vérité
Raw, unscripted filmmaking
Vérité is a French word meaning truth, used in English almost exclusively in the phrase cinéma vérité—a documentary style that captures events as they unfold without scripting or staging.
The approach emphasizes raw authenticity over polished production: The filmmaker's vérité style put viewers in the middle of the action.
Designed for palm use
- observationalBased on direct perception
- unscriptedNot pre-written
- raw footageUnprocessed recorded material
- fly-on-the-wallUndetected observer status
realism · naturalistic · non-fiction · candid · spontaneous · authentic · journalistic · ethnographic
Truth emerges when drinking
- moment of truthDecisive instant of revelation
- home truthUnpleasant personal reality
- grain of truthSmall accurate element within
- naked truthUnembellished reality
gospel truth · hard truth · unvarnished · bitter truth · plain truth · self-evident · universal truth
Greek term for truth
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
propositional · Heidegger · ontological · metaphysical · logical · empirical · subjective · objective
Perfect correctness in detail
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- certitudeFirm belief, unshakable
- faitFrench for done
- indubitableImpossible to doubt
handheld
Designed for palm use
- observationalBased on direct perception
- unscriptedNot pre-written
- raw footageUnprocessed recorded material
fly-on-the-wall · realism · naturalistic · non-fiction · candid · spontaneous · authentic · journalistic · ethnographic
in vino veritas
Truth emerges when drinking
- moment of truthDecisive instant of revelation
- home truthUnpleasant personal reality
- grain of truthSmall accurate element within
naked truth · gospel truth · hard truth · unvarnished · bitter truth · plain truth · self-evident · universal truth
aletheia
Greek term for truth
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
pragmatic · propositional · Heidegger · ontological · metaphysical · logical · empirical · subjective · objective · relativism
exactitude
Perfect correctness in detail
véritéstaged
Arranged for effect
scripted · rehearsed · reenactment · fictional · dramatization
véritéartifice
Clever deceptive strategy
fabrication · fakery · contrivance · performance · pretense
verity, verify, verification, verifiable, verified, verifier, verifying, veritable, veritably