| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) |
| Contents |
Mapping Independent Chinese Documentary -- Metaphor and Event -- Time, Space and Movement -- Ethics, the Body and Digital Video -- Sound and Voice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Films and Television Programmes Referenced |
| Summary |
In the past twenty years, China has witnessed the flowering of an independent documentary cinema characterized by a particular verite aesthetic. "Independent Chinese Documentary" traces the roots of this style back to the 1980s, and the gradual abandonment of studio-based filmmaking, dominant during the Maoist era, for shooting live and on location. Known in Chinese as "xianchang"--Or being on 'the scene' - this documentary practice is partly distinguished by its embrace of the contingent. Through a series of synoptic case studies, this book considers the different ways in which contingency manifests in independent Chinese documentary; the practical and aesthetic challenges its mediation presents for individual film directors; and the reasons for the quality's significance, set against the backdrop of China's ongoing postsocialist transition, and the consequences of this process for the very act of documentary representation itself |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Publisher supplied information; title not viewed |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- China -- History and criticism
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Documentary films -- China.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Performing Arts.
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Documentary films
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China
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137271228 |
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1137271221 |
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