Can we tell the truth about the future?
Hietanen, Olli (2020)
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Hietanen, Olli
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060116018
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060116018
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In this thesis, I look at the construction of truth in documentary cinema and the possibility of telling the truth about future reality through hybridization of documentary and fiction in my documentary film Elämäni Internetissä. The purpose of this research that I'm reporting was increasing the knowledge of the concepts of documentary and to improve my professional skills as an author, Director. I highlight the existence of a mix between the original concepts of documentary and fiction film in documentary format. I recognize this new term of Docufiction through the theories of the literature of the documentary process, the fiction to fact transitions and telling the truth researches, a rapport about the hybrid genre, and recent discoveries of the new term Docufiction. Were the term fiction is seen as a tool to create a point of view to the audience from a physical, abstract, philosophical, subconscious, and unconscious perspective together with interviews. Together they can perceive the reality and truth aspects in narrative storytelling.
This work is limited to my subjective perspective as the author of the documentary. I utilize this qualitative case study to examine my documentary process. I reflect on my work process which includes being a Director, Producer, Journalist, Screenwriter, Narrative voice- and Actor as the Reporter. In my production process description, I divide my film into three interview parts: what is data gathering? Privacy, and Data breaches. This is told through three presentation worlds of the reporter's personal story consider- ing the past, the present, and the future aspects of the subject Individual data gathering. I analyze the worlds through my literature references and own thoughts on the work process and the final result of my documentary. Results show that a deeper truth can be revealed through hybrid works and so, a narrative story can be more truthful to the audiences than a straight documentary and tell a possible truth about the future.
This work is limited to my subjective perspective as the author of the documentary. I utilize this qualitative case study to examine my documentary process. I reflect on my work process which includes being a Director, Producer, Journalist, Screenwriter, Narrative voice- and Actor as the Reporter. In my production process description, I divide my film into three interview parts: what is data gathering? Privacy, and Data breaches. This is told through three presentation worlds of the reporter's personal story consider- ing the past, the present, and the future aspects of the subject Individual data gathering. I analyze the worlds through my literature references and own thoughts on the work process and the final result of my documentary. Results show that a deeper truth can be revealed through hybrid works and so, a narrative story can be more truthful to the audiences than a straight documentary and tell a possible truth about the future.