Write your essay in response to one of the questions below.
In your essay, you cannot analyse a film that has already been discussed on the module.
1. The indexicality of the documentary image is often stated as the reason behind documentary’s
‘claim to reality.’ Using at least two theorists of your choice, make an argument against this
position.
2. Lisa Downing and Libby Saxton argue that “ethics is an optics through which we view the
world.” Using a film, or films, of your choice, discuss how filmmaker’s choices have ethical
implications.
3. Ohad Landesman argues that the “‘DV aesthetic’… is an aesthetic strategy by which a
filmmaker can choose to indicate familiar notions of authenticity or solicit the viewer to embrace
a documentary mode of engagement.” Using a documentary film of your choice, discuss how the
aesthetics of a documentary affect notions of reality.
4. Belén Vidal argues that “the role of the actor focuses the tension between the factual basis of
the re-enactment, the pro-filmic body, and the image as a conduit of the biopic’s mimetic
imagination.” Using a film, or films, of your choice, discuss how actors’ embodiment of historical
figures engage with notions of authenticity.
5. Bill Nichols suggests documentary has some intrinsic qualities that “address the world in which
we live rather than a world imagined by the filmmaker”. Using at least two theorists of your
choice and the close reading of a film, discuss how hybrid formats challenge Nichol’s definition of
documentary.
6. Jane Chapman characterizes the ‘documentary desire’ as a “desire to know”. She argues that
that despite changing socio-political contexts, this ‘documentary desire’ remains unchanged.
Using at least two theorists and the close reading of a documentary film, discuss how the
contexts of viewing influences audience engagement with documentaries. You may argue either
for or against Chapmans’ position.
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