Documentary : witness and self-revelation

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Title:

Documentary : witness and self-revelation

Author:

Ellis, John, 1952-

ISBN:

9780415574181

9780415574198

9780203808467

Personal Author:

Ellis, John, 1952-

Publication Information:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description:

vi, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction -- From reconstruction to observation : a history of documentary 1895-1995 -- New attitudes to documentary -- The changing technologies of documentary filmmaking -- Performance and self-revelation -- Documentary filming as personal interaction -- Editing, narrative and separation -- The changing technologies of documentary editing -- Slow film -- The eventual viewer -- Ambivalent feelings about photography and recording -- Witness and watching -- Ethics, interpretation and the new viewer -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

Documentary films -- Production and direction.

Documentary films -- History and criticism.

Cinematography.

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Summary

Digital technologies have transformed documentary for both filmmakers and audiences.

Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation takes an audience-centred approach to documentary, arguing that everyday experiences of what it feels like to film and to be filmed have developed a new sophistication and skepticism in today's viewers. The book argues that documentary has developed a new third phase of its century long history: films now tend to document the encounters between filmers and the filmed. But what do we really know about those encounters?

The author's extensive experience of documentary production practice also enables him to examine technological changes in detail. Innovations in technology can seem to offer greater realism but can at the same time frustrate attempts to achieve it. John Ellis therefore proposes the idea of 'Slow Film' as an antidote to the problems of increasing speed brought about by easy digital editing.

This book is ideal for students studying film, media studies and visual culture.