By end of 1950s technological advances meant that the cameras got smaller. By 1962 handheld cameras meant they could have mobile shooting and could follow people around.
Cinema verite means that the filmmaker is like a "fly in the soup" This means that they use interviews, and commentary is vital. The interviewer tries to get a response.
Direct cinema means that the filmmaker should be as unobtrusive as possible. It relies on observation with little interference, similar to the idea of "a fly on the wall".
Cinema verite can be seen in Chronicle of a summer (1960) where a filmmaker went onto the street to ask strangers "Are you happy?" This shows the filmmaker being directly involved in the action by asking strangers questions. It shows how people respond when there is a camera involved and people know they are being filmed.
Salesman (1969) is an example of Direct cinema. This follows around a group of bible salesmen, it is observational rather than making use of interviews and commentary.
Gimme Shelter (1970) was a free concert to celebrate the end of the Rolling Stone's American Tour. It ended up descending into chaos but it filmed and observed everything that was happening so is also classed as direct cinema.
Ethics is a big deal in documentary filmmaking and the filmmaker has a responsibility to the way they portray the subjects in the documentary. There are moral questions about exploiting people for the entertainment of others.
Titicut Follies (1967) shows the life in a home for the criminally insane. It displayed practices that the public were unaware of. Although the filmmaker had permission from the subjects or their families to show what was happening, the film was banned for a while saying that it violated the patient's rights and so, it could only be see by health professionals until 1991.
Cinema documentary underwent a revival during the 2000's, helped by the March of the penguins (2005). This was picked up by warner bros. and Morgan freeman was hired to narrate the story of a group of Penguins. Other popular documentary movies during the 2000s were; Bowling for Columbine (2002), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Sicko (2007) and Super Size Me (2004).
Some movies use the documentary style in order to blend the real with the unreal. This can be see along with the emergence of reality tv. Other examples of this is when there is "found footage", as seen in Cloverfield (2008). Mockumentaries are another example of this style, as seen in This is spinal tap (1984), and the New Zealand film, What we do in the shadows (2014).
Cinema verite means that the filmmaker is like a "fly in the soup" This means that they use interviews, and commentary is vital. The interviewer tries to get a response.
Direct cinema means that the filmmaker should be as unobtrusive as possible. It relies on observation with little interference, similar to the idea of "a fly on the wall".
Cinema verite can be seen in Chronicle of a summer (1960) where a filmmaker went onto the street to ask strangers "Are you happy?" This shows the filmmaker being directly involved in the action by asking strangers questions. It shows how people respond when there is a camera involved and people know they are being filmed.Salesman (1969) is an example of Direct cinema. This follows around a group of bible salesmen, it is observational rather than making use of interviews and commentary.
Gimme Shelter (1970) was a free concert to celebrate the end of the Rolling Stone's American Tour. It ended up descending into chaos but it filmed and observed everything that was happening so is also classed as direct cinema.
Ethics is a big deal in documentary filmmaking and the filmmaker has a responsibility to the way they portray the subjects in the documentary. There are moral questions about exploiting people for the entertainment of others.
Titicut Follies (1967) shows the life in a home for the criminally insane. It displayed practices that the public were unaware of. Although the filmmaker had permission from the subjects or their families to show what was happening, the film was banned for a while saying that it violated the patient's rights and so, it could only be see by health professionals until 1991.
Cinema documentary underwent a revival during the 2000's, helped by the March of the penguins (2005). This was picked up by warner bros. and Morgan freeman was hired to narrate the story of a group of Penguins. Other popular documentary movies during the 2000s were; Bowling for Columbine (2002), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Sicko (2007) and Super Size Me (2004).
Some movies use the documentary style in order to blend the real with the unreal. This can be see along with the emergence of reality tv. Other examples of this is when there is "found footage", as seen in Cloverfield (2008). Mockumentaries are another example of this style, as seen in This is spinal tap (1984), and the New Zealand film, What we do in the shadows (2014).
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