Film Studies 7-3 The Documentary
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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The documentary
Film Studies 7-3 Genres
A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration.
Cinéma vérité
Cinéma vérité
is a style of documentary filmmaking.
It combines improvisation with the use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind crude reality.
It is sometimes called observational cinema
The Earliest Documentaries:
Repas de bébé (1895)
Depression-Related Documentaries:
The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936)
Documentaries of The War Years:
Prelude to War (1942)
Music-Related Documentaries:
Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970)
Biographical Documentary Films:
When We Were Kings (1996)
Documentary Films on Filmmakers:
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Expose Documentaries of Social and Political Issues:
Super Size Me (2004)
Nature-Related Documentary Films:
March of the Penguins (2005)
Can documentaries create change?
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