Double take : looking at the documentary / edited by Raqs Media Collective.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raqs Media Collective (Organization)

Foundation for Universal Responsibility (New Delhi, India)

Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--India--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

India.

Physical Description:

99, xxxiv pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New Delhi] : Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in association with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 2000.

Summary:

Collection of essays on the thoughts and reflections of filmmakers, technicians etc.

Contents:

India's quest : the films : an experiment / Rajiv Mehrotra

Playing with flux - constructing an argument in documentary films / Sanjay Kak

"Can you cut it down?" : commissioning conversations / Ruchir Joshi

A frame of mind - researching documentaries / Raqs Media Collective

The other eye - on documentary cinematography / Ranjan Palit

Listening to sound / Samina Mishra

Sync-sound - technology, aesthetics & problems / Indrajit Neogi

"And sound tracks merely happen ..." : metaphors, mixers & microphones / Uma Shankar

"Scrambling with many things to say..." : notes from the editing room / Sameera Jain

Snakes & butterflies : the natural history of the rough-cut / Ruchir Joshi

documentary.doc / Anita Roy

On watching documentaries / Mukul Kesavan

Talking to the audience / Rajeev Bhargava

The hum of conversations / Shuddhabrata Sengupta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxii).

ISBN:

8190117300

OCLC:

45439898