Archive for March 27th, 2007
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Split Screen Documentary
Crumb (1994 Terry Zwigoff) Posted above is a clip from the 1994 documentary entitled Crumb. Crumb is a documentary about the comic Robert Crumb and his family. This clip is from a scene when he is discussing transforming the comic Ghostworld into a film (sidenote: not a bad film. I would recommend renting it for […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Cinéma vérité
Cinema verite originated in documentary filmmaking. This type of film is the “cinema of truth.” This is reality on the screen, also known as the “fly on the wall” technique. This style of filming grew in popularity with the dawn of the small, durable handheld camera. These cameras didn’t make much noise and allowed for […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
An example of an Early Documentary
Here is a newsreel from the March of Dimes – Elkhorn 1952. From what we see of documentaries today, we can see how they have been morphed from what we see filmed here in 1952. To tell the story, a voice over is used. As he tells the story, different locations are shown. It seems […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
History of the Documentary
The word “documentary” first appeared in an article written by “The Moviegoer,” John Grierson, in the New York Sun, on February 8, 1926. Grierson was known by the film family through his articles on audience reception. He used the word to describe the 1926 movie Moana, an attempt to capture the traditional life of Pacific […]
