An Introduction to Television Documentary
Confronting Reality
Published on 16. October 1997
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-7190-4892-0 (ISBN)
Description
A lively introduction to a subject which has attracted increasing interest in the last few years.. A wide-ranging and carefully constructed account. Likely to be adopted on many courses (both foundational level and advanced) which include the study of documentary as part of a wider Media Studies agenda.. Written in a highly accessible manner, it has the edge on rival publications on the subject, which have often proved to difficult for an undergraduate readership. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4892-0 (9780719048920)
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Persons
Richard Kilborn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling John Izod is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling
Content
Part 1 Documentary debates: mapping out the terrain - what is documentary?; how real can you get? realism and documentary. Part 2 The documentary text: shaping the real - modes of documentary; tackling the text - documentary analyses. Part 3 Fact, fiction and drama: telling a story - fact, fiction and documentary; making a drama out of a crisis - the drama documentary and related forms. Part 4 Documentary production and reception: "just do it our way!" - institutional control and production economics; how do they do it? - aspects of documentary production; is there anybody out there? - audiences for documentary.