Crafting truth

Crafting truth: documentary form and meaning

by Spence, Louise

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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 wid…

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Title Statements

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

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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 fil.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780813552323, 081355232X
  • oclc:ocn778339942
  • LC Classification:PN1995.9.D6
  • Dewey Decimal:070.1/8

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: General Concepts -- Authenticity -- Evidence -- Authority -- Responsibility -- Part Two: Structural Organization -- Argument -- Dramatic Stories, Poetic and Essay Documentaries -- Part Three: Formal Techniques -- Editing -- Camerawork -- The Profilmic -- Sounds -- Index.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Documentaires -- Production et réalisat… Documentary films Documentary films -- History and critic… Documentary films -- Production and dir… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journali… PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video

Writers

Spence, Louise Navarro, Vinicius

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