Traga novidade : um curta-metragem documental sobre a exploração de petróleo em Carmópolis (SE) e a sua relação com o território das pessoas

Abstract

The present memorial describes the conception and production of TRAGA NOVIDADE, a 20-minute documentary short film that relates the sixty-year exploration of oil in Carmópolis, Sergipe, managed by the state-owned Petrobras and more recently by the Spanish company Carmo Energy, with the concept of "Territory of the People" by geography doctor Gicélia Mendes. In the subjective reflections of a participatory narrator, the audiovisual work makes an effort to discuss the absence of socio-economic returns for the population of this city, which constitutes the largest terrestrial oil reserve in Brazil. Additionally, there is a play of self-reference, data, and archival images, through which the author interrogates his own agenda by problematizing novelty as a criterion of newsworthiness and by tensioning the religiosity present in the region as a synonym for hope in progress. In this report, we will address the concept applied to the work, creative direction choices, the production process, and the formatting of the audiovisual product, among other pertinent issues.