Documentary Film

出版者:Oxford University Press, USA

作者:Patricia Aufderheide

页数:160

出版时间:2007-11-28

价格:USD 11.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780195182705

丛书系列:Very Short Introductions

图书标签:VSI纪录片电影理论学术理论電影纪录片研究documentary电影

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse paths of documentary history and charts the lively, often fierce debates among filmmakers and scholars about the best ways to represent reality and to tell the truths worth telling. Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking-its definitions and purposes, its forms and founders-Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly the works produced during World War II), historical documentaries, and nature films. Her thematic approach allows readers to enter the subject matter through the kinds of films that first attracted them to documentaries, and it permits her to make connections between eras, as well as revealing the ongoing nature of documentary's core controversies involving objectivity, advocacy, and bias. Interwoven throughout are discussions of the ethical and practical considerations that arise with every aspect of documentary production. A particularly useful feature of the book is an appended list of "100 great documentaries" that anyone with a serious interest in the genre should see. Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a film scholar and critic, this book is the perfect introduction not just for teachers and students but also for all thoughtful filmgoers and for those who aspire to make documentaries themselves.

用户评价

真的很短

从纪录片名称的意义到拍摄手法和形式，历史（早期人物与运动）；再分类介绍各种类型的纪录片。并没有一个十分严格的结构（可能也是学科本身所限）。介绍为主，深入探讨较少。约一半篇幅按题材分类介绍，固然使分析更具体，但也丧失了一些对纪录片一般性的意义的探索。引用了不少纪录片，也提供了些许可供进一步阅读的书籍。

简史最大的问题就是太短，内容太少，读得很快，通识很顺，深入下去大概也有些据点，但就是没意思了

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从纪录片名称的意义到拍摄手法和形式，历史（早期人物与运动）；再分类介绍各种类型的纪录片。并没有一个十分严格的结构（可能也是学科本身所限）。介绍为主，深入探讨较少。约一半篇幅按题材分类介绍，固然使分析更具体，但也丧失了一些对纪录片一般性的意义的探索。引用了不少纪录片，也提供了些许可供进一步阅读的书籍。