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Book SynopsisThis book explores the continued development and practice of experimental documentary films with evolving trends in still photography, visual arts, journalism, interactive media and literature âespecially poetry and creative non-fiction. Through sets of observations, analyses, and exercises, readers will gain an understanding of both the traditional principles of documentary and simultaneously challenge its conventions in practice.
While exploring the responsibilities of a documentary director to be fair and objective, the book weaves through arguments around truth and propaganda and offers practical lessons about how to create hybrid forms of documentary films. Written by a documentary filmmaker with decades of experience, the text provides a comprehensive overview of how documentary narratives are written and created in the research, pre-production, production and post-production phases. This is supplemented with an exploration of the relationships among documentary filmmaki
