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Reporteando En El Celuloide: Representación Del PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES DE LA COMUNICACIÓN Reporteando en el celuloide: representación del periodista a través de tres géneros del periodismo en personajes de tres películas del cine peruano entre los años 1993-2016 Tesis para optar el Título de Licenciado en Periodismo que presenta el Bachiller: DIEGO AMADO OLIVAS ARANA NOMBRE DEL ASESOR: MELVIN LEDGARD PARRO LUGAR Y FECHA Lima, Marzo 2017 A mis padres, María Jesús y Hoower Fausto. A mi prometida, Ania. ÍNDICE INTRODUCCIÓN CAPÍTULO 1: Planteamiento del Tema 1.1. Planteamiento de la investigación 1 1.2. Objetivos de la investigación 2 1.3. Hipótesis 3 1.4. Justificación 3 CAPÍTULO 2: Conceptos, contextos y fundaciones 2.1 Marco Teórico-Contextual 4 2.1.1 La representación en el cine 5 2.1.2 Periodistas y periodismo en el cine mundial 8 2.1.3 Periodistas y periodismo en el cine peruano 11 2.1.4 La construcción de personajes periodistas 29 2.1.5 La ética y el perfil del periodista 32 2.2 Estado del Arte 37 CAPÍTULO 3: Diseño Metodológico 3.1 Tipo de investigación 42 3.2 Objetos de análisis (las películas y las escenas escogidas) 43 3.2.1 Reportaje a la Muerte (1993): ficha técnica, premios 43 3.2.2 Tinta Roja (2000): ficha técnica, premios 44 3.2.3 La Última Noticia (2016): ficha técnica, premios 45 3.3 Escenas seleccionadas 45 3.4 Técnicas e instrumentos de investigación 46 CAPÍTULO 4: Panorama del periodismo peruano en los tiempos de las películas: historia, contextos y espacios 4.1 Periodismo televisivo (Reportaje a la Muerte) 48 4.1.1 Las noticias televisivas en la ciudad de Lima de 1984 48 4.1.2 Evocando la masacre del penal El Sexto 50 4.1.3 Danny Gavidia y su idea seminal del motín 52 4.2 Periodismo escrito (Tinta Roja) 54 4.2.1 La violencia en la prensa sensacionalista de los años de los ’90 54 4.2.2 La adaptación del libro de Alberto Fuguet 57 4.2.3 El cine de autor de Francisco Lombardi 61 4.3 Periodismo radial (La Última Noticia) 62 4.3.1 Primeros años del conflicto armado en el Perú 63 4.3.2 El periodismo radial en la ciudad de Ayacucho del primer lustro de los ’80 65 4.3.3 El hecho que inspiró la historia: el caso de Jaime Ayala Sulca 66 4.3.4 Repaso del cine nacional sobre el conflicto armado interno 68 4.4 Espacio e historia en la narración de las tres películas 70 CAPÍTULO 5: Construcción de personajes periodistas 5.1 Creación de personajes periodistas 76 5.1.1 Anel y Alfredo en Reportaje a la Muerte 78 5.1.2 Alfonso y Faúndez en Tinta Roja 87 5.1.3 Alonso Vilca Palomino en La Última Noticia 96 5.1.4 Los arquetipos: roles universales para definir a los periodistas de cine 103 5.1.5 La clasificación de periodistas fílmicos según Brian McNair 107 5.1.6 Tres visiones: confrontando a nuestra selección de personajes periodistas del cine peruano 114 5.2 Influencias para la construcción de periodistas 121 5.2.1 La experiencia periodística de los directores 122 5.2.2 Bases reales para los personajes: el trabajo de campo 125 5.2.3 Bases reales para los personajes: otros periodistas peruanos 131 5.2.4 Relevancia de la realidad en los personajes periodistas seleccionados 135 CAPÍTULO 6: La ética periodística y el perfil del periodista 6.1 Teoría sobre ética y perfil del periodista 139 6.1.1 Los periodistas clásicos y modernos 143 6.1.2 Los directores y dueños de medios 150 6.1.3 El sensacionalismo y su práctica en las películas 158 6.2 La ética periodística y el perfil del periodista: ejemplos de escenas 167 6.2.1 El periodista como embaucador o competidor inescrupuloso 168 6.2.2 El periodista como ideal del héroe o paladín de la verdad 177 6.3 El ennoblecimiento de la representación del periodista en el cine peruano: ¿una realidad? 185 CONCLUSIONES 192 BIBLIOGRAFÍA 196 AGRADECIMIENTOS 208 ANEXO 209 Relación de informantes (entrevistas) i INTRODUCCIÓN El periodismo siempre ha tenido un espacio en el cine. A través de las décadas, la representación del periodista y su entorno se ha replicado en historias del celuloide que poseen diferentes discursos, donde los periodistas han sido tanto protagonistas como personajes secundarios, tanto héroes como villanos. Relatos donde en la mayoría de los casos se ha intentado reflejar el perfil específico del quehacer periodístico, que en ocasiones ha extremado su contraparte real, ya sea exagerándola bajo situaciones negativas en las que el periodista es un sensacionalista capaz de todo por la primicia, o exaltándola al nivel de la idealización, donde el periodista es un ciudadano modélico y un héroe de la verdad, dispuesto a todo por destapar la oscuridad del poder y servir al bien común. Desde The Front Page (1931) hasta Spotlight (2016), podemos aseverar que el periodista ha ido abandonando su condición de personaje secundario para volverse uno de los protagonistas del cine actual, “ofreciendo a través de su personaje de ficción una manera especialmente pertinente de acercarse