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__Bethan Thomas & Lorna Baines 5 Modes of Representation__ WE began with a quote from Nichols:

Slide 1: Nichols, B (1991) Representing reality: issues and concepts in documentary, Indiana University Press, P.32. " In documentary film four modes of represenation stand out as the dominant organizational patterns around which most texts are structured; expository, observational, interactive and reflexive."

Personally we believed that 'Capturing the Friedmans' incorporated the modes of Expository and Interactive, and therefore focused on these two. Again we used quotes from Nichols to back this up.

Slide 2: Nichols, B (1991) Representing reality: issues and concepts in documentary, Indiana University Press, P.34. " What does speaking for or on behalf of someone or something entail in terms of a dual responsability to the subject of the film and to the audience whose agreement is sought?"

Here we played 2 clips from Youtube.com: Part 1 Part 2

Slide 3: Nichols, B (1991) Representing reality: issues and concepts in documentary, Indiana Press, P.44. "Interactive documentary stresses images of testimony or verbal exchange and images of demonstration (images that demonstrate the validity, or possibly, the doubtfulness, of what witnesses state)."

Here we played another clip from Youtube.com: Part 4 Slide 4: Nichols, B (1991) Representing reality: issues and concepts in documentary, Indiana Press, P.44. " Textual authority shifts towards the social actors recruited: their comments and responses provide a central part of the film's argument."

To conclude we raised the question of whether everyone agreed/disagreed with our particular view.

Slide 5: Do you think 'Capturing the Friedmans' fits more specifically into any of the other modes? Compared to the two we have outlined. Do you disagree with our view?