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Selling Direct Cinema: Robert Drew and the Rhetoric of Reality.
- Source :
- Film History; Fall2018, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p32-50, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Documentary filmmaker Robert Drew's rhetoric about his observational approach to filmmaking served a centrally important function: to sell his approach to networks and sponsors for funding and distribution. This rhetoric depended on the contexts in which Drew discussed his filmmaking approach, a context that included a television industry that was wary, if not hostile, to independent news producers; sponsors that were resistant to making significant financial investments in television journalism; and an observational style that was commercially unproven, expensive, and time-consuming. Drew's rhetoric also shifted over time as industry circumstances and opportunities changed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08922160
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Film History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133051840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2979/filmhistory.30.3.02