Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Verite in America.
Title:
Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Verite in America.
Author:
O'Connell, P.J.
ISBN:
9780809386109
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Background -- 2. Beginnings -- 3. Discovering Life -- 4. The Seeds of Revolution -- 5. At Harvard -- 6. Returning to Life -- 7. Other Voices--Richard Leacock -- 8. Getting Equipped -- 9. Other Voices--Donn Alan Pennebaker -- 10. The Primary Experience -- 11. Discovering Eddie -- 12. Other Voices--Gregory Shuker -- 13. The ABC Connection, 1 -- 14. Drew Associates, 1 -- 15. The ABC Connection, 2 -- 16. Drew Associates, 2 -- 17. Breaking the Connection -- 18. The Living Camera -- 19. The Critics -- 20. Drew Associates, 3 -- 21. The Crisis -- 22. Drew Associates, 4 -- 23. Drew and Cinema Verite--Today -- 24. Afterword -- Appendix A--Comments by Robert Drew and Richard Leacock -- Appendix B--Filmography: Robert Drew -- Appendix C--Summary of Awards: Drew Associates -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Author Bio -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Author P. J. O'Connell traces Robert Drew's influence on cinema verite through extensive interviews with Drew and with some of the founding fathers of American cinema verite filmmaking-Donn Alan Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, and Richard Leacock. Robert Drew's contributions to documentary film have been both technical and conceptual. Realizing that his equipment was too heavy and intrusive, Drew persuaded Time-Life Broadcasting to sponsor the development of new, lightweight, portable synchronous sound equipment that freed documentary filmmakers from the bulky, tripod-mounted, AC-powered equipment of the past. His new technology allowed him to capture intense moments as they happened, and to make viewers feel personally involved in the events he presented. While making more than twenty documentaries in the early 1960s, Drew continued to initiate innovations that were not thought possible a generation before him. P. J. O'Connell is the executive producer of public affairs at Penn State Television and an affiliate assistant professor in the School of Communication at Penn State University.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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