The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses

Based on the theoretical studies that have been published to date regarding the Making- of Documentary — concerning intertextuality, film studies, critical theory, mass communication theory and audiovisual didactics — we explore its specificities as a meta- cinematographic practice that manifests i...

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Main Author: Armando Andrade Zamarripa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2025-02-01
Series:Cinéma & Cie
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/19978
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description Based on the theoretical studies that have been published to date regarding the Making- of Documentary — concerning intertextuality, film studies, critical theory, mass communication theory and audiovisual didactics — we explore its specificities as a meta- cinematographic practice that manifests itself when a film accounts for the process of creating another film. The article is divided into three sections: Towards a Definition of the Making-of Documentary, Meta-cinematographic Formats and Functions and Specificities of the Making-of Documentary. In the first, its contemporary definition is proposed; In the following, we establish the distinction between the Making-of Documentary and its predecessors or other contemporary practices; Lastly, we approach its discursive intentions — as a promotional object of the film which it alludes to and of its filmmakers as “authors” — and its current uses, which promote an expansion of cinephilia and self- learning in the viewers.
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spelling doaj-art-c4f12d59bdfd4cc3a89a0ee1628803642025-02-10T15:42:06ZengMilano University PressCinéma & Cie2036-461X2025-02-01244310.54103/2036-461X/19978The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary UsesArmando Andrade Zamarripa0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-4632Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Based on the theoretical studies that have been published to date regarding the Making- of Documentary — concerning intertextuality, film studies, critical theory, mass communication theory and audiovisual didactics — we explore its specificities as a meta- cinematographic practice that manifests itself when a film accounts for the process of creating another film. The article is divided into three sections: Towards a Definition of the Making-of Documentary, Meta-cinematographic Formats and Functions and Specificities of the Making-of Documentary. In the first, its contemporary definition is proposed; In the following, we establish the distinction between the Making-of Documentary and its predecessors or other contemporary practices; Lastly, we approach its discursive intentions — as a promotional object of the film which it alludes to and of its filmmakers as “authors” — and its current uses, which promote an expansion of cinephilia and self- learning in the viewers. https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/19978Film studiesMaking-of documentaryIntertextualityMeta-referentialityMetacinema
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The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
Cinéma & Cie
Film studies
Making-of documentary
Intertextuality
Meta-referentiality
Metacinema
title The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
title_full The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
title_fullStr The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
title_full_unstemmed The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
title_short The Making-of Documentary: An Approximation to some Discourse Intentions and Contemporary Uses
title_sort making of documentary an approximation to some discourse intentions and contemporary uses
topic Film studies
Making-of documentary
Intertextuality
Meta-referentiality
Metacinema
url https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/19978
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