Jean Rouch

This week, Travis, Mark and I looked at the works of Jean Rouch.

"The observer is finally coming down from his ivory tower; his camera, his tape recorder, and his projector have led him- by way of a strange initiation path – to the very heart of knowledge and, for the first time, his work is not being judged by a thesis committee but by the very people he came to observe” pg. 96

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v14179347tanDtaPa?h1=Jean+Rouch+%3A+Les+maîtres+fous+-+The+mad+masters

This video example shows Rouch's engagement with locals in creating a film project that is relevant to them. 

“He is no longer just himself but he is a ‘mechanical eye’ accompanied by an ‘electonric ear’ it is this bizarre state of transformation in the filmmaker that I have called , by analogy with phenomena of possession the cine-entrance" Pg. 90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jzAegaqqf4#t=07m15s

This video example shows Rouch explain and draw attention to the film tools used in the making of his film.