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From a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and Google Video, the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the technological, commercial, aesthetic, political, and social dimensions of documentaries on film, television and the web. In response to these rapid developments, this book rethinks the notion of documentary, in terms of theory, practice and object/s of study. Drawing together 26 original essays from scholars and practitioners, it critically assesses ideas and constructions of documentary and, where necessary, proposes new tools and arguments with which to examine this complex and shifting terrain. Covering a range of media output, the book is divided into four sections: Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts The changing faces of documentary production Contemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territories Digital and online documentaries: opportunities and limitations Rethinking Documentary is valuable reading for scholars and students working in documentary theory and practice, film studies, and media studies.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts 'Documentary studies': dimensions of continuity and transition by John Corner The question of evidence, the power of rhetoric and documentary film by Bill Nichols First-person films: some theses on self-inscription by Michael Renov 'To leave the confinements of his humanness': authorial voice, death and constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man by Thomas Austin Collective subjectivity in The Children of Golzow vs. alienation in 'western' interview documentary by Silke Panse Documentary as critical and creative research by Mike WayneReframing ethnographic film by Paul Basu Transcendental realism in documentary by Erik Knudsen Filming the 'invisible' by Michael Chanan Part 2: The changing faces of documentary productionDeveloping and producing a feature documentary: the case of Deep Water by Wilma de Jong Filmmakers and their subjects by Jerry Rothwell From eight-man crew to one-woman band: my life in television by Marilyn Gaunt'You want to know that, this is real, this is what happened': an interview with John Smithson by Wilma de Jong and Thomas Austin'The idea that there's a "truth" that you discover is like chasing the end of a rainbow': an interview with Ralph LeeWilma de Jong Rice N Peas: alternative, independent and provocative byIshmahil Blagrove, Jr 'The importance of memory': an interview with Ai Xiaoming by Sue Thornham Part 3: Contemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territories Drama-documentary, ethics and notions of performance: the 'flight 93' films by Paul Ward Mockumentary: a call to play by Craig Hight Documentary modes of engagement by Annette Hill 'Ask the fastidious woman from Surbiton to hand-wash the underpants of the aging Oldham Skinhead...': Why not Wife Swap? by Su Holmes and Deborah Jermyn Simulating the public sphere by Jon Dovey The work of work: reality TV and the negotiation of neoliberal labour in The Apprentice by Nick Couldry and Jo Littler Part 4: Digital and online documentaries: opportunities and limitations Documentary viewing platforms by Ana Vicente Online documentary by Danny Birchall Public domains: engaging Iraq through experimental documentary digitalities by Patricia R. Zimmermann Documentary on YouTube: the failure of the direct cinema of the slogan by Alexandra Juhasz

About the Author :
Thomas Austin is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of Hollywood, Hype and Audiences: Selling and Watching Popular Film in the 1990s (2002) and Watching the World: Screen Documentary and Audiences (2007). Wilma de Jong is Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK. She owned an independent film company for twelve years and is co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (2005).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780335221912
  • Publisher: Open University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Open University Press
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 376
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 171 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0335221912
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jun 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 629 gr


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