The way of the bricoleuse
Experiments in documentary filmmaking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21788209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jill Daniels (0000-0002-0985-5916, University of East London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-139 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Documentary Film (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-3280 • E-ISSN: 1750-3299 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17503280.2022.2048232 |
| OpenAlex | W4220843124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
In this article, I explore the way experimental documentary film practitioners may utilize the methodology of the bricoleuse in order to create films. I refer to my experiments in documentary film practice – mediations of memory, place and subjectivities – where I deploy hybrid filmic strategies of critical realism and fictional enactment. The bricoleuse may use footage obtained through pocket cameras, mobile devices, stills, archive or found footage – including their own past films, analogue and digital – using a digital database to store footage and to provide her with an endless storehouse of digital documents that can easily be accessed and reused in infinite ways to create new practice [Baron 2014. The Archive Effect. London: Routledge, 142]. I analyse in particular My Private Life II [Daniels, Jill. 2015. dir. My Private Life II. UK. https://vimeo.com/139077147] where I used the footage from an earlier film, My Private Life [Daniels, Jill. 2014. dir. My Private Life. UK. https://vimeo.com/104385249], to create a split screen view and my short documentary essay film, Breathing Still [Daniels, Jill. 2018. dir. Breathing Still. UK. https://vimeo.com/253291495] (shown at The Mobile Innovation Network and Association [MINA] in 2018), a short epistolary film addressed to Rosa Luxemburg and shot on a pocket camera (Canon G9X)
Art · Art history · Documentary film · Film director · Filmmaking · Media studies · Movie theater · Realism · Sociology · Visual arts · Artistic and Creative Research · Cinema and Media Studies · Digital Media and Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |