to age, but a constant is the inequality of power between the subjects and the filmmakers. This article proposes to investigate a number of specific axes such as the necessary conditions to consider a given consent as valid, the strategies adopted to conducting interviews and the representation of death from the analysis of three recent Argentine documentary: Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos (2003, Sergio Wolf & Lorena Muñoz), Yo presidente (2006, Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn) and Bye bye life (2008, Enrique Piñeyro). A diferencia del cine de ficción, el documental se refiere a la realidad con intención de “veracidad expresa”, razón por la cual los realizadores asumen un pacto tanto con los espectadores (a los que se asegura que los hechos representados son verídicos) como con los sujetos/personajes. Sin embargo, estas obligaciones no se encuentran delineadas de forma explícita, ya que el documental trabaja sobre la realidad de una forma creativa, motivo que no obliga a hablar de ética, entendida como códigos de comportamiento humanos. Estos códigos no son inalterables, sino que varían de sociedad en sociedad y de época en época, pero una de las constantes es la desigualdad de poder entre los sujetos retratados y los realizadores. Este artículo se propone indagar sobre una serie de ejes específicos como las condiciones necesarias para considerar al consentimiento otorgado como válido, las estrategias adoptadas para la realización de entrevistas y la representación de la muerte a partir del análisis de tres documentales argentinos recientes: Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos (2003, Sergio Wolf y Lorena Muñoz), Yo presidente (2006, Gastón Duprat y Mariano Cohn) y Bye bye life (2008, Enrique Piñeyro). Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2016-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/14860 10.31056/2250.5415.v6.n1.14860 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 6 Núm. 1 (2016): La ética y el espectáculo del Mal; 41-50 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v6.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/14860/14815 Derechos de autor 2016 Ética&Cine Journal |
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| title | The ethics of representation in documentary film |
| title_alt | La ética de la representación en el documental |
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| topic | Cine documental Personajes Ética Documentary film Characters Ethics |
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