Ethnographic approximations to habitat and habitus self-represented in audio-visual realizations of informal producers in Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador)

Abstract

This paper is an ethnographic approach that uses audio-visual anthropology as a tool to access the perceptions of the self-represented habitat and habitus in audio-visual productions (movies in DVD format) of informal producers in the city of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador). Through the tools of ethnographic anthropology, aspects of the material culture, economic condition and part of their biographical and professional trajectory will be analysed. This approach helps in deducing how they represent their perception of reality and how these aspects directly influence the preproduction, production and post production of their work. Along with these questions, the production process in terms of themes, styles, scenarios and commercial distribution, are addressed. Likewise, the experience “bricoleur” of the producers is taken into account in terms of their spontaneous acting (amateur actors and actresses), improvised scenes, and use of time and space, among other factors that give life to the narrative drama like the contexts where these films are shot that contribute originality, strength and intrinsic value to history.