The career and influence of Ed Pincus: shifts in documentary epistemology
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Docmumentary filmmaker Ed Pincus started his career in the mid-1960s with his creation of 'Black Natchez,' 'One Step Away' and 'Portrait of a McCarthy Supporter.' As theorist and filmmaker, he was frequently ignored and his significance as an authority in the American autobiographical documentary movement often overlooked. However, personal changes occurred which helped change his adherence to a philosophy of direct cinema to experimentation in interactive, autobiographical documentary. His films helped promote the autobiogrpahical documentary, a new subgenre in documentary.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1997
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Speaking for, speaking about, speaking with, or speaking alongside: an anthropological documentary dilemma
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A current trend in documentary filmmaking allows the subject of a film to take a more active role, both behind or in front of the camera. This gives the films' subjects, particularly members of racial or social minorities, more responsibility for authorship. This trend, influenced by the blurring of fiction and non-fiction found in cinema verite and literary journalism, removing the supposed objectivity of documentaries. In effect, these documentaries have shifted from being mirrors of reality to being instruments for change.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1992
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Language as narrative voice: the poetics of the highly inflected screenplay
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Screenplays depend in large part on evocative language to generate meaning and elicit the necessary reaction from the viewers. The shifts between dramatic and narrative voices and the shifts in point of view convey the truth behind the characters' experiences which enables the viewers to sympathize or relate with the characters. Hence, evocative language provides the emotional resonance which is absent in less inflected scripts.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1997
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