Crafting truth
Subtitle: documentary form and meaning
By: Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro.
Contributors: Navarro, Vinicius, 1967-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780813549026; 9780813549033
Subjects: Documentary films -- History and criticism; Documentary films -- Production and direction
Description: "Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a naive concept of "reality"--For them, documentaries are sources of information. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions? Crafting Truth illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction cinema. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Authenticity; title: Evidence; title: Authority; title: Responsibility; title: Argument; title: Dramatic stories, poetic and essay documentaries; title: Editing; title: Camerawork; title: The profilmic; title: Sounds / coauthored with Carl Lewis.