Shields, David. Reality Hunger: A Manifesto. New York: Vintage, 2011.

This reading was an interesting one, and not one I am used to reading. It was set out basically as a list of points in relation to editing in a film. When we look at our k-films, we could easily say that editing (after post producing our films) is linking them with the keywords and creating SNUs.

Some notes from this reading:

• According to Shield, we are told that in a story, everything happens for a reason. Infact, Shields believes that it doesn’t.
• He believes plots are for dead people.
• He doesn’t believe that collage is an evolution of narrative.
• Shields uses the analogy of broken dishes creating a mosaic, and how it doesn’t try to hide that it is made of broken dishes, but rather, celebrates it.
• What is the difference between looking and seeing? Can we make art or do we have to find it?
• Shields is drawn to stories because of the literature, not the characters, their problems or their relationships. He doesn’t just like to accept what is trying to be told at face value, but rather tries to find meaning for what has slipped between the cracks.
• “Nonlinear. Discontinuous. Collage-like. An assemblage.”
• “You don’t need a story. The question is how long do you not need a story?”
• Non-fiction is flexible.