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This study examines three long documentaries from Europe, each tracing the lives of individuals or groups as they mature from childhood to adulthood. It explores the reasons why long documentaries are so popular with television and cinema audiences, as well as addressing some of the issues faced by the documentary makers in producing them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on availability of recordings
Introduction
1 Reflections on longitudinal documentary: form and function
2 Short histories
3 Getting Started
4 Gaining and maintaining momentum
5 Never-ending stories?
6 Towards an ending
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index

Taking the Long View A study of longitudinal

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719078651, 978-0719078651
      ISBN10: 0719078652

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study examines three long documentaries from Europe, each tracing the lives of individuals or groups as they mature from childhood to adulthood. It explores the reasons why long documentaries are so popular with television and cinema audiences, as well as addressing some of the issues faced by the documentary makers in producing them.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Note on availability of recordings
      Introduction
      1 Reflections on longitudinal documentary: form and function
      2 Short histories
      3 Getting Started
      4 Gaining and maintaining momentum
      5 Never-ending stories?
      6 Towards an ending
      Concluding remarks
      Bibliography
      Index

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