Documentary Oral Presentation
Conclusion
Questions
- How do you feel about a subject making a documentary about themselves rather than a detached filmmaker making a documentary about a subject?
- What are the aims and responses of the "confessional" style?
Engaging with Reading
"A crucial mode of self-examination ... one that bears special witness to personal truth"
References
"Drifting towards Hollywood: Drama documentary goes West" by Derek Paget
- Confessional Documentary is closely related to Drama Documentary
- Use of visual and audible evidence
What are some techniques used in confessional films?
- "Drifting Towards Hollywood: Drama documentary goes west" - Derek Paget
- "Troubling Confessions: Speaking Guilt in Law and Literature" - Peter Brooks
- "The Influence and Treatment of Autobiography in Confessional Art" - Christine Fanthome
- "Techniques of the invisible: Cinematic images of being addicted" - Varpu Rantala
Film vs Documentary
Techniques
Camera Style and Conventions
The idea of Confession