the sport. For example‚ documentaries and short films such as Jump Britain and Jump London‚ as well as My Playground have been released to give the public a new insight into the world of parkour. Reality series like Ultimate Parkour Challenge and Jump City: Seattle‚ display varieties of movements involved in freerunning‚ allowing the public to see parkour as an art form as well. However‚ parkour has not gained the recognition it deserves as a sport. The few documentaries and short films on freerunning
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Documentary is the creative interpretation of reality according to British film maker John Grierson. Reality in its natural form is too complex to be re-created and therefore documentaries offer a particular version of reality. The creators own personal values‚ attitudes and judgments influence this reconstructed form of reality and use symbolic‚ written‚ technical and audio codes to help persuade it’s audience to accept their version. This occurred in the documentary Born into Brothels’ directed
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The documentary genre has changed over time. Changes in society have had an impact on the change. There are large commercialist pressures for documentary to become more entertaining and engaging to capture a wider cinema going audience. Documentary has become increasingly popular. Documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore have been given numerous awards and were widely popular at the box office. The Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts
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BIS 313B Documentary Forms Sp13 4/12/13 HANDOUT II (20 pts) NAME_________________________________________________________ 1. How does Aufderheide define a documentary? 2. What are some early terms used to describe non-fiction documentary films? 3. Why does Aufderheide think documentaries matter? 4. Why do we care about truth and the Public? 5. What is the role of documentaries in our democracy? 6. What does Aufderheide mean when she says there is a “tension between
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Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ the film which won an Oscar for best documentary‚ is not in fact a documentary‚ but rather more of a persuasive essay in film format. The widely accepted definition of ‘documentary’ is a film emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings‚ insertion of fictional matter‚ and minimal editting‚ and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ does not show any of these characteristics. Instead of presenting a neutral view of the issues‚ it is
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A. What makes these documentaries effective (or not effective)? What did you like and not like about the documentaries? Explain in detail? In the film “My name is Lisa” I like the documentary it show what people deal with everyday that there relative have Alzheimer’s disease. The film made me tear up knowing that the young girl has to grow up dealing with that. Also‚ the actors play their parts real good. This is a film was about people who have to look after their family members suffering from
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Essay Two Documentary While ’documentary ’ is the name of a genre‚ the term is used very broadly to cover a range of film types. What these texts have in common is that they all intend to persuade their audience to a particular viewpoint but that is where the similarities end. While documentaries are made primarily to entertain and inform audiences‚ there are many factors that determine the way in which they will achieve their purposes. And purpose is a driving force in determining the style a
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censor__________ se i studieordningen) Gruppeopgave _________ (Group essay) Ekstern censor X (se i studieordningen) Studieelement/Modul (Study Element/Module) 47790313-01/ Module 3 (f.eks. 47790316 Modul 4: Skriftlig formidling) Emne (Subject) : Between Documentary and Fiction (f.eks. Japansk Film) Er opgaven fortrolig (sæt kryds) JA___ (Is the essay confidential?) (mark) Studieordning (sæt kryds): (Curriculum) (mark) : NEJ X (Yes) EKSAMINATOR: Arild Fetveit (Examiner) (No) __ Anden studieordning: _________________________
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A documentary is successful when it is able to combine both the appearance of historically accurate elements and present believable situations through a false lens‚ leading the audience to question the reality of what they are seeing. The genre of documentary aims to present a convincing story through the use of credible documentary tactics to portray a "fictional documentary." Every documentary depends on its viewers believing its premise. The illusion of believability is most often either confirmed
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A documentary film is one that aims to record real events or ideas in order to inform the viewer‚ present an opinion and generate public interest in a topics. There are many types of documentaries including: science‚ historical and social‚ nature and investigative. Documentaries in the past were strictly science or nature related. However in modern day documentaries are seen to be more for social interest and they engage the audience more‚ they are also seen to be more investigative as well. Historically
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