29 | DOCUMENTARY

A concise and accessible introduction to the exploding field of documentary studies. In using case studies such as Touching the Void and the films of Nick Broomfield, this volume explores the definition and understanding of the form, as well as the relationship between documentary and drama, specifically the notion of reconstruction and re-enactment. It also discusses animated documentaries, the fertile genre of comedy, and feature-length contemporary works that have achieved widespread cinematic release.

October 2005
144 pages

978-1-904764-59-5 (pbk)

£12.99

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Paul Ward teaches at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth and is a Board Member for the International Society for Animation Studies. He has published on various topics related to documentary, videogames and animation.

‘Paul Ward's book is a welcome addition to the debate surrounding the growing field of documentary. It provides an interesting history of the genre in conventional terms as well as a fascinating exploration of the ever widening canon of texts which broadly owe much of their construction to documentary modes.'
– Martin Cairns, Media Education Journal

'This book speaks in a lucid way to a number of the most important issues in documentary film studies at the beginning of the twenty-first century.'
– Brian Winston, University of Lincoln