Documentary : witness and self-revelation

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, John , 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge , c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From reconstruction to observation : a history of documentary 1895-1995
  • 3. New attitudes to documentary
  • 4. The changing technologies of documentary filmmaking
  • 5. Performance and self-revelation
  • 6. Documentary filming as personal interaction
  • 7. Editing, narrative and separation
  • 8. The changing technologies of documentary editing
  • 9. Slow film
  • 10. The eventual viewer
  • 11. Ambivalent feelings about photography and recording
  • 12. Witness and watching
  • 13. Ethics, interpretation and the new viewer
  • 14. Conclusion