Tecnologia e materialidades da comunicação no documentário: atores humanos e não humanos na obra de Eduardo Coutinho

Abstract

The film is an artistic expression mediated by technology since its emergence in the nineteenth century. From this observation, this work investigates the relationship between documentary and technology and how they impact the media languages, taking as applying Eduardo Coutinho's films - specifically the use of video by filmmaker. To develop this study, was used as the theoretical references Actor-Network Theory and the Theory of Materialities of Communication, which have in common the analysis of human (man) and nonhuman (technical) actors, besides allowing the juxtaposition of historical descriptions, biographical, analytical and empirical about the object of study. These analyzes show that there is a simultaneous and mutual influence between documentary and technology, where technology influences language documentary, while the documentary, to seek new ways to express themselves, affects and harasses the technical apparatus, demanding improvements and changes in themselves. In the documentary film, technology has allowed various aesthetic contributions that had been required by the practice, as the need for a more agile and sonorous cinema that was made possible by the advent of smaller cameras and direct sound. This encounter between technical and aesthetic was seen closely with the analysis of Eduardo Coutinho's films.