Cinema Verite in America Studies in Uncontrolled Documentary

Name: Cinema Verite in America Studies in Uncontrolled Documentary
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ISBN: 9780262630580

ISBN-10: 0262630583

ISBN-13: 9780262630580

Edition: 1974

Authors: Stephen Mamber

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Cinema verite might be defined as a filming method employing hand-held cameras and live, synchronous sound. This description is incomplete, however, in that it emphasizes technology at the expense of filmmaking philosophy. Beyond recording means, cinema verite indicates a position the filmmaker takes in regard to the world he films. In this book, cinema verite finds a place of its own, and is not simply regarded as a mutant offspring of documentary techniques. Lingering between documentary and fiction, cinema verite attempts to strip away the accumulative conventions of traditional cinema in the hope of rediscovering a reality that eludes other forms of filmmaking and reporting. Simple and…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1974
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/15/1976
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 298
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Cinema Verite: Definitions and Background


Drew Associates


Direct Cinema and the Crisis Structure


The Maysles Brothers


D. A. Pennebaker


Richard Leacock


Frederick Wiseman


Conclusion


Notes


Filmographies


Film Rental Sources


A Suggested Course Schedule


Bibliography


Index