Assignment # 11 Documentary Film

Documentary Film Note Outline:
I . History of Documentary Film

film practicing

A. Pre-1900-

This year was about how film directors filmed short events. Such as people leaving the factory. This was called short films, this purpose was for commercial reasons.

B. 1900–1920-

Travelogue films were very popular at this time. They were like science movies. The movies were based on scientistic events

C. 1920s-

1) Romanticism-

Romanticisim was inspired by the book Nanook of the Northin 1922 a documentary film. It was a year of romance. The director changed all action scenes into love scenes.

2)The city symphony-

This was a tradition wher3e humans dressed up as the enviorment. The director wanted his documentary films to be about enviorment. The people wore enviormental produdcts.

3) Kino-Pravda-

This year they believed the camera was better than the human eye. The features were shot-counter, shot editing, time-lapse, slow-mo, fast- motion. The film had better picture.

4) Newsreel tradition-
D. 1920s–1940s-

They were really important doccumenary films. Sometimes they were staged, but always re-inacted. They acted important events that have already happened.

E. 1950s–1970s-

1) Cinéma-vérité-

The the director depended on few technology advances such as: light, quiet, & reliable cameras. They mostly shot with portabale cameras. They had different camera shots of the scene.

2) Political weapons-

The films were political movies were against necolomasime and captilism. They showed the people how to rebel. This film influenced a whole generation of film makers.

3) Modern documentaries-

These films were about drama. It was very popular. These films were about poeticism, and rehotorical event.

4) Documentaries without words-

These films were with out words, visual documenteries. They included tone poems. It was a film with out words, that had pictures with music in the background.