A lively introduction to a subject which has attracted increasing interest in the last few years.. A wide-ranging and carefully constructed account. Likely to be adopted on many courses (both foundational level and advanced) which include the study of documentary as part of a wider Media Studies agenda.. Written in a highly accessible manner, it has the edge on rival publications on the subject, which have often proved to difficult for an undergraduate readership.
Acknowledgements
A note on the availability of recordings
Introduction
Part I: Documentary Debates
1. Mapping out the terrain: What is documentary?
2. How real can you get?: Realism and documentary
Part II: The Documentary Text
3. Shaping the real: Modes of documentary
4. Tackling the text: Documentary analyses
Part III: Fact, Fiction and Drama
5. Telling a story: Fact, fiction and documentary
6. Making a drama out of a crisis: The drama-documentary and related forms
Part IV: Documentary Production and Reception
7. Just do it our way!: Institutional control and production economics
8. How do they do it?: Aspects of documentary production
9. Is there anyone out there?: Audiences for documentary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
