Introduction to Documentary, Third Edition

Bill Nichols (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2017 | Third Edition
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02685-9 (ISBN)

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The third edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and preproduction and includes an example of a project proposal for a film that went on to win awards at major festivals. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the genre's distinguishing qualities 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?" Here Nichols has fully rewritten each chapter for greater clarity and ease of use, including revised discussions of earlier films and new commentary on dozens of recent films from The Cove to The Act of Killing and from Gasland to Restrepo.

Bill Nichols is Professor Emeritus of Cinema at San Francisco State University. He is author of Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary (IUP), Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture (IUP), and Speaking Truths with Film: Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. How Can We Define Documentary Film?
2. Why Are Ethical Issues Central to Documentary Filmmaking?
3. What Gives Documentaries a Voice of Their Own?
4. What Makes Documentaries Engaging and Persuasive?
5. How Did Documentary Filmmaking Get Started?
6. How Can We Differentiate among Documentary Models and Modes? What Are the Poetic, Expository, and Reflexive Modes?
7. How Can We Describe the Observational, Participatory, and Performative Modes of Documentary Film?
8. How Have Documentaries Addressed Social and Political Issues?
9. How Can We Write Effectively about Documentary?
10. I Want to Make a Documentary. Where Do I Start?
Appendix A: Sample Film Project Proposal: Sex with Sam
Notes on Source Material
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 113 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	513 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-253-02685-7 / 0253026857
ISBN-13	978-0-253-02685-9 / 9780253026859
Zustand	Neuware