From the beginning our group had individual sections on online documentary. And my part was ‘history and background’. So I was to search for the history of documentary, statistics of Australian documentaries (filmmakers, genre .etc). I have searched into government websites, books to define documentary.
I initially thought that my role was not totally related to [...]
Archive for June, 2007
MI1-Final report
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My oral part for final presentation
Posted in MI1 on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The History section contextualises the development of documentary, and how this has lead to the emergence of online documentaries. We use an interactive timeline to illustrate the development of documentary as a media genre throughout the past century.
John Grierson first coined the term “documentary” in the 1920’s and now we are seeing the need for [...]
findings about documentary in Australia
Posted in MI1 on June 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Documentary originated by Lumiere brothers who took shoots of daily life, including their famous shot of the train entering the platform. Documentary was referred as non-fiction films.
Over the period of time, the original meaning or the definition of documentary had been re-invented. And new generations of documentary makers have challenged the forms and conventions by [...]
history and stats on Australian documentary
Posted in MI1 on June 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to AFC’s report on Documentary production in Australia 2007,
In the past, there were 1522 producers, 1336 Directors and 1462 writers within 2796 documentaries produced in Australia.
Currently, there are 385 producers, 311 directors and 281 writers making documentary films or programs.
Analysis of the producer, director and writer credits for documentaries made in the period between [...]
