CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Direct Cinema
23 Nov 2018
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In 1926, john grierson defined documentary as the creative treatment of actuality , Documentary re-presents the historical world by making an indexical record of it; it represents the historical world by shaping this record from a distinct perspective or point of view. The evidence of the re-presentation supports the argument of the representation. Narrative form, focusing on the story and how the story is unfolding. Categorical form, groups topics in the world. Rhetorical form, the filmmaker tries to convince the audience about something. Direct cinema and cinema verite are defined by their philosophical approaches to the observational documentary. Direct cinema avoids interaction between filmmakers and subjects, while cinema verite encourage it. Direct cinema supposes an objectivity in their reporting, while cinema verite prefers a certain subjectivity. Chronicle of a summer encourages a dialogue between filmmakers and subjects (social actors)
