Where fiction and non-fiction intersect, offering a powerful site toД®xamine the circuit of culture as it moves within and between the imaginary (2000) builds on this theoretical lineage, arguing that the documentaryДЇilm is a вЂњperpetual negotiation between the real event and its The role of the filmmaker in differentiating fiction from non-fictionДЇilm, calling documentaries вЂњcinematic assertionsвЂќ whereДЇilmmakers вЂњopenly indicate something to somebody elseвЂќ (11). Words, images are only trusted as вЂњrealвЂќ based on the context Not in indexicality per se any more than in things themselvesвЂќ (xi). Resides within the selection and arrangement of indexical representations, Non-fiction film and stressed the filmmaker/audience relationship in Nichols (1994) went on to explore the вЂњblurred boundariesвЂќ of Of representationвЂќ and traced the history of approaches to the Nichols (1991)Д®arly and influential theorization of documentary film outlined вЂњmodes Technique and content that differentiate the two traditions (NicholsДЎ991 Nichols 1994 Ponech 1999 Bruzzi 2000). Process of cultural reproduction as gothic narratives weave betweenД«etween documentary and narrative film have been a contested terrainДЇor many years, with scholars attempting to define the boundaries of Beyond a tale of вЂњwrongful conviction,вЂќ theseДЇilms act as a catalyst in the circuit of culture, accelerating the Place, providing vivid detail of the people and places that shaped Lost films document the process whereby these convictions took The prosecution discredits him by declaring him an вЂњoutsider.вЂќ Richard Ofshe, defense expert on false confession, skewers the prosecution on the confessionвЂ™s integrity, but his testimony does not convince the jury. His folksy nature contrasts with defense expertsвЂ™ professionalism and credibility. He got his education through the mail, never attending a class or taking a test. He is the only member of the original defense teams to continue to work on the cases.Дamien Echols takes the stand during his trial.Дale Griffis is the prosecution expert on the occult. The contrast between this image and ByersвЂ™ pious preaching indicates both filmsвЂ™ suspicion that Byers is the real killer.Дan Stidham, Public Defender for Misskelly, never tried a capital case prior to this. The five-pointed star is associated with Satan worship. The camera zooms in to capture this striking image. ItвЂ™s symbolically complicated as the shadow of a star atop a Christmas tree gets cast on MarkвЂ™s forehead. Mark and Melissa Byers at ChristopherвЂ™s grave in a staged mourning scene. Mark Byers often performs staged events for cameras, seemingly attempting to form public opinion through image. Mark Byers and Todd Moore shoot pumpkin effigies of the accused.

Joe Hutchinson, father of accused Damien Echols.Дeputy Prosecutor John Foglemen repeatedly defends how police got MisskellyвЂ™s confession, in an unrecorded process. Who lives in this (im)mobile home, provides the signed, coerced confession that becomes the major evidence in the trials. Jessie Misskelly, Sr., father of accused. Here rows of corn were turned into rows of (im)mobile homes. Canted angle from a вЂњcrop dustersвЂќ POV of the trailer park where the accused lived.

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