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- The first major study of mock-documentary - one of a number of screen forms that play with the assumed boundaries between 'fact' and 'fiction'.
- About the Author: Craig Hight is a Lecturer in the Department of Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University, New Zealand.
- 232 Pages
- Performing Arts, Film
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The first major study of mock-documentary - one of a number of screen forms that play with the assumed boundaries between 'fact' and 'fiction'. Examines mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form has with documentary. Part of a wider discussion of the increasingly fragile association between factual codes and conventions and the discourses which underpin the documentary genre. Includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts, ranging from Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, and the Beatles spoof The Rutles through to such classic examples as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap and Man Bites Dog. Opens out this relatively new media form and by doing so throws light on the status of the documentary itself.Book Synopsis
The first major study of mock-documentary - one of a number of screen forms that play with the assumed boundaries between 'fact' and 'fiction'. Examines mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form has with documentary. Part of a wider discussion of the increasingly fragile association between factual codes and conventions and the discourses which underpin the documentary genre. Includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts, ranging from Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, and the Beatles spoof The Rutles through to such classic examples as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap and Man Bites Dog. Opens out this relatively new media form and by doing so throws light on the status of the documentary itself.About the Author
Craig Hight is a Lecturer in the Department of Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University, New Zealand. Jane Roscoe teaches in the School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaDimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 232
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Film
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Paperback
Author: Craig Hight & Jane Roscoe
Language: English
Street Date: November 22, 2001
TCIN: 94400216
UPC: 9780719056413
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-6463
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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