ABSTRACT Detour Off the Superhighway is a feature-length documentary film produced as the creative practice element of a PhD which examined media, aura, and filmic practice. The project sought to answer the key research question, ‘What are the implications of a modern filmmaker utilising traditional media technologies ahead of contemporary equipment?’. The film uses evocative autoethnographic methods to depict an experiment in which the researcher surrendered the use of modern media and communication technology for 80 days, instead opting for legacy image-making technologies from several different eras throughout history. In doing so, the film explores theories of auratic experience, slow media, and the consequences of ‘going offline’ in the modern world. The screen production research project utilised a hybrid methodology of autoethnography and practice-led research to address the research question. The analysis of theory raised questions about the way we experience media works, and informed the design of the 80-day experiment, which explored the implications of my foregoing various advances in filmmaking technology and which was documented and depicted in the documentary. This article demonstrates how a careful blending of theory and practice was used in this project to explore the ‘range of communities in which the work can stimulate dialogue’.

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解构绕道：融合理论和电影实践以产生新知识

摘要“绕道绕道”是一部长篇纪录片，是博士学位的创新实践要素，旨在研究媒体，光环和电影实践。该项目试图回答关键的研究问题：“现代电影人在利用现代设备之前利用传统媒体技术的意义是什么？”。这部电影使用令人回味的民族志方法来描绘一个实验，在该实验中，研究人员放弃了80天的现代媒体和通讯技术使用，而是选择了历史上多个不同时代的传统图像制作技术。通过这种方式，影片探索了极好的体验，慢速媒体以及现代世界中“脱机”的后果的理论。影视制作研究项目采用了民族志与实践为主导的混合研究方法来解决研究问题。对理论的分析提出了有关我们体验媒体作品的方式的疑问，并为80天实验的设计提供了依据，该实验探索了我前述电影制作技术的各种进步的含义，并在纪录片中进行了记录和描绘。本文展示了如何在这个项目中将理论与实践仔细地融合在一起，以探索“工作可以激发对话的社区范围”。探究了我前述电影制作技术的各种进步所带来的影响，并在纪录片中进行了记录和描绘。本文说明了如何在这个项目中将理论与实践仔细地融合在一起，以探索“工作可以激发对话的社区范围”。探究了我前述电影制作技术的各种进步所带来的影响，并在纪录片中进行了记录和描绘。本文说明了如何在这个项目中将理论与实践仔细地融合在一起，以探索“工作可以激发对话的社区范围”。