Political Camerawork - David A. Rice

Political Camerawork

Documentary and the Lasting Impact of Reenacting Historical Trauma

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2023
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-06592-6 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
What mental and physical distress do actors, camerapersons, and reporters experience when working on reenactments of traumatic moments in history?

In Political Camerawork, D. Andy Rice theorizes that the intense feelings produced while creating these performed scenarios, called "simulation documentaries," connect difficult pasts to the present. Building on his background as a nonfiction film director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Rice analyzes performance techniques to gain insight into the emotional toll of simulation documentaries, including those reliving the Vietnam War, the US military's embodied training in California during the Iraq War, and an annual quadruple lynching reenactment organized by Black civil rights activists in Georgia.

Investigating the lasting impact of these productions, Political Camerawork reveals that, by performing a simulation of a traumatic event they didn't directly experience, those involved become carriers of the trauma.

D. Andy Rice is Assistant Professor of Film Studies and Media and Communication in the Department of Media, Journalism & Film at Miami University in Ohio. He has written for venues including the Journal of Film and Video, JumpCut, The Scholar and Feminist Online, and Senses of Cinema. He also co-produced, shot, and edited the award-winning historical documentary Spirits of Rebellion: Black Independent Cinema from Los Angeles on the LA Rebellion film movement.

Introduction: Reflecting on "Moments of Truth"
1. Being There Again: Reenacting Camerawork in In Country (2014)
2. Weaponizing Affect: A Film Phenomenology of 3D Military Training Simulations During the Iraq War
3. 'Do You Want to Play a Klansman?': Lynching Photography, Civil Rights Camerawork, and the Moore's Ford Lynching Reenactment in Georgia
4. Establishing a Black Affective Infrastructure: From Lynching Performance in the Hollywood of the South to Always in Season (2019)
Conclusion: Toward an Embodied Social Cinema, or From Point of View to Social Sense
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Bloomington, IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-253-06592-5 / 0253065925
ISBN-13 978-0-253-06592-6 / 9780253065926
Zustand Neuware
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