Crafting truth

Crafting truth: documentary form and meaning

by Spence, Louise

Type Book
Rate 0.0 /5

"Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a naive concept of "reality"--For them, documentaries are sources of information. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions? Crafting Truth illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rheto…

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Title Statements

  • Full title :Crafting truth : documentary form and meaning / Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro.

Summary

"Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a naive concept of "reality"--For them, documentaries are sources of information. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions? 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 cinema. --Book Jacket.

Read More ↓

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 281 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780813549026, 0813549027, 9780813549033, 0813549035
  • oclc:ocn542321801
  • LC Classification:PN1995.9.D6
  • Dewey Decimal:070.1/8

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Authenticity -- Evidence -- Authority -- Responsibility -- Argument -- Dramatic stories, poetic and essay documentaries -- Editing -- Camerawork -- The profilmic -- Sounds / coauthored with Carl Lewis.

Read More ↓

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Documentaires -- Production et réalisat… Documentary films Documentary films -- History and critic… Documentary films -- Production and dir… Dokumentarfilm

Writers

Spence, Louise Navarro, Vinicius

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

  • Crafting Truth: Documentary Form and Meaning -- (…

    PDF · 1.9 MB · updated
    Login →

  • Crafting Truth: Documentary Form and Meaning -- (…

    PDF · 1.8 MB · updated
    Login →
Log in to request a copy