modes of TAOK Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
observational (pennebaker)
A
e.g. introduction to anwar and herman
- can only hear sounds of the village
- observing anwar and herman talking to people in the village - we can see their real interactions
- oppenheimer does not get involved
- handheld camera
2
Q
participatory
A
e.g. golf scene
- Anwar talks to Oppenheimer
- Oppenheimer interviews the men e.g. asking Yapto (head of the pancasila youth) “how did the pancasila youth exterminate the communists?” / “we killed them all, that’s what happened”
- long takes of them playing golf
3
Q
reflexive (grierson)
A
e.g. interrogation scene
- reenactments with the real subjects
- mimics film noir: costume, low lighting, props
- stop the interrogation for evening prayers: irony
- both is and isn’t grierson: they are interpreting the events - reimagining instead of faithful reenactments
- grierson wanted reenactments as they were, when Oppenheimer gave his subjects creative freedom to act out the sequences as they wanted to remember/be remembered
