Film Festival Documentary – Page 2 – Reflections on Contemporary Documentary Cinema

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By : ccagle November 1, 2019

Digital Compilation

Between found footage and collaborative filmmaking.

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By : ccagle October 31, 2019

Time Lapse

The favorite tool of popular-poetic documentery

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By : ccagle October 28, 2019October 28, 2019

The Audio Archive

The challenges of a single source audio archive.

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By : ccagle October 27, 2019

Humor

The lineage of humor in structural film.

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By : ccagle October 18, 2019

The Sociology of Institutions

Melancholy and the essay film form.

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By : ccagle October 17, 2019

More on Contrapuntal Form

Thinking about how popular documentary can adapt to the festival film – or vice versa.

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By : ccagle September 30, 2019

Uncanny Vérité

The reactivation of archival footage.

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By : ccagle September 11, 2019September 10, 2019

Thematic Convergence

The value in repetition.

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By : ccagle September 10, 2019

Ambiguity and Disambiguity

The role of ambiguity in the festival documentary.

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By : ccagle August 15, 2019

Quirkumentary and Festival Docs

Interrogating the idea of the quirkumentary

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By : ccagle August 11, 2019

Thriller Narratives

Revisiting 70s film theory.

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By : ccagle April 27, 2019

Figuring out the Rules

More reflections on documentaries as puzzles.

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By : ccagle April 23, 2019April 24, 2019

Multi-part construction

When structure is made explicit.

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By : ccagle April 20, 2019April 23, 2019

Contrapuntal Form

The concurrence of multiple documentary “dramas”

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By : ccagle October 23, 2018

The Expository Title

The expository mode makes a surprise reappearance.