Film and the illusion of experience
Chasing birds in Beringia is a film that is part of the student's thesis project. Documentary filmmakers, especially those in the science and natural history genre, commonly rely on film's capacity to communicate information, but there is also the possibility of utilizing film's abili...
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ftmontanastateu:oai:scholarworks.montana.edu:1/1355 2023-05-15T18:40:22+02:00 Film and the illusion of experience Chasing birds in Beringia Gordon, Stephani Rae Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Dennis Aig. Alaska 2010 application/pdf https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/1355 en eng Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/1355 Copyright 2010 by Stephani Rae Gordon Science films Documentary films Experiential learning Subjectivity Thesis 2010 ftmontanastateu 2022-06-06T07:28:41Z Chasing birds in Beringia is a film that is part of the student's thesis project. Documentary filmmakers, especially those in the science and natural history genre, commonly rely on film's capacity to communicate information, but there is also the possibility of utilizing film's ability to communicate experience. As a subjective medium rather than a representation of objective reality, film creates a convincing illusion of experience that can translate into an opportunity for vicarious learning. I examine four documentaries by directors that demonstrate an uncanny ability to communicate an experience through film, and I apply their techniques and methods to my own film on field research on tundra swans in northwestern Alaska. Filming in an empathic mode, embracing subjectivity, and giving precedence to how the film subjects' perceive their world offer the filmmaker the ability to harness the illusion of experience that film can provide. Thesis Tundra Alaska Beringia Montana State University (MSU): ScholarWorks |
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Chasing birds in Beringia is a film that is part of the student's thesis project. Documentary filmmakers, especially those in the science and natural history genre, commonly rely on film's capacity to communicate information, but there is also the possibility of utilizing film's ability to communicate experience. As a subjective medium rather than a representation of objective reality, film creates a convincing illusion of experience that can translate into an opportunity for vicarious learning. I examine four documentaries by directors that demonstrate an uncanny ability to communicate an experience through film, and I apply their techniques and methods to my own film on field research on tundra swans in northwestern Alaska. Filming in an empathic mode, embracing subjectivity, and giving precedence to how the film subjects' perceive their world offer the filmmaker the ability to harness the illusion of experience that film can provide. |
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Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture |
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