Performance Mode: Coffee We Smell
Comments Off on Performance Mode: Coffee We SmellDecember 12, 2013 by branck
As I thought about what I would do for my documentary mode project centered around the performance mode, I thought …
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Fans Discuss
Comments Off on Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Fans DiscussDecember 12, 2013 by branck
For the final documentary project, I decided to focus on something that I am completely familiar with in order to …
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Autobiographical Band Photo Essay
Comments Off on Autobiographical Band Photo EssayDecember 11, 2013 by branck
This series of photos is meant to represent the Brian Ranck that existed in high school. The Brian Ranck that …
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Observational Trip Across Japan
Comments Off on Observational Trip Across JapanDecember 11, 2013 by branck
Bill Nichols claims that the observational mode of documentary filmmaking is merely showing what occurs in front of the camera …
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Expository Mode: Stranger with a Camera
Comments Off on Expository Mode: Stranger with a CameraDecember 11, 2013 by branck
In 1967 filmmaker Hugh O’Conner was shot and killed in eastern Kentucky while filming a movie entitled “US” about the …
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Reflexivity and Memory: “Stories We Tell”
Comments Off on Reflexivity and Memory: “Stories We Tell”December 11, 2013 by branck
Sarah Polley’s film entitled “Stories We Tell” gives an incredibly creative look into autobiographical film making, with touches of the …
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A Meditation on Participatory and Reflexive Documentaries (A.K.A. Chronicle of a Bummer)
Comments Off on A Meditation on Participatory and Reflexive Documentaries (A.K.A. Chronicle of a Bummer)November 5, 2013 by branck
At the onset of the 1960’s, new technologies in film recording and audio recording allowed for film makers to work …
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Nanook of the North: Who’s Telling the Story?
Comments Off on Nanook of the North: Who’s Telling the Story?October 23, 2013 by branck
In Bill Nichols’ book, he discusses the three commonsense assumptions about documentary films. The third assumption discussed in Nichols’ book …
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Leni Riefenstahl’s ‘huge’ success
Comments Off on Leni Riefenstahl’s ‘huge’ successOctober 1, 2013 by branck
“Next to Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock, Leni Riefenstahl was the most technically talented Western film maker of her era”. …
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