03358nam 2200697 a 450 991097118570332120240516121725.0978128386458912838645849780813552323081355232X10.36019/9780813552323(CKB)2670000000155076(EBL)862757(OCoLC)778339942(SSID)ssj0000614222(PQKBManifestationID)11363244(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614222(PQKBWorkID)10588421(PQKB)11586850(MdBmJHUP)muse19688(DE-B1597)526183(OCoLC)1040058489(DE-B1597)9780813552323(Au-PeEL)EBL862757(CaPaEBR)ebr10537896(CaONFJC)MIL417708(MiAaPQ)EBC862757(Perlego)4624520(EXLCZ)99267000000015507620120320d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrCrafting truth documentary form and meaning /Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press20111 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780813549026 0813549027 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. General concepts -- pt. 2. Structural organization -- pt. 3. Formal techniques.Documentaries such as Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's Born into Brothels, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, Jeffrey Blitz's Spellbound, along with March of the Penguins and An Inconvenient Truth have achieved critical as well as popular success. Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a nanve concept of "truth" and "reality"-for them, documentaries are information sources. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of truth and reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions? A documentary's sounds and images are always the product of selection and choice, and often underscore points the filmmaker wishes to make. Crafting Truth illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction film.Documentary filmsHistory and criticismDocumentary filmsProduction and directionDocumentary filmsHistory and criticism.Documentary filmsProduction and direction.070.1/8070.18Spence Louise1804813Navarro Vinicius1804814MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971185703321Crafting truth4353044UNINA