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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.
Bill Nichols. 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. He's served as a documentary filmmaking consultant, lecturer, film festival ...
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Jul 20, 2021 · A pioneer scholar in film studies, Bill Nichols is the first one to apply modern film theory to the study of documentary. Nichols (1991, 2017) identifies six modes of representation in documentary films. They are the expository, participatory, observational, performative, reflexive and poetic modes.
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Jun 2, 2022 · An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video ... an introduction to film studies by Nichols, Bill, 1942-Publication date 2010 ... Full catalog record MARCXML.
Mar 27, 2017 · Bill Nichols. Indiana University Press, Mar 27, 2017 - Performing Arts - 280 pages. 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?"
Apr 5, 2016 · Pioneering film scholar Bill Nichols investigates the ways in which documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness, but simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Such films may rely on re-enactment to re-create the past, storytelling to provide satisfying narratives, and rhetorical figures such as metaphor and expressive forms ...
Bill Nichols. edit data. 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. His 1991 book, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary, applied modern film theory to the study of documentary film for the first time.
