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Introduction to documentary / Bill Nichols.
LIBRA PN1995.9.D6 N539 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nichols, Bill, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--History and criticism.
- Documentary films.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 258 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- How can we define documentary film?
- Why are ethical issues central to documentary filmmaking?
- What gives documentaries a voice of their own?
- What makes documentaries engaging and persuasive?
- How did documentary filmmaking get started?
- How can we differentiate among documentary models and modes? What are the poetic, expository, and reflexive modes?
- How can we describe the observational, participatory, and performative modes of documentary film?
- How have documentaries addressed social and political issues?
- How can we write effectively about documentary?
- I want to make a documentary. Where do I start?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nichols, Bill, 1942- author. Introduction to documentary.
- ISBN:
- 9780253026347
- 0253026342
- 9780253026859
- 0253026857
- OCLC:
- 959034718
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