Modes of Documentary Films Produced by the Future Generation of 'Scientists-as-Filmmakers'

Autor/inn/en	Angelone, Samer; Soriguer, Ramón C.; Melendo, Ana
Titel	Modes of Documentary Films Produced by the Future Generation of 'Scientists-as-Filmmakers'
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 9 (2019) 4, S.285-295 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Angelone, Samer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2154-8455
DOI	10.1080/21548455.2019.1657251
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Documentaries; Films; Film Production; Scientists; Science Education; Film Study; Courses; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Documentary film; Documentary films; Dokumentarfilm; Film; Filmproduktion; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Filmkurs; Kursangebot; Schweiz
Abstract	Six documentary modes are recognised: poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive and performative. Scientists untrained in filmmaking most often choose the expository mode since it possesses the same traits and conventions as used in most scientific narratives. Yet, this need not be the case given that a new generation of 'scientists-as-filmmakers', can be taught to appreciate and apply other documentary modes. In this study, we surveyed the possible documentary modes that scientists from nine Swiss universities and research centres would use, both before and after studying filmmaking courses. As expected, before the start of the courses, the majority of the participants (83.33%) said they would use the expository mode, while 27.45% said they would use the observational mode. However, after attending the filmmaking courses, the number of participants interested in the expository mode fell almost by half, while the number of participants who said they would use the observational mode almost doubled. Unexpectedly, after the course the most chosen mode was the poetic (70.58%), and there was also fair amount of interest in the participatory (38.23%) and reflexive (17.64%) modes. The films produced in the future by the generation of 'scientists-as-filmmakers' will contain a much greater variety of documentary modes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01