Crafting Truth : Documentary Form and Meaning /
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...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2011.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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 fil. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780813552323 |