THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF FILM ...
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:08 pm
We usually think about the making of stories, travelogues or conventional documentaries. But there is another type, sometime described as "the instrumental use of film", where the medium is used for a purpose we might roughly call "not entertainment." For example video to support teaching sessions, to record scientific information such as what goes on in an animal's burrow or the heart of a nuclear power station, and to record living history.
I have recently watched several films of the last type. They are mainly interviews with an old person recalling something or someone with whom they were associated. If you have no interest in what they are discussing the films would be extremely tedious, but if you are interested they can be a goldmine of information.
Should we in the hobby try to support and encourage this sort of movie making? If so ... how?
I have recently watched several films of the last type. They are mainly interviews with an old person recalling something or someone with whom they were associated. If you have no interest in what they are discussing the films would be extremely tedious, but if you are interested they can be a goldmine of information.
Should we in the hobby try to support and encourage this sort of movie making? If so ... how?