Found Footage e a memória humana em Bodysong e Life in a day

Authors

  • Mafalda Castelo-Branco Universidade da Beira Interior

Keywords:

documentary-essay, found footage, archival footage, memory, Bodysong, Life in a day.

Abstract

Taking into account the way filmmakers established associations between
several found footage, creating a line of thought and a story, giving life and meaning to images that, otherwise, would be archived or forgotten, the present article provides a framework, description and interpretation of the documentary-essay regarding the films Bodysong and Life in a day.

Author Biography

Mafalda Castelo-Branco, Universidade da Beira Interior

Doutoranda. Universidade da Beira Interior, Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Doutoramento em Media Artes.

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Published

2018-09-28

Issue

Section

DOSSIER TEMÁTICO | Dossier temático | Thematic dossier | Dossier thématique