{"product_id":"crafting-truth-louise-spence-9780813549033","title":"Crafting Truth: Documentary Form and Meaning","description":"Documentaries such as Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's \u003ci\u003eBorn into Brothels\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Moore's \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffrey Blitz's \u003ci\u003eSpellbound\u003c\/i\u003e, along with \u003ci\u003eMarch of the Penguins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Inconvenient Truth\u003c\/i\u003e have achieved critical as well as popular success. Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations, many viewers enter and leave theaters with a nanve concept of \"truth\" and \"reality\"-for them, documentaries are information sources. But is truth or reality readily available, easily acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of truth and reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these illusions? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A documentary's sounds and images are always the product of selection and choice, and often underscore points the filmmaker wishes to make. \u003ci\u003eCrafting Truth\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Spence, Vinicius Navarro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813549035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813549033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 7.03w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011","brand":"Louise Spence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44566894444799,"sku":"9780813549033","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3577647-4838-4339-8169-b484691c03e0.jpg?v=1701374954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crafting-truth-louise-spence-9780813549033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}