Category: Week 11 (11/05 + 11/07) • Documentary
Animation: It’s Not Just for Kids!
One of the most fascinating forms of film that is, in my opinion, not talked about enough in film academia is animation. When the average movie-goer is confronted with animation in film, they generall... Read MoreDifferent Forms, What Is Fiction?, and Questions From This Weeks Reading- Documentaries
The first thing in this chapter that caught my eye were the two different types of forms that can be found in documentaries- Categorical form and Rhetorical form. Categorical form- A fundamental techn... Read MoreUnpacking Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films
Different from other kinds of films, the documentary title does not build up expectations of what a movie may be. There are less common tropes and unlike many genres, the documentary label on a film p... Read MoreDocumentary Approaches, Defining Features, and Larger Conversations
A documentary, like animation or experiential films, is more of a category for film type rather than any specific genre. While a documentary can cover virtually any subject, when a film is labeled as ... Read More- 2 of 2
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