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This handbook is for anyone who wants to make or study documentary and ethnographic films and videos. It provides a step-by-step guide to film- and videomaking - from research and funding, through the "nuts and bolts" of production, to distribution - as well as a thorough orientation to the ethical and aesthetic issues that confront documentarians in the field. Filled with practical illustrations, state-of-the-art technical information, and advice from numerous leading filmmakers and anthropologists, this book is the essential guide for veteran and beginner alike.

Title Cross-cultural filmmaking : a handbook for making documentary and ethnographic films and videos / Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor.
Edition Reprint 2019.
Publisher Berkeley, CA : University of California Press
Creation Date [1997]
Notes Filmography: p. 520-526.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Documentary Styles -- 2. From Fieldwork to Filming -- 3. Picture -- 4. Sound -- 5. Film or Video? Medium, Format, and Equipment -- 6. Preproduction -- 7. Production -- 8. Postproduction -- 9. Distribution -- Appendix One: Release Forms -- Appendix Two: International Television Standards and Electricity Currents -- Appendix Three: Names and Addresses -- Appendix Four: Makes and Models -- Filmography -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- Photo Credits -- Index
Extent 1 online resource (555 p. ) ill.

Language English
Copyright Date ©1997
National Library system number 997010702638705171
MARC RECORDS
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