the theoretical and empirical fields of research, paul dowling, school of culture language and communication institute of education university of london

What is Research For?

Examples

Timecode (Mike Figgis, 2000): 4 cameras, single take

simultaneous display of 4 weakly coded scenes: 'drawing'

more strongly coded in respect of genres (ie we might tend to slot the film into a specific genre that may be taken from a notional menu (western, film noir, romantic comedy, ...): location in a 'roadmap'

we may look at the sequencing of categories of shots (long, middle, close, ...): print

or the plot: 'handwriting'

first category foregrounded

Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002): single take, but only 1 camera

foregrounds writing

Re-naming the categories

from: chronotopic orientation

to: synchronising/diachronising


	What is Research For? Examples Timecode (Mike Figgis, 2000): 4 cameras, single take simultaneous display of 4 weakly coded scenes: 'drawing' more strongly coded in respect of genres (ie we might tend to slot the film into a specific genre that may be taken from a notional menu (western, film noir, romantic comedy, ...): location in a 'roadmap' we may look at the sequencing of categories of shots (long, middle, close, ...): print or the plot: 'handwriting' first category foregrounded Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002): single take, but only 1 camera foregrounds writing Re-naming the categories from: chronotopic orientation to: synchronising/diachronising