Documentary film and spectatorship in scene

Authors

  • Andréa França

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/logos.2010.634

Keywords:

documentary movie, spectator, representation.

Abstract

From the point of view of the spectator, what singularizes the documentary cinema? This essay argues that documentary’s audience defines itself in relation to its capacity to judge. Documentary movies usually demands the public to untie themselves from the immersive condition in order to be put in situ. To address this question, we discuss films that invite the spectator not only judge its scenes, but the daily images of the world.

Author Biography

Andréa França

Pesquisadora do CNPq. Professora da Graduação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação no Departamento de Comunicação Social da PUC-Rio. Autora, entre outros, de Terras e fronteiras no cinema político.

Published

2010-06-30

How to Cite

França, A. (2010). Documentary film and spectatorship in scene. Logos, 17(1), 05–16. https://doi.org/10.12957/logos.2010.634