Identyfikacja z figurą autora w kinie dokumentalnym

Abstrakt

The paper consists of fragments from my master’s thesis written under the supervision of Prof. Mirosław Przylipiak at Polish Philology department at the University of Gdansk. The paper is an account of the ‘projection-identification process’ in relation to authorial subject in documentary film. The first part of the paper is based on the presumption that act of sight-perception constitutes documentary content. An important component of the act is the creation of an illusion of subjective perception. The illusion can be analyzed through the use of projection-identification mechanism, adopted from fictional films (the ideas of Balazs and Morin are briefly summarized). The adoption is based on a shift of the subject of identification from the film hero to the perceiving subject. A short comparison of the structure and mechanism of both genres aims to present the problem of differences in respective identification processes. An additional context is provided through an analysis of the role of camera in feature movie and of the transcendent subject. The second part focuses upon the relation of the author with the figure of the subject. Through a detailed analysis of the process of identification of the viewer with the figure of subject we are able to pose important questions concerning a possibility of lecture of a documentary that would be conscious and independent from the pressure of author-figure. We describe the techniques that enable the viewer to realize the ongoing identification processes and the reception techniques that enable the control of the process of viewer’s identification with the author-figure.