FIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Direct Cinema, Simulated Reality, Black Ice
Document Summary
The name documentary covers a couple different things but we are almost always talking about non-fiction films. Documentary is not a genre of cinema, it is a mode of filmmaking and expression. Within this mode there are several different modes of documentary filmmaking, and reflect a school of thought about the nature of truth on screen as. Much as how the films appear to the audience. This is what you probably think of when you think documentary. it"s the most common and commercial form of doc, primarily on tv. The purpose is to make an argument for an idea. Assertions are made by a narrator or voice of god and they are supported with visual evidence. Camera is unobtrusive or hidden, to create direct engagement with the subject matter (fly on the wall viewpoints) Cinema verit - film truth - attempts to negate the filmmaker"s bias as much as possible. The verit style differs from direct cinema .
