The act of documenting : documentary film in the 21st century / Brian Winston, Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017Description: xiii, 271 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781501309199 (ebook)Subject(s): Documentary films -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Performing Arts | Film history, theory & criticism | Documentary filmsGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781501309168Summary: A critical review of documentary in the 21st century. Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression. The very distinctions between the filmed, the filmer and the spectator are being dissolved. The Act of Documenting addresses what this means for documentary's 21st century position as a genus in the "class" cinema; for its foundations as, primarily, a scientistic, eurocentric and patriarchal discourse; for its future in a world where assumptions of photographic image integrity cannot be sustained. Unpacked are distinctions between performance and performativy and between different levels of interaction, linearity and hypertextuality, engagement and impact, ethics and conditions of reception. Winston, Vanstone and Wang Chi explore and celebrate documentary's potentials in the digital age.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A critical review of documentary in the 21st century. Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression. The very distinctions between the filmed, the filmer and the spectator are being dissolved. The Act of Documenting addresses what this means for documentary's 21st century position as a genus in the "class" cinema; for its foundations as, primarily, a scientistic, eurocentric and patriarchal discourse; for its future in a world where assumptions of photographic image integrity cannot be sustained. Unpacked are distinctions between performance and performativy and between different levels of interaction, linearity and hypertextuality, engagement and impact, ethics and conditions of reception. Winston, Vanstone and Wang Chi explore and celebrate documentary's potentials in the digital age.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781501309168
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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