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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Documentary films"”.
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Comparative benefits of science documentary films and games
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Exploring the formal and informal distribution mechanisms for Colombian documentary films
Historically, documentary films have always encountered very serious problems of distribution and have struggled immensely to find reliable audiences, even though, ironically, documentaries are accepted by many as significant tools for the promotion of important historical, social and cultural …
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Making Futures, Making Selves: The Future-Oriented Subject in Eco-Political Documentary Films
… of the future-oriented subject in eco-political documentary films. While the genre of feature-length eco-political documentaries has been proliferating since Al Gore’s success with An Inconvenient Truth (2006) at the Academy Awards, feature films as production sites of discursive knowledge are …
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A critical reflection on the production of this deadly air we breathe (2023) and the use of participatory and expository modes of representation in documentary films with lessons from Unearthed (2014)
… of inquiry. This study accompanies the research documentary film that I have produced titled, this deadly air we breathe (2023). The analysis attempts to deliberate and answer the question of the importance and the role of the documentary modes of representation towards the realisation of any …
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From Namibia with Love - the dissertation paper a reflective essay supporting the documentary film 'From Namibia with Love'. With special references from the director's and editor's perspective on making a politically sensitive documentary film
… paper is a reflective essay supporting the documentary film From Namibia with Love (FNWL). The aim of this essay is to examine and analyse the production challenges, ethical considerations and the reconstruction of reality in the making of the film FNWL. The essay explores these issues from …
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The Great Dance : myth, history and identity in documentary film representation of the Bushmen, 1925-2000
This thesis utilises a sample of major documentary films on the Bushmen of Southern Africa as primary sources in investigating change over time in the interpretation and visualisation of Bushmen peoples over seventy-five years from 1925 to 2000. The primary sources of this thesis are seven …
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Through the Fog of History: The Nanjing Massacre through the Lens of Documentary Modes
… explores two aspects of the Nanjing Massacre documentary films: the historical representation and the construction of the collective memory through these documentaries. By following documentary forms across time, my research engages three modes － compilation films, expository mode, and oral …
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The Art of Fact: An exploration of the relationship between theory and practice in documentary filmmaking
… the ways in which theory can inform practice in documentary filmmaking. Section 1 of the thesis provides an embedded review of literature in order to offer the reader a critical evaluation of the theoretical debates that have informed my documentary practice. This section analyses issues …
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Between Fiction and Documentary: Dangerous Liaisons and the Self-Reflexive Film
… modes of filmic representation, fiction and documentary have long been separated by their distinct associations with subjectivity and objectivity respectively. Documentary film, with its ties to lived reality, has been especially hampered by a too direct connection with objectivity. Regarding …
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Depictions of Queer female characters in contemporary South African documentary film
… South African lesbians in contemporary local documentary films. In order to do so, the author focuses on two films: Breaking out of the Box (dir. Zethu Matebeni and S’bu Kheswa, 2011) and Difficult Love (dir. Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid, 2010). These films are analysed in the light of a …
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The effort to forget : collective memory and documentary film in Québec
… narrativization itself, as embodied through the documentary films. Conclusions are drawn with respect to the role of forgetting in the imagined community of the nation, and suggestions are formulated with respect to the understanding of collective amnesia in further study on collective memory.
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"Movie to Movement: Creating Social Change with the Documentary Film 'Food Stamped'"
… and nutrition education for SNAP recipients. Documentary film is a powerful medium that can be used for social change. This paper explores the ways in which documentary film can be used to decrease health disparities and improve public health. Specifically it provides the scientific evidence …
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Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, and Consultation as Health Promotion Approaches
In this study, the medium of documentary film is explored as a potential health-promotion tool. Food documentaries have become more popular recently, and the public's awareness of food-related health issues is growing. By analyzing different approaches to documentary films about food, I unpack the …
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Unconventional story-weavers and their "Ecstatic Truth": An analysis of voice-overs in documentary film
… applied to fiction film and applies them to documentary film. It looks at issues of representation and truth values in the documentary films of Werner Herzog, John Marshall, Luis Buñuel and Karin Jurshcick. It argues that the choices filmmakers make regarding types of voice-over affect these …
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Confronting the challenge of distribution : women documentary filmmakers in India
Since 1980, Indian women have moved into documentary filmmaking in increasing numbers using film as a tool for raising consciousness and social change. Their work reflects an extensive variety of styles and genres, a comprehensive range of subjects, a broad spectrum of ideological …
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Exploring nature and environmental conservation through nature and wildlife films in Southern Africa
… and species through nature and wildlife documentary films. This paper draws on unique examples focusing mainly on exploring wildlife and species representation within Southern Africa. This paper offers a unique position by delving deeper into various conservation models and exploring …
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Class, gender and cultural work in British documentary film production: Experiences, subjectivities and policy discourses
… class, gender and cultural work in British documentary film production. It investigates documentary filmmaking as creative labour by using interview, ethnographic observation, and discourse analysis. The methods allow analysing experiences of class and gender and modes of articulating them. …
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Exploring Intimacy and Authenticity in Greek Folk Music Documentaries: A Hybrid Form of Ethnographic Filmmaking
… filmmaking approach. Based on a body of 34 documentary films aired on Greek Television between 2017 and 2020, the study explores the intersection of autoethnography, reflective practice, and formal film craft. It identifies a novel methodological framework that integrates the filmmaker’s …
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The Intersections of Social Activism, Collective Identity, and Artistic Expression in Documentary Filmmaking
… movements, but few have studied the unique role documentary films play in inspiring activism and disseminating the agendas of new social movements. With this in mind, I studied how political strategies and artistic expressions intersect within the documentary filmmaking industry. Drawing from …
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The Postnational Soundtrack: Defining the Canadian Documentary Film Score Through Identity, Space, and Compositional Practice
… a 2012 National Post article, renowned Canadian documentary filmmaker and journalist Kevin McMahon compared documentary film to iconic Canadian symbols, such as the colour red, the maple leaf, and the beaver (McMahon, 2012). Indeed, documentary film holds historical and cultural significance in …
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