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Documentary film : a very short introduction / Patricia Aufderheide.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aufderheide, Patricia.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--History and criticism.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 158 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.
- Summary:
- Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking - its definitions and purposes, its forms and founders - Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres including public affairs films, government propaganda historical documentaries, and nature films.
- Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Introduction
- 1: Defining The Documentary
- Naming
- Form
- Founders
- Cinema verite
- 2: Subgenres
- Public affairs
- Government propaganda
- Advocacy
- Historical
- Ethnographic
- Nature
- 3: Conclusion
- Note on history and scholarship
- One hundred great documentaries
- Further reading and viewing
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-146) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611374631
- 9781435633612
- 143563361X
- 9781281374639
- 1281374636
- 9780195182699
- 0195182693
- 9780199720392
- 0199720398
- OCLC:
- 437114959
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