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The Documentary Film Book

Author : Brian Winston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838718745
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Documentary Film Book written by Brian Winston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one of the leading British authorities in the field, The Documentary Film Book is an essential guide to current thinking on documentary film. In a series of fascinating essays, key international experts discuss the theory of documentary, outline current understandings of its history (from pre-Flaherty to the post-Griersonian world of digital 'i-Docs'), survey documentary production (from Africa to Europe, and from the Americas to Asia), consider documentaries by marginalised minority communities, and assess its contribution to other disciplines and arts. Brought together here in one volume, these scholars offer compelling evidence as to why, over the last few decades, documentary has come to the centre of screen studies.

Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Patricia Aufderheide
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199839980
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction written by Patricia Aufderheide and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse paths of documentary history and charts the lively, often fierce debates among filmmakers and scholars about the best ways to represent reality and to tell the truths worth telling. Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking--its definitions and purposes, its forms and founders--Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly the works produced during World War II), historical documentaries, and nature films. Her thematic approach allows readers to enter the subject matter through the kinds of films that first attracted them to documentaries, and it permits her to make connections between eras, as well as revealing the ongoing nature of documentary's core controversies involving objectivity, advocacy, and bias. Interwoven throughout are discussions of the ethical and practical considerations that arise with every aspect of documentary production. A particularly useful feature of the book is an appended list of "100 great documentaries" that anyone with a serious interest in the genre should see. Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a film scholar and critic, this book is the perfect introduction not just for teachers and students but also for all thoughtful filmgoers and for those who aspire to make documentaries themselves. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

A New History of Documentary Film

Author : Betsy A. McLane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 144118998X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book A New History of Documentary Film written by Betsy A. McLane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New History of Documentary Film, Second Edition offers a much-needed resource, considering the very rapid changes taking place within documentary media. Building upon the best-selling 2005 edition, Betsy McLane keeps the same chronological examination, factual reliability, ease of use and accessible prose style as before, while also weaving three new threads - Experimental Documentary, Visual Anthropology and Environmental/Nature Films - into the discussion. She provides emphasis on archival and preservation history, present practices, and future needs for documentaries. Along with preservation information, specific problems of copyright and fair use, as they relate to documentary, are considered. Finally, A History of Documentary Film retains and updates the recommended readings and important films and the end of each chapter from the first edition, including the bibliography and appendices. Impossible to talk learnedly about documentary film without an audio-visual component, a companion website will increase its depth of information and overall usefulness to students, teachers and film enthusiasts.

Journey Through Documentary Film

Author : Luke Dormehl
Publisher : Oldacastle Books
ISBN 13 : 1842435922
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Journey Through Documentary Film written by Luke Dormehl and published by Oldacastle Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nanook of the North to Exit Through the Gift Shop, an overview of nonfiction film history from the early pioneers to the directors dominating the field todayAs one of the most fascinating areas of filmmaking, documentaries have broken down societal taboos, changed legislation, strengthened and rocked entire governments, freed wrongly convicted prisoners, and taught us more about the world in which we live. This overview of documentary history takes readers from the early "actualities" of pioneering nonfiction filmmakers such as Robert J. Flaherty and John Grierson, to the documentaries of Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, and the directors dominating the field—and box office—today. An essential resource for film students, documentary buffs, filmmakers, and anyone interested in nonfiction film, it looks in-depth at more than 60 documentaries from around the world, covering a century of cinema, to illustrate what "documentary" means, and the changes and transitions that have occurred in nonfiction filmmaking over the years. Covering films such as Night Mail, Night and Fog, The Sorrow and the Pity, F for Fake, The Thin Blue Line, Hoop Dreams, Fahrenheit 9/11, Grizzly Man, and Man on Wire, each analysis includes an introductory synopsis, as well as detailed notes on the film's production history, filmmaker, unique innovations, construction, and key themes and issues.

Making Documentary Films and Videos

Author : Barry Hampe
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805081817
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book Making Documentary Films and Videos written by Barry Hampe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines each step in creating documentaries, from conception to final film, and offers advice on capturing human behavior and recreating past events, with advice on how to get started in the field, a section on researching and developing a project, and current resources.

Create Documentary Films, Videos, and Multimedia

Author : James R. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982702321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Create Documentary Films, Videos, and Multimedia written by James R. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use documentary visual storytelling concepts and production techniques to make documentaries of all types and formats. Producing, Writing, Directing, Camera, Editing and Distribution including Pre-production, Production and Post-production. Fully IllustratedThird Edition.

