| Description |
1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Series |
Manchester Film Studies |
| Contents |
NO OTHER WAY TO TELL IT: DOCUDRAMA ON FILM AND TELEVISION; Half Title Page; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the second edition; 1. Working on docudrama; 2. The law and regulation -- docudrama in the new millennium; 3. Codes, conventions and change; 4. Keywords, key debates; 5. Histories: antecedents and first phase; 6. Histories: second-phase developments; 7. Histories: third-phase 'co-pros'; 8. Histories: fourth-phase hybridisation; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This second edition of 'No other Way To Tell It' defines the form, analyses its codes and conventions, and reviews contrasting histories in America and British practice - taking into account new developments since the first edition. These include television's radically new ecology; with factual formats a growth area. Docudrama in film has also burgeoned recently, partly because the industries themselves have grown closer and partly because of continued interest in the lives of the famous and of those in the news. International co-production now exploits many different screening opportunities a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Television plays -- History and criticism
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Historical drama -- History and criticism
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Historical drama.
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Television plays.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847798145 |
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1847798144 |
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9781847798046 |
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1847798047 |
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