Documentary film production under neo-liberal circumstances – a genre in change

With my paper I will give a short definition and the tradition of documentary filmmaking and a short description of what changed last decades especially in production conditions, thus influencing style and approach of filmmaking. With the example of few selected awarded documentaries it will be discussed how neo-liberal politics is influencing via production conditions as well as changing minds style and approach of films, and how filmmaker try to face the scars of neo-liberal politics and what does this mean for filmmaker and protagonists. Keywords: documentary; the free individual; charisma; journey of the hero; dramaturgy; aesthetics; authenticity; representation; AMY; CITZENFOUR; MAN ON WIRE; BELTRACCI – THE ART OF FORGER

Women in Film and TV productions

A closer look at women in film, as directors or as characters, provides a basic understanding of the situation of a society. Within this topic one is able to develop a much greater comprehension of if and how gender equality is represented and understood, through simple application of common sense. Gender role models are constructions, made common and perpetuated by media productions

Die Kinamo-Kamera. Neues Sehen und die Geschichte des poetischen Dokumentarfilms

Die Kinamo-Kamera, die von Emanuel Goldberg entwickelt wurde, hat den poetischen Dokumentarfilm beeinflusst. In dem Artikel wird ein Überblick gegeben, in welchem ästhetischen Umfeld die Kamera entwickelt wurde, und wie sie den poetischen Dokumentarfilm beeinflusst oder gar möglich gemacht hat

Digitale Ausbildung: Orientiert ander Bauhauspädagogik (Digital Education: oriented at the pedagogy of the Bauhaus)

Introducing the core concept of the studies at KHM Cologne, in particular discussing the combination of analogue and digital for teaching Media Arts

Emanuel Goldberg, der KINAMO und der Dokumentarfilm

Mit der Entwicklung der Kinamo durch Emanuel Goldberg ergaben sich für die Filmemacher der damaligen Zeit neue Möglichkeiten, dokumentarische Filme zu drehen. Insbesondere über den Volontär Joris Ivens, aber auch seinen Assistenten Martin Rikli, wurde die Kinamo zu einer einflussreichen Kamera, die neue Formen des dokumentarischen Films ermöglichte

Re-presenting para-sport bodies: Disability and the cultural legacy of the Paralympic Games

This report provides data and recommendations drawn from the rst funded academic project to examine the implications of the rapid commercialisation of the Paralympic Games and the increasing visibility of disa- bility in the media; in uenced by the success of Channel 4’s entry as the United Kingdom’s o cial Paralympic broadcaster in 2012. Through an integrated methodological approach, we provide a joined-up evidence base that captures the intentions and practices of Channel 4’s (C4) broadcasting of the Rio 2016 Paralympics; the in uence of this on the content of Paralympic coverage and mediated forms of disability representation; and the wider impact on public attitudes toward disability. This approach allowed us to examine the important and in uential relationship between Paralympic production practices, progressive social change and cultural legacies

Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries

Dramaturgy is just as relevant for documentaries as it is for feature films, if not more so. Dramaturgical knowledge can considerably support and facilitate the development, planning, and production of documentaries. This essay discusses the importance of the dramaturgical impact of sound design onto poetic / cinematic documentaries. Case studies get discussed by way of example, as The End of Time (Mettler, CN/CH 2012), The Island of the Hungry Ghosts (Bradly, D/UK/AU 2018), 'The Whale and the Raven' (Leuze, 2019, D/CN), Aquarela (Kossakovsky, UK/D/ DK/US 2018), and El sembrador de estrellas (The Sower of Stars) by Lois Patiño