[ecrea] Introduction to Documentary, Third Edition by Bill Nichols

A new publication from Indiana University Press

Free postage to UK customers

http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/introduction-to-documentary-third-edition 
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*Introduction to Documentary, Third Edition***

/Bill Nichols///

    "This new edition of /Introduction to Documentary/ is incisive and 
magisterial, a brilliantly organized and ambitious analysis of that 
enigmatic, open-ended, and vital are of cinema in which reality is not 
so much documented as transformed. Nichols addresses with ambition and 
humility all the key questions about what happens — ethically, 
aesthetically, and politically — when real people agree to play 
themselves, and collaborate with the filmmaker to transform their lives 
for the screen." —Joshua Oppenheimer, Director, Producer, Filmmaker

    "Documentary film has never been more popular - nor creatively 
complex - and Bill Nichol’s book gives a concise over-view of the genre 
while tackling the important ideas, issues and conundrums, that we as 
filmmakers, all face." —Mark Lewis, Filmmaker

    The third edition of Bill Nichols’s best-selling text provides an 
up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary 
history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: 
Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and 
preproduction and includes an example of a project proposal for a film 
that went on to win awards at major festivals. Designed for students in 
any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, 
/Introduction to Documentary/ identifies the genre’s distinguishing 
qualities and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film. Each 
chapter takes up a discrete question, from "How did documentary 
filmmaking get started?" to "Why are ethical issues central to 
documentary filmmaking?" Here Nichols has fully rewritten each chapter 
for greater clarity and ease of use, including revised discussions of 
earlier films and new commentary on dozens of recent films from /The 
Cove/ to /The Act/ /of Killing/ and from /Gasland /to /Restrepo/.

*Bill Nichols* is Professor Emeritus of Cinema at San Francisco State 
University. He is author of /Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts 
in Documentary/ (IUP), /Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in 
Contemporary Culture/ (IUP), and /Speaking Truths with Film: Evidence, 
Ethics, Politics in Documentary/.

Indiana University Press | April 2017 | 280pp | 113 b&w illus., 5 tables 
| 9780253026859 | PB | £21.99*

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