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Jun 24, 2020 · 493. 21K views 3 years ago. In this video, Cecilio explains and gives examples of each of Bill Nichols’ Mode of Documentary Film. ...more. __Cecilio:Instagram:...
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Apr 22, 2020 · Subscribed. 18. 1.1K views 3 years ago. In this video from the 2014 edition of IDFA, film theorist Bill Nichols gives a philosophical insight into how documentaries interact with the world...
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Dr. Bill Nichols, the foremost figure in documentary film studies, speaks about his his approach to teaching and why he enjoys being a part of the SF State C...
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- Poetic Documentary. Instead of using traditional linear continuity to create story structure, the poetic documentary filmmaker arrives at its point by arranging footage in an order to evoke an audience association through tone, rhythm, or spatial juxtaposition.
- Expository Documentary. Also having first appeared in the 1920's along with the poetic documentary, the expository documentary on the other hand constructs a specific argument or a point of view for the audience.
- Observational Documentary. In reaction to previous forms of documentary and to changing camera technology, both Direct Cinema and Cinema Verite movements started to appear in the 1960s that embraced observational documentary -- that is, the filmmaker observing truth by letting the camera capture its subjects uninterrupted.
- Participatory Documentary. Around the same time as Direct Cinema style of observing without interfering showed up, so did the opposite sensibility. The participatory documentary invited the subjects to participate with the filmmaker -- usually by being interviewed.
Bill Nichols (born 1942) is an American film critic and theoretician best known for his pioneering work as founder of the contemporary study of documentary film. [1] . His 1991 book, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary, applied modern film theory to the study of documentary film for the first time.
IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Bill Nichols is an American film critic and theoretician best known for his pioneering work as founder of the contemporary study of documentary film. His 1991 book, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary, applied modern film theory to the study of documentary film for the first time.
Documentary mode is a conceptual scheme developed by American documentary theorist Bill Nichols that seeks to distinguish particular traits and conventions of various documentary film styles. Nichols identifies six different documentary 'modes' in his schema: poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative.
