cinema verité

Related

documentaryFactual film about reality
handheldDesigned for palm use
rawIn original state
unscriptedNot pre-written
realismAccepting things as they are

grainy · authentic · footage · observational · spontaneous · candid · intimate · unflinching · truth · naturalistic · fly-on-the-wall · Godard · nouvelle vague · 16mm · shaky · guerrilla · street · improvised

Opposites

filmmaking approach

cinema veriténarrative fiction

Invented prose with plot

mockumentary · propaganda film · musical · period drama · film noir

production style

cinema veritéstudio system

Vertically integrated film production

blockbuster · costume drama · epic · vertical integration

relationship to reality

cinema veritéfabrication

Deliberately untrue statement

fantasy · science fiction · escapism · make-believe · reenactment

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