Getting Lear: How To Show And Not Tell

"All documentaries must invoke, as best they can, the spirit rather than the letter of the truth - and they are exciting because of this. A documentary's authenticity ultimately lies in its organizing vision rather than any mechanical fidelity to life." - Michael Rabiger



Saturday, November 22, 2008

Definition of a Doc


There are so many attempts to define what is meant by the term "documentary."

I spend a lot of time thinking about this topic. It consumes me.

So far, this is the best response I've found to define "documentary":

"A term with a wide latitude of meaning, basically used to refer to any film or program not wholly fictional in nature."--James Monaco, The Dictionary of New Media, p. 94.

At last, I can move on.

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