The film reportage between cinematic aesthetic and functional reference

Abstract

This research aims to shed light on one of the most prominent types of journalism that combined art and professionalism which is the film reportage. It is considered as conveyance of facts and depiction of events in a creative and artistic form in terms of the way it is provided and presented. This type of media is inspired from cinema and its techniques and mechanism; which led us to admit that it is a creative and directorial show par excellence.

Therefore, we will focus on the extent of harmony and overlap between the raw material of the film reportage and its cinematic specificities, because it is a film discourse that combined the directorial

aesthetic and the functional reference. How did the reportage invest in cinematic mechanisms to achieve its news and functional purposes? Does the cinematic presentation of the reportage in an interesting and attractive way spare us from returning to its media background and its literal credibility as a primarily exploratory news type?