Wednesday 20 March 2019

Amy filmmakers theory


Amy

-critical debates
-filmmakers theories

Key Terminology:
-objectivity
-construction
-truth/fiction
-reality
-manipulation
-cinema vérité (cinema of truth)
-spectator positioning

Bill Nichols:
documentary can be subdivided into 6 sub-genres:
- poetic (modernist style)
- expository (speaks directly to viewer with VO)
- participatory (filmmaker interacts with participants)
- observational (as though camera is not present when filming subject. 'neutral stance')
- reflexive (focus on the documentary process)
- performance (actively engages- may be a documentary about filmmakers own life)


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