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by John Ellis

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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 document the encounters between filmers and the filmed. But what do we really know about those encounters?

The author's extensive experience of documentary production practice also enables him to examine technological changes in detail. Innovations in technology can seem to offer greater realism but can at the same time frustrate attempts to achieve it. John Ellis therefore proposes the idea of 'Slow Film' as an antidote to the problems of increasing speed brought about by easy digital editing.

This book is ideal for students studying film, media studies and visual culture.

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  • Title Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation
  • Author John Ellis
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 180
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date 2011-07-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415574181 / 0415574188
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Cinematography, Documentary films - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011001704
  • Dewey Decimal Code 070.18

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About the author

John Ellis is Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London and formerly a TV documentary producer. He is chair of the British Universities' Film and Video Council (BUFVC) and past vice-chair of both the subject association MeCCSA and the producers' organisation PACT. He has served as a member of the last two RAE panels. He is author of several books including TV FAQ (2007), Seeing Things (2000) and Visible Fictions (1982), and he published extensively in Screen, Media Culture and Society and other major journals. His work has been highly influential on the development of media and television studies in the UK, USA and Europe.

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