Robert Drew and the development of cinema verite in America / P.J. O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, P. J., 1935-2006.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drew, Robert, 1924---Criticism and interpretation.

Drew, Robert.

Documentary films--United States--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Development of cinema verite in America

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Author P. J. O Connell traces Robert Drew s influence on cinema verite through extensive interviews with Drew and with some of the founding fathers of American cinema verite filmmaking Donn Alan Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, and Richard Leacock. Robert Drew s contributions to documentary film have been both technical and conceptual. Realizing that his equipment was too heavy and intrusive, Drew persuaded Time-Life Broadcasting to sponsor the development of new, lightweight, portable synchronous sound equipment that freed documentary filmmakers from the bulky, tripod-mounted, AC-powered equipment of the past. His new technology allowed him to capture intense moments as they happened, and to make viewers feel personally involved in the events he presented. While making more than twenty documentaries in the early 1960s, Drew continued to initiate innovations that were not thought possible a generation before him. P. J. O Connell is the executive producer of public affairs at Penn State Television and an affiliate assistant professor in the School of Communication at Penn State University. "

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

1. Background

2. Beginnings

3. Discovering Life

4. The Seeds of Revolution

5. At Harvard

6. Returning to Life

7. Other Voices

Richard Leacock

8. Getting Equipped

9. Other Voices

Donn Alan Pennebaker

10. The Primary Experience

11. Discovering Eddie

12. Other Voices

Gregory Shuker

13. The ABC Connection, 1

14. Drew Associates, 1

15. The ABC Connection, 2

16. Drew Associates, 2

17. Breaking the Connection

18. The Living Camera

19. The Critics

20. Drew Associates, 3

21. The Crisis

22. Drew Associates, 4

23. Drew and Cinema Verite

Today

24. Afterword

Appendix A

Comments by Robert Drew and Richard Leacock

Appendix B

Filmography: Robert Drew

Appendix C

Summary of Awards: Drew Associates

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Author Bio

Back Cover.

Notes:

Originally published: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69686-9

9786613673824

0-8093-8610-0

OCLC:

794671046