For Documentary

Author : Dai Vaughan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520216954
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book For Documentary written by Dai Vaughan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays offers insights into documentary. Stating that people may feel the word documentary had not justified its place in the dictionary if the films so called did not manifest some relationship with the world.

100 Documentary Films

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844575519
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book 100 Documentary Films written by Barry Keith Grant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinema's origins lie, arguably, more in non-fiction than fiction, and documentary represents the other - often submerged and barely visible - 'half' of cinema history. Historically, documentary cinema has always been an important point of reference for fiction cinema, and the two have often overlapped. Over the last two decades, documentary cinema has enjoyed a revival in critical and commercial success. 100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts. Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007), Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman (1992) and co-author, with Steve Blandford and Jim Hillier, of The Film Studies Dictionary (2001). Jim Hillier is Visiting Lecturer in Film at the University of Reading. He is the author of The New Hollywood (1993), the co-author of The Film Studies Dictionary (2001) and, with Alan Lovell, of Studies in Documentary (1972). His edited books include American Independent Cinema (2001) and two volumes of the English translation of the selected Cahiers du cinema (1985, 1986).

Public Television

Author : B. J. Bullert
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813524702
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Public Television written by B. J. Bullert and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public television's original mandate required it to address issues of controversy and facilitate the inclusion of voices and perspectives from outside the established consensus. Through detailed chronology, the author of this text traces how far this obligation has been met.

There's A Tale To This City

Author : Jay Khan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648963226
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book There's A Tale To This City written by Jay Khan and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay, the restless wanderer, rocks the lives of two strangers by introducing them to the strange world he has stumbled across-the streets of Melbourne. Rick, the bookworm, is torn away from his mundane academic life. Johnny, the paranoid poet, is released from his small-town worries. When they hit the streets together, twisted tales rise from the gutters. The bathing man. The cardboard preacher. The mute who isn't a mute. The trio cast aside everything they know, embarking on a journey to meet the city's neglected souls. There's a Tale to This City is an offbeat portrait of Melbourne that combines poetry, narrative prose and toilet paper diary entries, recollecting the strange experiences of three writers, who came together to learn the art of listening.

Documentary Film Classics

Author : William Rothman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521456814
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Documentary Film Classics written by William Rothman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of classic documentary film.

Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781579584450
Total Pages : 1513 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Documentary Film Reader

Author : Jonathan Kahana
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190459328
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Documentary Film Reader written by Jonathan Kahana and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers, The Documentary Film Reader presents an international perspective on the most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. Each of the book's seven sections covers a distinct period in the history of documentary, collecting both contemporary and retrospective views of filmmaking in the era. And each section is prefaced by an introductory essay that explains its design and provides critical context. Painstakingly selected from the archives of more than a hundred years of cinema practice and theory, the essays, reviews, interviews, manifestos, and ephemera gathered in this volume suit the needs and interests of the beginning student, the advanced scholar, the casual reader, and the working documentarian.

Introduction to Documentary, Second Edition

Author : Bill Nichols
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025300487X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Documentary, Second Edition written by Bill Nichols and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Bill Nichols’s bestselling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the distinguishing qualities of documentary and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film. Each chapter takes up a discrete question, from "How did documentary filmmaking get started?" to "Why are ethical issues central to documentary filmmaking?" Carefully revised to take account of new work and trends, this volume includes information on more than 100 documentaries released since the first edition, an expanded treatment of the six documentary modes, new still images, and a greatly expanded list of distributors.

The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film

Author : Ian Aitken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415596424
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film written by Ian Aitken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work explores the history of the documentary film. It discusses individual films and filmmakers; examines national and regional filmmaking traditions; elaborates on production companies, organizations, festivals, and institutions; explores themes, issues, and representations; and describes various styles, techniques, and technical issues.

Documentary

Author : Erik Barnouw
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195078985
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book Documentary written by Erik Barnouw and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the documentary film

Directing the Documentary

Author : Michael Rabiger
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0240810899
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Directing the Documentary written by Michael Rabiger and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Rabiger guides the reader through the stages required to conceive, edit and produce a documentary. He also provides advice on the law, ethics and authorship as well as career possibilities and finding work.