The Personal Camera by Laura Rascaroli

Subjective Cinema and the Essay Film

A critical exploration of the essay film and other first-person modes of cinema, this work examines how filmmakers construct subjective voices on screen through strategies of address, reflexivity, and enunciation, inviting viewers into an active, co-creative role. Drawing on close readings across documentary, diary, travelogue, and experimental traditions, it develops a theoretical framework for understanding the ethics and politics of self-inscriptive filmmaking and considers how digital technologies have reshaped intimate, personal forms of audiovisual expression.

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