FILM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Direct Cinema, Temporal Logic, Michel De Montaigne
10 Dec 2015
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Essay form is seen to have a great influence on documentary cinema especially after 1945. Essay: first centered on personal and everyday subjects presented by. Photography and journalism became popular with the advancement of printing and lithographic technologies. Photojournalism: instantaneous records, factual representation of people and events in time. Scenic: a variation of early non-fiction films. Topicals: films which recreated historic events or news worthy events. Rf referred to as the father of documentary cinema . Founded a new way to fund non-commercial films: blending romantic fascination with nature and an anthropological desire. New type of documentary: containing strong ideological messages. Government and institutional support for documentary cinema would proceed in troubling directions in the form of propaganda films. 1950-1970: new technologies and the arrival of televisions. Fell towards and followed the technological development of lightweight. Allowed filmmakers have a new type of inventiveness when capturing reality.
