SOCIOL 5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Theatricality, Camcorder, Home Movies
Document Summary
Home mode camera users do not take advantage of tech potential on any regular basis. Replicate communication patterns of snapshooter, despite addition of motion and sometimes sound. Do not take adv of tech potential on any regular basis. Potential for creating an alternative scheme of settings, topics, participants, and convention exists. Technology is not value free: some extent different technologies dictate the way in which we see the world, way we record and interpret reality they influence the types of codes we use to communicate a message. Home movie methods emphasize brevity, control and selection. Home movie makers generally film only highlighted moments of ritual events wherein participants could be posed and conventions controlled in advance of shooting. Substantially increase potential range and volume of events and behaviors recorded during home mode production. Long takes cost less and tapes need not be changed for hours at a time (practitioners can be less selective in advance of shooting)
