1、1700 英文 单词， 1 万英文字符， 3100 汉字 出处： Kerrigan S, Mcintyre P. The creative treatment of actuality: Rationalizing and reconceptualizing the notion of creativity for documentary practiceJ. Journal of Media Practice, 2010, 11(2):111-130. The creative treatment of actuality: Rationalizing and reconceptualizi
2、ng the notion of creativity for documentary practice Susan Kerrigan & Phillip McIntyre ABSTRACT Grierson defined documentary as the creative treatment of actuality. The aim of this article is to add to existing discussions of this phrase. Attention will be given to documentary as art, and the Griers
3、onian notion of artist. An examination of the relationship between art, creativity and documentary production and consumption will rationalize and reconceptualize creativity for documentary practice. This reconceptualization of documentary creativity will result from three theoretical perspectives.
4、First, the systems model of creativity presents a holistic view of the creative documentary system at work. Next, the staged creative process theories will be paralleled to the documentary production process. The final theory presents group creativity which accounts for collaborative documentary wor
5、k. In concluding, a brief discussion on the appropriateness of creativity theories for documentary practice will be presented. KEYWORD： documentary creative practitioner; art creative process ;documentary production INTRODUCTION The phrase the creative treatment of actuality has become a standard de
6、finition of documentary.1 The axiom is most often used without attribution and has become so entrenched in documentary discourse that the origins of the quote have become irrelevant (Grierson 1933: 79). But for research accuracy, provided below is the original quote, written to focus on the desirable qualities of a documentary producer. Documentary, or the creative treatment of actuality, is a new art with no such background in the story and the stage as the studio product so glibl
