Constructing Reality: Exploring Media Issues in Documentary - The Candid Eye?

19931 h 49 min 17 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: David Adkin

Production: John SpottonMichael AllderJohn TaylorDennis Murphy

Script: David Adkin

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the financial assistance of the Canadian Studies Directorate of the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.

Does a documentary film really reflect reality? What difference does the presence of the camera make for those who are under its scrutiny? Should the filmmaker be an uninvolved fly-on-the wall who records life as it happens, or an engaged participant? What ethical issues are involved in the making of a documentary? The four films which raise these issues also represent early and current examples of direct cinema and cinéma vérité.

Subject categories

  • Film and Video Arts > Documentary
  • Media and Communication > Documentary

Credits

director
David Adkin
script
David Adkin
narrator
David Adkin
producer
John Spotton
Michael Allder
executive producer
John Taylor
Dennis Murphy
camera
Ali Kazimi
sound
Brian Avery
Peter Sawade
editing
Michael Todd
music
Aaron Davis