How are documentary films different from narrative ones? What attracts us to them? How do they organize their material? What makes them popular, useful, and uniquely illuminating.
To begin, complete the following lessons below:
LECTURE - Nonfiction Cinema
Click the VIEW LECTURE button to access a presentation covering the history and styles of nonfiction filmmaking.
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world. Click the WATCH NOW button to view now.
Check out this quick read overviewing the contemporary documentary and how films like Exit Through the Gift Shop are complicating the genre. Click the READ NOW button to check it out.
German filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about Grizzly Man, a documentary about actor Timothy Treadwell, who spent 13 years with Alaska's grizzly bears. Click the LISTEN NOW button to check it out.
After reading, watching and listening to the various elements above, click the START NOW button below to answer several questions about documentary modes and submit a reflection on Exit Through the Gift Shop.
