Imagetic representation of the evanescent fact and the truth

Abstract

This work discusses the constitution of the subjective point of view, its individual interpretations and the construction of a univocal and orderly sense. In the Zapruder film, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Manuela Penafria first raised part of these ideas in the plan sequence that registered the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The article includes the Ian McEwan book «Atonement» and the consequences of searching for meaning from images. The inherent characteristics of images are addressed for this objective, as well as their effects on human psychology in the formation of mediated social life. The article argues that journalistic construction is the result of the meanings and expectations which lie at the very heart and conscience of every storyteller.