Blurred boundaries

Remediation of found footage in experimental autobiographical documentary filmmaking

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20207724
AutoresJill Daniels (0000-0002-0985-5916, University of East London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas73-82
Fecha de publicación2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Media Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-2753 • E-ISSN: 2040-0926
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14682753.2017.1306338
OpenAlexW2606329007
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas2

In this article I argue that using past films as found footage has benefited the documentary filmmaker in the production of experimental films. The use of found footage may be easily replicated using digital technology and re-edited into new work and offers opportunities to expand filmic discourse beyond the single text; the continuing expansion of screens, formats and digital technologies affords opportunities for experimentation with diverse screens and screening spaces. Using past films as found footage may also circumvent difficulties in obtaining funding to produce new films or in the purchase of archive material. To amplify my discussion I carry out qualitative analyses of my own film [My Private Life II. 2015. UK. High Ground Films. Directed by Jill Daniels. https://vimeo.com/139077147.] and Chantal Akerman’s found footage films which resonate with my own practice on auto-ethnography and exploration of memory and contested identity

Aesthetics · Art · Documentary film · Ethnography · Film director · Filmmaking · Media studies · Movie theater · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Participatory Visual Research Methods