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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bill_Nichols_(film_critic)Bill Nichols (film critic) - Wikipedia

    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. It has been followed by scores ...

  2. medium.com › @jasonliu_89473 › the-four-modes-ofThe Four Modes Of Documentary - Medium

    Mar 3, 2019 · In documentary, there are 6 modes of documentary according to documentary theorist Bill Nichols. This essay will mainly talk about 4 of the 6 documentary modes, which includes poetic mode,...

  3. library.scotch.wa.edu.au › english › year12library.SCOTCH: Analysing Documentaries: Modes

    In 1991, American film critic and theoretician Bill Nichols proposed that there were six different modes of documentary—poetic, expository, reflexive, observational, performative, and participatory—each containing its own specific characteristics.

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm5486006Bill Nichols - IMDb

    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.

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  5. www.goodreads.com › book › showBlurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary ...

    Dec 1, 1994 · Blurred Boundaries explores decisive moments when the traditional boundaries of fiction/nonfiction, truth and falsehood blur. Nichols argues that a history of social representation in film, television and video requires an understanding of the fate of both contemporary and older work.

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  6. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-66792977Ex-Secret Service agent reveals new JFK assassination detail

    Sep 13, 2023 · Paul Landis, an 88-year-old former Secret Service agent who witnessed the president's death at close range, says in new memoir that he took a bullet from the car after Mr Kennedy was shot, and...

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  8. iafor.org › archives › journalsMapping Nichols’ Modes in Documentary Film: Ai Weiwei: Never ...

    Bill Nichols’ “modes” theory of classifying documentary films by describing them in terms of poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive and performative “modes” is well established as an analytical model.