Presentation
In week 5 there was no class, the first project brief presentation was done on Thursday. I have to say everyone’s video was stunning, the content were amazing. They all looked very articulated. I was worried though that my video kind of looked different, but I hoped it still would satisfy the audience.
But everyone still kept in touch in the Facebook group, and Kim gave us a photo of ‘some speculations on participatory documentary environments’, and one point got me
This form of documentary responds not to big issues and individual portraits, but the micro and the multiple
After seeing this I got a little bit more clearance of what an open space documentary is. It doesn’t have to be a ‘grand’ or involves ‘the bigger cause’, it focuses on the micro, the smaller, unseen community, that has their special uniqueness, but never represented. I don’t have to make my videos really flash, i just have to collaborate with my ‘subject’ to make the most collaborative video I can make.