The Art of the Observer: A Personal View of Documentary

by David MacDougall

Book Overview

The art of the observer is a personal guide to documentary filmmaking, based on the author's years of pioneering work in the fields of ethnographic and documentary cinema. It stands in sharp contrast to books of academic film criticism and handbooks on visual research methods, being based extensively on concrete examples from the author's own filmmaking experience. The book places particular emphasis on observational filmmaking and the ways in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152616535X
• ISBN13: 9781526165350
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"