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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812473003321

Autore

Kilborn R. W.

Titolo

Taking the long view : a study of longitudinal documentary / / Richard Kilborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , [2013]

©2010

ISBN

1-84779-317-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

791.45

Soggetti

Documentary television programs - History and criticism

Longitudinal method

Film and Media

Documentary Films

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism

Documentary films

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on availability of recordings and online material; Introduction; 1 Reflections on longitudinal documentary: form and function; 2 Short histories; 3 Getting started; 4 Gaining and maintainingmomentum; 4 Gaining and maintainingmomentum; 5 Never-ending stories?; 6 Towards an ending; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted's world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their own. In addition to Seven Up, the book provides extended accounts of the two other best known longitudinal series to have been produced in the last three or four decades: Winifred and Barbara Junge's The Children of Golzow and Swedish director Rainer Hartleb's The Children of Jordbrö. Long docs



have been an especially popular form of documenta