Rethinking documentary : new perspectives, new practices / edited by Thomas Austin and Wilma de Jong.
Contributor(s): Austin, Thomas | De Jong, Wilma
Publisher: Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Open University Press, 2008Description: x, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm001: 43557ISBN: 9780335221912 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Documentary mass media | Media StudiesDDC classification: 791.436 RET LOC classification: P96.D62Summary: Because of the huge boom in documentary making there's been a similar growth in the number of courses in documentary studies. This book brings together some of the leading scholars and practitioners in this area to provide a textbook and research tool.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and Google Video , the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the technological, commercial, aesthetic, political, and social dimensions of documentaries on film, television and the web.
In response to these rapid developments, this book rethinks the notion of documentary, in terms of theory, practice and object/s of study. Drawing together 26 original essays from scholars and practitioners, it critically assesses ideas and constructions of documentary and, where necessary, proposes new tools and arguments with which to examine this complex and shifting terrain.
Covering a range of media output, the book is divided into four sections:
Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts The changing faces of documentary production Contemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territories Digital and online documentaries: opportunities and limitations Rethinking Documentary is valuable reading for scholars and students working in documentary theory and practice, film studies, and media studies.Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-334) and index.
Because of the huge boom in documentary making there's been a similar growth in the number of courses in documentary studies. This book brings together some of the leading scholars and practitioners in this area to provide a textbook and research tool.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Notes on Contributors (p. vii)
- Acknowledgements (p. xi)
- Introduction: Rethinking Documentary (p. 1)
- Part I Critical Perspectives on Documentary Forms and Concepts (p. 11)
- 1 Documentary Studies: Dimensions of transition and continuity (p. 13)
- 2 The Question of Evidence, the Power of Rhetoric and Documentary Film (p. 29)
- 3 First-person Films: Some theses on self-inscription (p. 39)
- 4 '...To Leave the Confinements of His Humanness': authorial voice, death and constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man (p. 51)
- 5 Collective Subjectivity in The Children of Golzow vs. Alienation in 'Western' Interview Documentary (p. 67)
- 6 Documentary as Critical and Creative Research (p. 82)
- 7 Refraining Ethnographic Film (p. 95)
- 8 Transcendental Realism in Documentary (p. 108)
- 9 Filming 'the Invisible' (p. 121)
- Part II The Changing Faces of Documentary Production (p. 133)
- 10 Developing and Producing a Feature Documentary: The case of Deep Water (p. 135)
- 11 Filmmakers and Their Subjects (p. 152)
- 12 From Eight-Man Crew to One-Woman Band: My life in television (p. 157)
- 13 'You Want to Know That, This Is Real, This Is What Happened': An interview with John Smithson (p. 162)
- 14 'The Idea That There's a "Truth" That You Discover Is Like Chasing the End of a Rrainbow': An interview with Ralph Lee (p. 167)
- 15 Rice N Peas: Alternative, independent and provocative (p. 172)
- 16 'The Importance of Memory': An interview with Ai Xiaoming (p. 178)
- Part III Contemporary Documentary: Borders, Neighbours and Disputed Territories (p. 189)
- 17 Drama-documentary, Ethics and Notions of Performance: The 'Flight 93' Films (p. 191)
- 18 Mockumentary: A call to play (p. 204)
- 19 Documentary Modes of Engagement (p. 217)
- 20 'Ask the Fastidious Woman from Surbiton to Hand-wash the Underpants of the Aging Oldham Skinhead ...': Why not Wife Swap? (p. 232)
- 21 Simulating the Public Sphere (p. 246)
- 22 The Work of Work: Reality TV and the negotiation of neo-Iiberal labour in The Apprentice (p. 258)
- Part IV Digital and Online Documentaries: Opportunities and Limitations (p. 269)
- 23 Documentary Viewing Platforms (p. 271)
- 24 Online Documentary (p. 278)
- 25 Public Domains: Engaging Iraq through experimental documentary digitalities (p. 284)
- 26 Documentary on YouTube: The failure of the direct cinema of the slogan (p. 299)
- Bibliography (p. 313)
- Index (p. 335)
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