Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 4/21/2011
EAN 9780521167994, ISBN10: 052116799X
Paperback, 304 pages, 24.7 x 17.1 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Drawing on interviews with leading industry sources and containing discussion of over 200 documentaries, Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres brings to life over a century of documentary making and connects it to international debates in criticism, theory and history. Documentary is the oldest continuous form of screen production in Australia, and today plays a pivotal part in our creative industries. This incisive book covers the development of documentary in Australia from the early days of cinema to the coming of television and to the digital environment. Addressing the issues facing today's documentary makers, the authors explore the role of the documentary in shaping the nation and forming the 'imagined community'.
1. The Documentary Field
2. Braided Channels - Documentary Voice
3. Cinematic Scenes of Life
4. New Waves of Documentary
5. Australian Television Takes On Independent Documentary
6. Documentary and the Film Finance Corporation
7. Changing Relations
The AFC, Film Australia and Documentary in the Era of the FFC
8. Australian Broadcasting Cultures and Recent Documentary Practice
9. Documentary and the Edge of Reality
10. Documentary and Civics
11. Documentary Present and Future.