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1. How does Lioult convince you that there is a problem with the staged-unstaged
dichotomy that has historically defined documentary practice?
2. How can a documentary scene be understood as both spontaneous and arranged?
3. Why does Lioult need to add the category framing the unexpected to
Ponechs Type I flexible plans and Type II more restrictive plans as
strategies for documentary practice?
Problem: discrepancies:
A) Shot/Reverse Shot
B) With absence of
establishing shot, viewer
infers shots in same space
establishing shots
B. the problem:
the hierarchy of direct cinema style (documentary codes)
pure = no narration, no interviews, no non-diegetic music
less pure = non-diegetic music, interviews, voice-over narration
least pure = self-reflexive camera,
sound recording
4. French Cinma Vrit =
new cinema truth
Chronicle of a Summer/ Chronique dun t
(Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin, 1960)
Characters:
Marceline
Jean-Pierre (philosophy student)
Marilou Italian living in Paris
Angelo Renault worker
Landry African
Jean Rouch filmmaker
Edgar Morin - filmmaker/sociologist
Chronicle of a Summer/Chronique dun t, Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, 1960
5. The legacy of direct cinema
Frederick Wiseman: Basic Training, 1970; Primate, 1974; The Store, 1983; Zoo; Hospital;
Welfare