2. What is Cinema vérité?
It's a style of documentary of filmmaking. The key
concept of the movement is to capture (the)
immediate of social/ political processes. This was
about watching the world unfold, it was the first true
observational style of documentary and the truth
about cinemas.
3. Cinema vérité is associated with observational
cinema, which include 'best bits' of the film. The key
concept of cinema vérité is to capture social and
political processes" (Bordwell and Thompson).
Between the years of 1958 and 1963 Cinema vérité
took on several guises worldwide; candid cinema,
uncontrolled cinema, observational cinema and
direct cinema, whatever it's guise it was influenced
by two major factors, firstly Neo-Realism (the likes
of bicyle thieves) and the major advancements in
technology and it's main concern was for immediacy.
4. Man with a movie camera
Documentaries like Vertoy- Man with a movie
camera is a great example of camera vérité and
observational cinema. It's about a man travels
around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder,
documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