al complejo mundo de hoy u ofrecer, simplemente, una buena historia” (Mínguez Santos 2012:13). ¿Es posible hablar de un subgénero del cine sobre periodistas en la industria del cine peruano? Ciertamente lo es. A través de esta investigación realizaremos un viaje a través de ciertas películas peruanas donde el periodista es la figura protagónica dentro de un guion que tiene al periodismo como hilo conductor de la narración. Historias que tocan distintos temas como el ejercicio del periodismo, la corrupción de los medios de comunicación, el sensacionalismo en la televisión y la prensa, dilemas éticos en la profesión periodística, y otros complementarios a sus tramas como el conflicto armado interno en el Perú o la relación de paternidad, entre otros. Ya desde finales del siglo XX se ha observado un cambio en la concepción del periodismo y los periodistas, cuya imagen social en el Perú -o Latinoamérica- nunca fue la más amable, y en muchos casos, fue la más ignorada frente a otros componentes del panorama de una sociedad determinada (Gargurevich Regal 2009: 357). Hoy ello ha cambiado más que nunca, acaso por las facultades interdisciplinarias de los últimos ii estudios, que consideran al periodismo -especialmente la prensa- como una fuente primaria a la hora de comprender los medios de información (Gargurevich Regal 2009: 357). La presente investigación perpetra ese adentramiento, explorando la imagen de los periodistas en películas peruanas; en otras palabras, relacionando las disciplinas de periodismo y cine. Iniciaremos a continuación una exploración a profundidad de personajes periodistas de tres películas peruanas pertenecientes al subgénero de cine sobre periodismo. Arrancaremos nuestro análisis indagando en la situación espacio-temporal de las películas seleccionadas, cuestionando la posible influencia de factores contextuales y cronológicos en la representación de los personajes. Continuaremos con la aplicación de la teoría de construcción de personajes para guion y el estudio de las posibles inspiraciones reales del mundo del periodismo para la realización de las películas. Finalmente, observaremos las teorías y definiciones detrás de la deontología periodística y el periodismo en sí mismo, comparándolas con su retrato en las películas seleccionadas. 1 CAPÍTULO 1: Planteamiento del Tema 1.1 Planteamiento de la investigación Si con menos de doscientos años el séptimo arte es todavía uno de las más jóvenes representantes de las beaux-arts, podría decirse que su reflejo en el Perú todavía va consolidándose. En las últimas décadas, la industria del cine peruano ha florecido bajo distintos géneros y coyunturas, y de una forma u otra, el personaje del periodista siempre ha estado presente. El periodista encarna un rol esencial en la sociedad, acaso junto a otros trabajos modélicos incondicionales como los profesores, policías, doctores, enfermeras o bomberos, el periodista siempre está allí. Valiéndonos del comentario de Francesco Casetti al explicar el trabajo de Pierre Sorlin, quien contempla al cine como retratista de aquello que la sociedad considera representable, es decir, el cine como espejo de lo que la sociedad misma concibe como tal (Casetti 1994:150-151), este trabajo buscará indagar en la representación de los personajes periodistas de tres géneros periodísticos distintos en tres películas peruanas. El objeto de estudio consta de las siguientes películas: periodismo televisivo en Reportaje a la Muerte (Danny Gavidia, 1993) y sus personajes periodistas Alfredo (Diego Bertie) y Anel (Marisol Palacios); escrito en Tinta Roja (Francisco Lombardi, 2000) y sus personajes periodistas Alfonso Fernández Ferrer (Giovanni Ciccia) y Saúl Faúndez (Gianfranco Brero); y radial en La Última Noticia (Alejandro Legaspi, 2016) y su personaje periodista Alonso Vilca Palomino (Pietro Sibille). Las tres películas salieron aproximadamente en un periodo de veintitrés años (de 1993 a 2016). Se trata de una investigación de las semejanzas en la imagen del periodista en el cine peruano, a través de tres géneros periodísticos diferentes. En otras palabras, una comparación de estos retratos audiovisuales del periodista en los géneros periodísticos mencionados, para observar sus diferencias y similitudes. No pretendemos analizar a los personajes de ficción bajo una perspectiva audiovisual o semiótica, sino bajo algo más descriptivo, considerando factores como el contexto histórico, realidades socio-culturales de las tres historias; estereotipos o perfiles del periodista televisivo, escrito o radial; ética periodística; conversaciones con los actores y 2 directores (procesos creativos, en qué o quién se inspiraron, cómo) y críticos de cine, entre otros. De igual manera, se desarrollará la construcción de personajes para cine desde la perspectiva de estos personajes periodistas, empleando las herramientas y conceptos de destacados guionistas y teóricos del guion.
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