What were the aims of the Documentary Film Movement in Britain? The British Documentary Film Movement describes the group of film-makers‚ put together by John Grierson and they produced content‚ which engaged in social issues. There were several aims to it‚ including: trying to highlight and improve the living conditions of the working class‚ to show the ‘real society’ in comparison to Newsreels and to incorporate a poetic element into film. Before discussing the movement‚ the influences on
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Do UK Reality TV Documentaries have any Anthropological Credentials? Introduction Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J Flaherty portrays the life of an Inuit family living in the Canadian Arctic and is widely regarded as the first of the then new genre‚ documentary cinema. At the time the piece was praised for its innovative yet entertaining value and set a new president for non fiction cinema. As one journalist then expressed ‘Here was drama‚ rendered far more vital than any trumpedup drama could ever be by the fact that it was all
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In the Glen Campbell documentary “I’ll Be Me”‚ we see country musician Glen Campbell through a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease‚ and his final album and tour. We learn about his life and how he has always been into music and has been on the road most of his adult life performing his music. There is a scene where a doctor performs a memory test while his wife is there with him. The doctor asks him to remember a few words and then asks him to repeat them. Campbell says he cannot recall them because
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Al Gore "An Inconvenient Truth" a documentary film premier at the 2006 Sundance film festival. In this film Al Gore aims to campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show. Personal anecdotes (interesting account)‚ contrast‚ comparison and rhetorical appeals (like pathos‚ ethos and logos) are techniques Gore skillful uses to create a strong‚ convincing documentary film. As a saying goes "A stitch in time saves nine" Gore’s main focus is to highlight the downsides
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DOCUMENTARY FILM ANALYSIS Among the four documentaries‚ I have chosen “F*ck You Buddy” in “The Power of Nightmares” and “Love and Power” in “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace” to be the materials for me to analyze in this paper. First‚ “F*ck You Buddy” is an episode produced by Adam Curtis‚ who is an English filmmaker who has been exploring Sigmund Freud’s theories in the aspects of sociology‚ psychology‚ philosophy‚ and political history throughout his career. In this episode
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Weixin Luo 01/01/13 AP Government‚ P5 Mr Mansfield The Flaw The documentary movie “The Flaw” identified income inequality as the flaw which caused the financial crisis in America. The movie argued that the widening gap between the rich and the poor contributed to the credit boom as wealth was accumulated in the top 1% of the American population. I agreed with the analysis in the movie and the explanation by the famous economists and distressing house owners. As a result of capitalism‚ the unequal
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This astonished not only the media‚ but Seaworld’s very own staff. Why these attacks had been kept quiet from not only the public but employees as well became a real mystery. This became the introduction to the documentary‚ Blackfish. Blackfish was produced in 2013 by film director Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ a producer who questioned the real reasons behind Dawn Brancheau’s death. Through her determination to solve these unknown and at the time‚ unexplainable tragedies
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The understanding of persuasion analyzed in Cicero’s oration can be seen across many contemporary artifacts‚ but Blackfish is an artifact where persuasion is working at its best. Blackfish is a documentary that was released in 2013 by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. This documentary tells the story of killer whales in captivity‚ with a large portion of the story surrounding Tilikum. Tilikum is an orca that has severely hurt or killed several trainers while in captivity. The documentary’s website states that
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Lorenzo de Medici Film Analysis: Hoop Dreams (1994) Written by Ann Kelsey Cinema of the Real: Documentary Films Paolo Grassini December 5‚ 2012 The 1994 Documentary‚ Hoop Dreams‚ directed by Steve James‚ is a masterful display of human drama. The story-line is so captivating and theatrical that it seems crafted from fiction. The Documentary boasts cinematic techniques and private investigating that rivals most film of this time period. The film follows the high school careers
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strategies to Film‚ TV or Radio documentary-makers use to convey to viewers or listeners the ‘truthfulness’ of their work? What might be the problem with these strategies? Oxford Dictionary’s definition of documentaries is as follows “A film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report in a particular subject.” Documentaries are made to help inform and educate its audience‚ usually revealing new information on the chosen subject. Documentary-makers present factual information
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