Intuitive Interventions: Constructing Documentary Cinematic Narratives ...

• Main Author: Morstang, Heidi Cathrine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Plymouth 2021
• Subjects: Documentary film; Intuitive Interventions; Arctic; Interdisciplinary fieldwork; Film practice; PhD
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24382/783; https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-theses/59

The argument in this summary concerns intuition as creative decision method in observational documentary film practice and is based upon three films produced, directed, edited and published by the author: In Transit [2011]; Prosperous Mountain [2013]; and Pseudotachylyte [2019]. The films are created with digital technologies employing state of the art High Definition Video cameras, and digital post-production software . This summary will use reflection and analysis to make explicit three aspects of the documentary cinematic process of creation: image, sound, and edit. It will highlight where a space is created to facilitate intuition. The summary will revisit some processes of creation and production by identifying key moments of decision making where the act of film-making draws out new understandings of the topic. It will present an account of practice and insights to the possibilities of creating a poetic space in documentary filmmaking by identifying effective technical and rhetorical strategies for ...