Watching the world : screen documentary and audiences / Thomas Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Thomas, 1966- author.

Series:

Manchester Film Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films.

Documentary television programs.

Audiences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Screen documentary has experienced a marked rise in visibility and popularity in recent years. What are the reasons for the so-called 'boom' in documentaries at the cinema? How has television documentary met the challenge of new formats? And how do audiences engage with documentaries on screen? Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences. The book focuses on the interfaces between textual mechanisms, promotional tactics, and audiences' viewing strategies. Key topics of inquiry are: fi

Contents:

Continuity and change : the documentary 'boom'

Seeing, feeling, knowing : Entre et avoir

'Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending' : documentary form and audience response to Touching the void

'The most confusing tears' : home video, sex crime and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans

Approaching the invisible centre : middle-class identity and documentary film

'Our planet reveals its secrets' : wildlife documentaries on television

Conclusion : documentary world views.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

1-78170-177-6

1-84779-448-3

OCLC:

818847563