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The history of documentary films

1. The History of documentary films By Lara Karic

2. You have to start at the beginning when discussing the history of documentary filmmaking. One could argue that the earliest movies made were documentaries. In any case, they weren't fiction. A baby's breakfast, a train arriving, workers at the plant, were among the first movies. They chronicled particular facets of life. From 1914 to 1918, the cameras continued to record the battlefield during world war I. The movie has evolved into a vital medium for propaganda and information dissemination. Theaters aired these videos, which were presented as "newsreels." It is difficult to approach them as classic documentaries because they are merely scenes rather than a single, lengthy film with a central concept.

3. The first Documentary film The first documentary film ever created is a topic of discussion between russians and americans . For the russians , it starts with poet and video editor dziga vertov . In 1917, he began by creating instructional news reels to raise awareness of the revolution. His ambition to test out the camera's mobility, editing capabilities, and capacity to document street life is documented in his Man with a movie camera. Because of its impact on subsequent cinema, this movie is now unanimously regarded as a masterpiece.

4. This film, which was shot in 1929, is what made him most famous. A documentary that is quite experimental. Even for today's movies, it is advanced in several respects. The film's average shot duration was 11.2 seconds. When viewers first watched such fast editing, you can only imagine how they felt. Feeling that cinema was stuck, Dziga Vertov took advantage of his skills to make the film. The movie follows the daily activities of Odesa and other soviet cities for a full day. The film's most well-known elements include jump cuts, split-screen, quick and slow motion, freeze frames, double exposure (now known as super impose), and more. Some people don't think it's the first documentary because of the way the editing and effects alter the film's message.

5. Nanook of the North Director:Robert J. Flaherty Writers: Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou

6. The movie Nanook of the north is officially regarded as the first documentary. Robert J. Flaherty was the director. It is a silent picture that is regarded as a significant early cinematic milestone. The movie is a historical record about a life form that has already vanished, in addition to being a significant film. Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty follows nanook and his family, who are Inuits living in the Arctic circle, for a year in this silent prequel to the contemporary documentary. As previously said, the movie is regarded as the first documentary. Despite this, Flaherty was charged with directing several of the film's sequences and even wished for the characters to reestablish traditions they had abandoned long before. One may argue that this movie not only formally introduces the documentary genre, but also the genre's debate. Does the documentary depict or influence reality?

7. I strongly suggest seeing this movie if you're interested in learning documentary filmmaking. I believe that every filmmaker who aspires to pursue a career in documentary filmmaking should be aware of this intriguing documentary from that era

8. Battleship Potemkin Director: Sergei Eisenstein Writers: Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov

9. The crew of the Battleship Potemkin rebels against the harsh, despotic rule of the ship's officers during the russian revolution of 1905. A police massacre follows the ensuing street protest in Odessa. The movie is still regarded as one of the most significant motion pictures ever made. Although his concept of a documentary is a little dubious here as well, anyone interested in the documentary genre should definitely watch it.

10. 1920s – 1940s

11. Documentaries have evolved into political propaganda tools since the 1920s . Films produced specifically to persuade an audience of a point are part of the propagandist tradition. Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 film Triumph of the will, which defended adolf hitler and the nazi movement, is among the most well-known propaganda pieces. Borinage (1931), a film about the coal mining region of Belgium, was directed by leftist filmmakers Joris Ivens and Henri Storck. Las hurdes , a "surrealist" documentary, was directed by Luis Buñuel in 1933.

12. Notable New Deal works include The City (1939) by Willard Van Dyke, Pare Lorentz's The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936), and The River (1938). These works all demonstrate intricate fusions of socialist ideas, government propaganda, and social and ecological consciousness. To persuade the American people that war was necessary, the US government hired American filmmaker Frank Capra to helm a series of newsreels titled Why We Fight during World War II.

13. Several British filmmakers united under the name of John Grierson. The Documentary Film Movement was the name given to them. Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Harry Watt, Basil Wright, and Humphrey Jennings, among others, were successful in fusing a more lyrical aesthetic approach to documentary with propaganda, education, and information. They collaborated with authors like J. B. Priestley, composers like Benjamin Britten, and poets like W. H. Auden. Coal Face and Night Mail are two of the movement's most well-known motion pictures.

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15. Cinéma vérité , or the closely related direct cinema, is another significant experiment in the history of documentary. Its existence was reliant on a few technological advancements: portable sync sound, light, and dependable, silent cameras. From a wider angle, cinema vérité and related documentary traditions can be viewed as a response to the limitations of studio-based filmmaking. The French New Wave also used smaller teams and on-location shooting, utilizing technological advancements that made it possible to use handheld cameras and synced sound to capture events as they happened.

16. There are significant distinctions between the North American "Direct Cinema" (or more precisely, " Cinéma Direct") and Cinéma Vérité (Jean Rouch), despite the fact that the phrases are occasionally used interchangeably. Regarding their level of engagement with their subjects, the directors of this movement hold varying opinions. Some prefer direct involvement or even provocation when they feel it is essential, while others choose for non-involvement (or at least no overt involvement).

17. During the 1960s and 1970s , documentaries were frequently seen as a political tool to combat capitalism and neocolonialism, particularly in Latin America but also in Quebec's evolving society. A whole generation of filmmakers was impacted by the 1968 film The Hour of the Furnaces, which was directed by Octavio Getino and Fernando E. Solanas.

18. MODERN DOCUMENTARIES

19. Since the 1960s , when the use of portable cameras and sound technology allowed for a close interaction between the filmmaker and the subject, the character of documentaries has evolved throughout the past 20 years. Some works are highly personal, and the distinction between story and documentary is hazy. Particularly in the third world, a lot of documentaries are successful at the movie office. The possibilities for producing documentaries have been transformed by international film festivals and television. Documentaries usually have much smaller budgets than dramatic narrative films, which appeals to movie studios because even a little theatrical run may be quite lucrative. The documentary without spoken words was yet another significant experiment in the history of documentaries. Beginning in 1982, the Qatsi trilogy and the comparable Baraka could be characterized as visual tone poems, which lack verbal material but have music associated with the imagery.