Creating Experimental Documentary Films: Theory and Practice Beyond Convention

Author:   Pablo Frasconi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   188
Publication Date:   29 June 2025
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Creating Experimental Documentary Films: Theory and Practice Beyond Convention


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Author:   Pablo Frasconi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781041043768


ISBN 10:   1041043767
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   29 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Preface Introduction 1. Within and Beyond the Frame 2. Ideation, Research, and Developing Point-of-View 3. The Interview 4. Light: The Evanescent Language of Cinema 5. Music, Noise, Sound Design and Subtext 6. Editing the Experimental Documentary 7. Capturing the True Nature of Things 8. Poetic Language and Experimental Documentary 9. New Collaborations and Commodifications 10. Augmented Reality, Immersive Journalism, Mixed Realities and the Documentary Film Filmography Bibliography

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Pablo Frasconi studied with Stan Brakhage at the University of New Hampshire and with documentarians from the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto at York University. His films are in hundreds of collections, including UC Berkeley, the NY Public Library, and the Smithsonian. He has received 20 grants and fellowships for filmmaking, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Film Institute, and Park Foundation. His work, including Towards the Memory of a Revolution, Survival of a Small City, The Woodcuts of Antonio Frasconi, and The Light at Walden, has been featured at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) national broadcast, and in WIRED Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, and The New York Times. Frasconi is a professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he teaches editing, poetic cinema, documentary, and critical making.

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