Abstract
The concept of reality in the context of documentaries has always been a focus of controversy, with manipulation of captured material during the filmmaking process being disallowed or labelled inauthentic. Nonetheless, some documentaries have approached the filmmaking process in an experimental way and are using a different approach to represent reality. At the same time, sound in documentaries is still usually misunderstood as a medium in which manipulation, processing – or even more radically – the creation from scratch, is not encouraged or not properly understood. This article proposes to portray the production of sound in films as a collaborative process that enables the director to think of sound as an element of expression – a tool with which to describe reality from another perspective, capable of creating possibilities for the sound director to translate emotions and feelings into sonorities due to the versatility of human sound perception. The usage of sound should take risks; experimentation with it empowers sound to become more creative and more radical.
Highlights
Resumen (ESp) El concepto de realidad dentro del contexto de los documentales ha sido siempre un tema de controversia debido a que la manipulación del material capturado durante el proceso de filmación ha sido desautorizada o calificada de inauténtica
The audience might not be conscious of the truthfulness of reality as portrayed in documentaries because once the viewer applies the concept of documentary to a film, she or he is already biased; it changes their perspective on the material
Who perceives reality as it is? Who has access to a precise description of reality? Should a sound recorder be considered a device that documents reality objectively? If a recorder would be considered objective documentation of reality, how would the polar pattern of the microphones and the positioning of it in space would be decided as the best spot to record? Should location sound be considered to be the sole source of sound for documentaries?
Summary
Resumen (ESp) El concepto de realidad dentro del contexto de los documentales ha sido siempre un tema de controversia debido a que la manipulación del material capturado durante el proceso de filmación ha sido desautorizada o calificada de inauténtica. The creative direction of sound in films is a medium that allows the audience to perceive reality in a different way, giving the viewer the opportunity to create other narratives of reality.
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