Exploring viewer positioning and attention cues in a cinematic virtual reality documentary: a creative research project
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2023
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Dooley, K.
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Rogers, C.
Munro, K.
Burke, L.
Brady, C.
Munro, K.
Burke, L.
Brady, C.
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Source details - Title: Constructions of the Real: Intersections of Documentary-Based Film Practice and Theory, 2023 / Rogers, C., Munro, K., Burke, L., Brady, C. (ed./s), Ch.21, pp.246-257
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This chapter interrogates two notions of importance for the cinematic reality (CVR) documentary: viewer positioning and attention cues. I argue that careful consideration of these notions, alongside story modes, can foster memorable experiences for the viewer by mentally transporting them into the world of the subject, where cinematic moments unfold in real time. I will examine these areas with reference to the writing and direction of Impact: Beyond the Night Sky (2020). This CVR documentary recreates the memories of Perth-based Planetary Scientist, Dr Katarina Miljkovic, as a subjective experience. The narrative plays out in the first-person tense, bringing the viewer into her diegetic universe on earth and among a sky filled with impacts and collisions between bodies in our solar syste.
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Copyright 2023 Intellect
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available after 1 July 2024