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**Lumière Brothers films. | **Lumière Brothers films. | ||
| − | **See lecture on Early Cinema. | + | **See [[TCF112/Early Cinema|lecture on Early Cinema]]. |
*'''Travel/Adventure Doc.''' | *'''Travel/Adventure Doc.''' | ||
**"Exotic" location/people/cultures | **"Exotic" location/people/cultures | ||
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****Inuit culture, 1922 | ****Inuit culture, 1922 | ||
****B&W, shot silent, no handheld camera, daytime shooting only, intertitles used to explain/comment on | ****B&W, shot silent, no handheld camera, daytime shooting only, intertitles used to explain/comment on | ||
| − | ***E.g., Congorilla (Martin & Osa Johnson, 1932) | + | ***E.g., ''Congorilla'' (Martin & Osa Johnson, 1932) |
*'''Didactic/Teaching Doc. (some call "propaganda")''' | *'''Didactic/Teaching Doc. (some call "propaganda")''' | ||
**1930s, England | **1930s, England | ||
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**"Why We Fight" Series | **"Why We Fight" Series | ||
***Narration | ***Narration | ||
| − | ***Graphics | + | ***Graphics--animation (Disney) |
***Previously shot footage | ***Previously shot footage | ||
***Shot very little new footage | ***Shot very little new footage | ||
| − | ****Triumph | + | ****''Triumph'' |
***Staged scenes | ***Staged scenes | ||
***B&W | ***B&W | ||
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**Not limited to daytime shooting | **Not limited to daytime shooting | ||
***E.g., ''Taxi Cab Confession'' | ***E.g., ''Taxi Cab Confession'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 14 August 2019
Documentary Definition
- Stuart Kaminsky
- "Film which through certain conventions creates the illusion that the events depicted were not controlled by the filmmakers."
Types of Documentary
- Primitive Doc.
- Lumière Brothers films.
- See lecture on Early Cinema.
- Travel/Adventure Doc.
- "Exotic" location/people/cultures
- Filmmaker imposes his/her culture on exotic cultures
- E.g., Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922)
- Inuit culture, 1922
- B&W, shot silent, no handheld camera, daytime shooting only, intertitles used to explain/comment on
- E.g., Congorilla (Martin & Osa Johnson, 1932)
- E.g., Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922)
- Didactic/Teaching Doc. (some call "propaganda")
- 1930s, England
- John Grierson, coined term, "documentary"
- Teach about social issues
- New Deal doc.
- F.D. Roosevelt's recovery program
- E.g., The Plow That Broke the Plains
- Nazi doc.
- E.g., Triumph of the Will
- Nazi rally, in Nuremburg, 1934; Leni Riefenstahl
- "Why We Fight" Series
- Narration
- Graphics--animation (Disney)
- Previously shot footage
- Shot very little new footage
- Triumph
- Staged scenes
- B&W
- Shot silent
- 1930s, England
- Camera as Observer
- Free Cinema (1960s, England)
- No narration
- Handheld camera
- No apparent staging
- Still mostly B&W
- Direct Cinema (1960s-70s, US)
- E.g., D. A. Pennebaker
- E.g., Don't Look Back, 1967
- Cinéma Vérité (1960s, France)
- Free Cinema (1960s, England)
- Television doc.
- Color video
- Handheld camera
- Digital graphics
- Not limited to daytime shooting
- E.g., Taxi Cab Confession
