Camera Movement as Exploration of the Body
A practice-based research film exploring how camera gestures construct personhood during documentary filmmaking.
A practice-based research film that investigates how gestures and camera movement construct personhood during the documentary filmmaking process.
Synopsis
'Camera Movement as Exploration of the Body – or How Gestures Construct Personhood During Documentary Filmmaking' is a practice-based research film presented at 'The Movement Movement: Histories of Microanalysis at the Intersection of Film, Science and Art.'
The film combines theoretical inquiry with practical demonstration, using the camera itself as a research instrument to investigate the micro-gestures and bodily negotiations that occur between filmmaker and subject during the act of documentary production.