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Frame by Frame is my blog about nonfiction visual storytelling from critique to practice. I am an Emeritus Professor of Media & Journalism, Missouri State University. Co-founder of Carbon Trace Productions 501(c)(3) documentary film studio. I continue to work on nonfiction projects of all kinds. See my documentary site Eyewitness. I’m available for hire as a director, cinematographer, editor, and news photographer. Based in Aveiro, Portugal. Note: The Terms of Use published at rhetorica.net also covers this weblog.
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Category Archives: direct cinema
Following the Story You’re Creating
One of the truths of pointing a camera at any (nonfiction) situation is that the presence of the camera changes the situation. Journalists and documentary filmmakers (should) contend with this truth moment by moment as they film. As soon as … Continue reading
Feature or Short: How to Decide
Never trust a clickbait headline like that from me. I never deliver. Or, rather, I deliver differently and usually over more than one post. Direct cinema — to at least some extent — is the commonality among my favorite feature … Continue reading
Watching and Listening and Letting it Happen
I got a video camera in the mid 90s to capture the usual home-movie shenanigans when my child was born. I was nearing the end of my decade as a freelance magazine writer and photographer. Up to that point — … Continue reading
What Does My List of Films Mean?
The films listed in my last post generally have one thing in common: Each is an example of direct cinema to varying degrees. The Wikipedia definition is as good as any: Like the cinéma vérité genre, direct cinema was initially characterized by filmmakers’ … Continue reading