Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation

by John Ellis

Book Overview

Digital technologies have transformed documentary for both filmmakers and audiences.

Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation takes an audience-centred approach to documentary, arguing that everyday experiences of what it feels like to film and to be filmed have developed a new sophistication and skepticism in today's viewers. The book argues that documentary has developed a new third phase of its century long history: films now tend to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415574196
• ISBN13: 9780415574198
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"