Documentary in Z Space

My thesis is an attempt to determine whether 3D is a useful story telling technique for documentary filmmakers. As part of the discussion I look at the utilization of 3D in relation to the spectator’s experience. In the text I endeavor to determine what embodied knowledge 2D documentary practitioners incorporate during the process of producing a 3D documentary. Primarily my practice has been in the directing, writing and producing of documentary films. In the thesis I provide a rationale for temporarily departing from the capture of moving images. As well, I explore the choice of using a stereoscopic digital still camera as a means of conducting the research.In essence the research exposes how my documentary methods codified in two dimensions translate into 3D. The objective of the research is to provide filmmakers with new information, which will allow them to comprehend the potential positive and negative boundaries of 3D creation. During the research I determine how the process of capturing 3D images changes the discourse that the filmmaker has with the viewer. I scrutinize how 3D changes the documentary director’s agency and lessens the authorial relationship that we have with our audience. In the thesis I converse about how 3D has altered my practice as an autobiographical filmmaker and situate my production in relation to documentary theory. I also contrast my own practice in relation to that of other autobiographical documentarians.