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| Who is the pioneer for Direct cinema in 1950s/60s? |
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| What was the French Eclair NPR (Noiseless Portable Reflex) used to shoot? |
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| The biggest change in new technology happens between the years of ____ and ____. _____ is first to happen, then US then France |
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| 1958-1961. Canada is first |
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| what film of 1958 is an absolute landmark in direct cinema and cinema verite? |
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| Les Raquetteeurs - no sound at all |
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| in what film was the term "canucks" originated? |
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| who directed chronicles of a summer? |
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| Rouche's chronicles of a summer was his study of Parisians living in Paris. He wanted to get across that the camera is a ____ ____ |
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| psychological stimulant. Do you change the way you act with a camera in your face? |
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- Director does not get involved in the film, they go to a place where there’s tension and watch it happen
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| ____ ____ was the very last direct cinema film, primary was the first |
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| ____ ____ was the very last direct cinema film, primary was the first |
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| Disney's True Life Adventures is a series of ____ episodes, that won academy awards. begins educational docus forever. |
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| most of Cathode Ray 1926-1935 most was done in ____ ___ |
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| In 1951 the coaxial cable is invented, so is the process called _____ |
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| In 1951 the coaxial cable is invented, so is the process called _____ |
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| TV broadcasting began in ____- |
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| police procedural Dragnet and I Love Lucy were the two most important moments of ____ _____ |
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| what news show took over after Murrow from 1957-1966? |
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| 20th Century Docu Series; which had a very big sponsor: prudential insurance |
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| who is the most successful independent docu tv producer ever? |
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| The Race for Space was the very 1st time in TV history for a __________ TV documentary |
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| Who is most famous for his invention of the interrotron? |
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| ____ and ____ are the best known documentary filmmakers today |
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| which docu filmmaker now specializes in Nature documentaries and his most famous film is Grizzly Man? |
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| Is Herzog optimistic or pessimistic? Why? |
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| Pessimistic because he grew up in post WWII Germany |
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| what was the best thing about videotape when it came out? What was the biggest downfall? |
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lighter and less expensive
DOWNFALL: quality |
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| what is the difference between network tv and commercial cable? |
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| you have to pay for commercial cable |
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| the very first pay cable station where you paid to watch documentaries is what channel? |
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| the very first example of a personal essay narrative film is ______ |
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| 2 biggest documentary film making schools are |
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| City of Gold (1950) and Sherman's March are examples of what type of documentary? |
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| what is the only channel that got US government funding? |
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| PBS's channel that represented points of view that weren't already on television. Fundraising channel |
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| who is the biggest success story for PBS? |
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| what do Ken Burns movies typically run? |
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| 4-12 hours but his first 4 productions were only one hour |
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| what are the two styles that Ken Burns claims he invented? |
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| Chorus of voices and re-photographing pictures |
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| what type of documentary film is 1957 City of Gold? |
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| Personal essay narrative film |
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| what is the most financially successful music documentary ever produced? |
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| what sports documentary changed the way docu films get shown in 1990s in the US? |
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| who was the critic that pushed Hoop Dreams harder than anyone else? |
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| what was the highest grossing documentary ever? |
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| Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore in 2004 |
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- Self-proclaimed muckraker, out to expose real or alleged issues especially having to do with govt corruption and scandal
- Loves sensationalism, excellent example of verite director, he appears in every single one of his films
- Goes out into public as an average Joe, will fight for all of us
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| What were Michael Moore's 3 famous films? |
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| GM-Flint Michigan, Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 |
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| who claims there is no difference between documentary and fiction films? |
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| Werner Herzog becuase real life and fiction feed off each other for poetic inspiration |
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| In 1960 vacuum tubes were replaced by ______ and the weight of sound recorders reduced from 200 lbs to 20 lbs |
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| which film experimented with synched sound? |
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| who was a law professor turned Filmmaker |
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| Is Frederick Wiseman a cinema verite director or direct cinema? |
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| Which filmmaker has an underlying theme of the individual's attempt to preserve humanity and dignity while struggling against laws and dehumanizing bureaucratic systems? |
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| Wiseman calls his films ______, reflecting his tight thematic structuring of the raw footage in the editing process. |
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| what was the first film banned in America for reasons other than obscenity or national security? |
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| Titicut Follies by Wiseman |
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| when did titicut follies actually get released? |
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| the film record of a live television show became known as a |
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| When Murrow left CBS after Harvest of Shame, where did he go to work? |
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| what two broadcasters invented the magazine news format? |
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| who is the most esteemed inheritor of the magazine news format documentary? |
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| how to deal with controversy in a commercial medium has remained controversial ever since what? |
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| Edward Murrow and Fred Friendly exposed the McCarthy program on See It Now |
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| NBC's response to See It Now is called what? |
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| a compilation of films whose origin could be traced back to the Why We Fight Series and March of Time was known as what? |
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| ______'s programs were devoted to recreating certain aspects of the history of the century using existing footage- newsreel, documentary and feature- and occasional reenactments |
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| ___ ___ premiered in 1960 also on NBC, it was a long-form docu series that won praise for suing the tv medium to foster journalistic excellence and understanding of world affairs |
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_____________ unit produced 112 half-hour
historical compilation films and 107 half-hour "originally photographed documentaries" or contemporary documentaries.Narrated by Walter Cronkite |
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| The Twentieth Century on CBS |
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| what CBS show averaged 13 million viewers per week, primarily sponsored by The Prudential Insurance Company of America ? |
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| When did The Twentieth Century become the 21st Century? |
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| what docu series show did ABC come up with? What type of techniques did they have? |
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| ABC came out with Close Up!, using direct cinema techniques |
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| _____ and his team were responsible for 58 TV documentary specials, and 20 docu series consisting of 347 episodes. He is best known for Roots and The Thorn Birds |
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| He always asserted that he was in the business to make money, and he was the most successful documentarian in history |
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