2. Cinema verite is all constructed and made
to look like a documentary.
Saving private Ryan
is an example of
cinema verite.
What is cinema verite?
3. Cinema verite film makers found it the best way to tell the
truth about cinema.
Cinema verite often wants to reveal the truth about
something and wipe out any other observations that the
audience as thought about before.
This sort of “realism” was later then criticised for its
deceptive construction of reality.
History of Cinema Verite
4. Saving private Ryan: Hand
held camera was used to
create a sense of realism.
Showing the camera through the
mirror to show that there is no
one controlling it.
Titles and date and time
to show “real times
footage”
5. Using the hand held
camera and POV to
show that it is “real
footage” and that
whatever happens
it has no been
“staged”. It puts the
audience in their
shoes.
