Films as things in Colonial India
This article argues that a visual product is also material, in the sense that visual objects (even digital) can circulate in the most varied spaces and, depending on the context, can acquire or express very different properties. This article is based on research conducted by the author on film archi...
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Laboratório de Imagem e Som em Antropologia
2020
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| Summary: | This article argues that a visual product is also material, in the sense that visual objects (even digital) can circulate in the most varied spaces and, depending on the context, can acquire or express very different properties. This article is based on research conducted by the author on film archives in India and the United Kingdom. The aim is to show that nonfiction films (and the duration of filming) filmed by British colonial officials and visitors from India in the first half of the 20th century form visual "documents" that are based on photographic conventions and earlier films. At the same time, Indian fiction cinema takes shape, with the pioneering work of DG Phalke. Theaters use the same materials, possibly the same types of cameras, but without intersecting. |
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