The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality
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Resumo: | This article emerges from the assumption that representing reality in documentary raises specific complex ethical issues. This is due to the fact that documenting an event partly results from the filmmaker’s mediation with the historical world. The choices involved in this process are subjective, biased and creative. In fact, representing reality results from a particular tension established between that which I represent and how I represent it. From this tension several ethical issues with regard to the filmmaker’s mediation with reality may emerge. This paper aims to revise and confront key literature on this subject to discuss and deconstruct the process of mediation and the ethical issues involved in this process. The key questions to answer are: What role does mediation plays in representing reality? What ethical issues may emerge from this process? Do filmmakers explore “others” to satisfy their own personal needs as artists? Is it possible to control or regulate filmmakers’ mediation with reality? Can we develop a set of parameters or strategies that can be considered ethically more appropriate for representing the world? |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with realityDocumentaryRepresenting realityFilmmakers’ mediationInformed consentEthics in representing realityArtistic expressionNarrative comprehensionThis article emerges from the assumption that representing reality in documentary raises specific complex ethical issues. This is due to the fact that documenting an event partly results from the filmmaker’s mediation with the historical world. The choices involved in this process are subjective, biased and creative. In fact, representing reality results from a particular tension established between that which I represent and how I represent it. From this tension several ethical issues with regard to the filmmaker’s mediation with reality may emerge. This paper aims to revise and confront key literature on this subject to discuss and deconstruct the process of mediation and the ethical issues involved in this process. The key questions to answer are: What role does mediation plays in representing reality? What ethical issues may emerge from this process? Do filmmakers explore “others” to satisfy their own personal needs as artists? Is it possible to control or regulate filmmakers’ mediation with reality? Can we develop a set of parameters or strategies that can be considered ethically more appropriate for representing the world?Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das ArtesVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaCarmona, Carlos Ruiz2017-10-26T11:48:00Z20162016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23230engCARMONA, Carlos Ruiz - The Ethical Tension Between Artistic Expression and Historical Representation in Documentary Making: The Filmmaker’s Mediation with Reality. Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts. ISSN 1646-9798. Vol. 8, n.º 2 (2016), p. 19-261646-979810.7559/citarj.v8i2.176info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:28:02Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/23230Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:18:13.111484Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality Carmona, Carlos Ruiz Documentary Representing reality Filmmakers’ mediation Informed consent Ethics in representing reality Artistic expression Narrative comprehension |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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The ethical tension between artistic expression and historical representation in documentary making: the filmmaker’s mediation with reality |
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Carmona, Carlos Ruiz |
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Carmona, Carlos Ruiz |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Carmona, Carlos Ruiz |
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Documentary Representing reality Filmmakers’ mediation Informed consent Ethics in representing reality Artistic expression Narrative comprehension |
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Documentary Representing reality Filmmakers’ mediation Informed consent Ethics in representing reality Artistic expression Narrative comprehension |
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This article emerges from the assumption that representing reality in documentary raises specific complex ethical issues. This is due to the fact that documenting an event partly results from the filmmaker’s mediation with the historical world. The choices involved in this process are subjective, biased and creative. In fact, representing reality results from a particular tension established between that which I represent and how I represent it. From this tension several ethical issues with regard to the filmmaker’s mediation with reality may emerge. This paper aims to revise and confront key literature on this subject to discuss and deconstruct the process of mediation and the ethical issues involved in this process. The key questions to answer are: What role does mediation plays in representing reality? What ethical issues may emerge from this process? Do filmmakers explore “others” to satisfy their own personal needs as artists? Is it possible to control or regulate filmmakers’ mediation with reality? Can we develop a set of parameters or strategies that can be considered ethically more appropriate for representing the world? |
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CARMONA, Carlos Ruiz - The Ethical Tension Between Artistic Expression and Historical Representation in Documentary Making: The Filmmaker’s Mediation with Reality. Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts. ISSN 1646-9798. Vol. 8, n.º 2 (2016), p. 19-26 1646-9798 10.7559/citarj.v8i2.176 |
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