Documental del hielo del Chimborazo al calor de Cumandá.

Abstract

The objective of this project was to create an audiovisual documentary that shows the diversity of Chimborazo province in the context of the popular culture manifestations, in order to create interest among the people of the region who doesn’t know the attractions that this little-explored area of Chimborazo society can offer. For researching the information about the popular cultural manifestations of Chimborazo province, an exploratory research was useful, applying the ethnographic method and supported by interview and observation techniques, respectively. The results obtained show that Chimborazo province has a significant diversity of popular and cultural phenomena, especially talking about festivity, gastronomy and spirituality. However, the manifestations that were selected for audiovisual documentation were selected based on the criteria of accessibility due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Once the research results were systematized, the three phases of audiovisual creation (pre- production, production and post-production) were applied. During the pre-production phase activities within planning the film were developed, the production phase covered the filming part. Finally, in the post-production stage, graphic complements were produced and assembled with the visual and sound elements, bringing about the final audiovisual product. This product exposes ten popular and cultural phenomena about each canton of Chimborazo province. In conclusion Chimborazo province is home to a large number of popular and cultural manifestations in its territory from social to poetic expressions, being attractive to those who do not notice this representativeness. It is recommended to extend the audiovisual production by means of documenting other cultural phenomena showed in the research results.