- Ethnographic film
An ethnographic film is a kind of
documentary film related to the methods ofethnology . It became an important toll for research in the domain ofvisual anthropology . This expression refers to films about human groups in societyOrigins
Robert Flaherty may be considered as the father of the ethnographic film. This genre flourished in France in the sixties due to the role of ethnographers asMarcel Griaule ,Germaine Dieterlen andJean Rouch . Light16 mm cameras synchronized with light tape-recorders became a useful tool for research.Rouch early refuses the dogma which says that, in research, the camera must stay out of the event, taking some distance, as simple observer. «Enfant-terrible», he decides to make the camera interfere, he himself takes place as an actor in the action and so becomes one of the pioneers of
docufiction .ee also
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Visual anthropology
*Direct cinema *
Marcel Griaule
*Germaine Dieterlen
*Jean Rouch
*Tim Asch Theory
* [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/aaa/ruby.html The Death of Ethnographic Film] - Article by
Jay Ruby
* [http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/department/stirling/henley.pdf The Promise of Etnographic Film] – Article by Paul Hanlay
* [http://www.africanfilmny.org/network/news/T01m1reddy.html The Emergence of Ethnographic Film Practice: Past Travels and Future Itineraries] – Article by Prerana Reddy
* [http://www.dur.ac.uk/ethnofilm.society/ Duran Film Society]
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