The archive effect found footage and the audiovisual experience of history

• Main Author: Baron, Jaimie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
• Subjects: Stock footage; Archival materials; Experimental films > History and criticism; Context effects (Psychology); Time in motion pictures; Motion pictures and history
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• Physical Description: 187 pages : illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index
• ISBN: 9780415660723

The Archive Effect: Found Footage and the Audiovisual Experience of History examines the problems of representation inherent in the appropriation of archival film and video footage for historical purposes. Baron analyses the way in which the meanings of archival documents are modified when they are placed in new texts and contexts, constructing the viewer's experience of and relationship to the past they portray. Rethinking the notion of the archival document in terms of its reception and the spectatorial experiences it generates, she explores the 'archive effect' as it is produced across the genres of documentary, mockumentary, experimental, and fiction films. This engaging work discusses how, for better or for worse, the archive effect is mobilized to create new histories, alternative histories, and misreadings of history.