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

• Autore: Kilborn R. W.
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010; Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , [2013]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 pages) : digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 791.45
• Soggetto topico: Documentary television programs - History and criticism; Longitudinal method; Film and Media; Documentary Films; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism; Documentary films
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Barbara Junge; Michael Apted; Rainer Hartleb; Seven Up; The Children of Golzow; The Children of Jordbro; Winifred; documentary series; filmmakers; long docs; soap opera texts
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Taking the long view
• ISBN: 1-84779-317-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786206203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II