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Crafting Truth : Documentary Form and Meaning.
Title:
Crafting Truth : Documentary Form and Meaning.
Author:
Spence, Louise.
ISBN:
9780813552323
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Series:
Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: General Concepts -- 1Authenticity -- 2Evidence -- 3Authority -- 4Responsibility -- Part TwoStructural Organization -- 5Argument -- 6Dramatic Stories, Poetic andEssay Documentaries -- Part ThreeFormal Techniques -- 7Editing -- 8Camerawork -- 9The Profilmic -- 10Sounds -- Index.
Abstract:
A documentary's sounds and images are always the product of selection and choice, and often underscore points the filmmaker wishes to make. Crafting Truth illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction film.
Local Note:
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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