Although the questions Morin hoped the film to answer how do Parisians live their lives? Are Parisians happy?
The ways people quest for love, the ways they pursue happiness, the ways they work, live and think about their everyday lives are given centre stage in Chronique and contemporary issues of the day, such as the Algerian war, are passionately debated.
Such an overt on-camera manipulation of the conversation is however justified as necessary for the film to achieve its ultimate purpose which is to make manifest the mentality of his subjects, in this case to reveal that the racist Marceline has herself been the victim of extreme racism. As already mentioned, according to Rouch, this manipulation does not detract from the authenticity of the scene and falls entirely within his expanded notion of legitimate documentary intervention.
For direct cinema practitioners film is merely a means of recording events which nevertheless has the extraordinary ability to relay faithfully what it records and through the use of the observational method they believed to be able to get to the truth.
Despite its detractors, direct cinema is often viewed as the single most significant intervention into documentary filmmaking history and its influence, as seen in the case of Primary , is enormous. In putting the film together, Rouch followed the conventions of classical cinema almost as consistently as any Hollywood movie. In other words the filmmaker will try not to shape his material on the basis of limiting preconceptions.
If Primary seems to adhere to this rule, cutting back and forth between the two candidates who are given fairly equal treatment as they are filmed giving speeches, competing in the street for votes, holding TV appearances and waiting in their rooms for the results on election night, in Salesman the editing makes the film appear as neatly constructed as if it were scripted, with devices being employed that are more the province of fiction film.
At an early stage in the film Paul emerges as the central dramatic focus through being placed in antithesis with his more successful colleagues, and this structure of contrast in maintained throughout the film. Also Paul functions as the narrator of the film in scenes where he discusses the other three while driving alone, and as he does so, each is illustrated with another selling scene. This stands to show that despite their strict doctrine, the output of direct cinema filmmakers is rather disparate and there are differences within the work of one country, or even one filmmaker.
As already mentioned, the writings of Dziga Vertov anticipate some of their key concerns. Vertov regarded his films as experiments and as a branch of science Vertov , much as ethnographer Jean Rouch and sociologist Jean Morin would later. Vertov also spoke of the need for a camera that could go anywhere, that is as mobile as the human eye. His attempt to capture life as it happens and refusal to re-enact past events anticipates another concern that filmmakers forty years later had.
Their respective practitioners achieved this goal by eschewing the authoritative devices of previous documentary e. The two schools also followed opposing methods and techniques interventionism and self-reflexivity in the case of the former and pure observation in the case of the latter which account for the main differences between them.
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It is a documentary mode of filmmaking, devoid of personal bias or opinions from the filmmakers. Direct cinema consequently raises questions about its ethicality and maybe a paradox. Often you need consent to film people. Perhaps the cast needs to sign some forms or give filmmakers permission in some way. In which case the integrity of the film is also compromised. Alternatively, the cast is first accustomed to the constant presence of cameras with a trial run before filming.
In a bid to make the happenings seem as real as possible, cinema verite often goes with non-actors for the shooting. The thinking is that professional actors, while good at putting emotion and believability to a film, may still give off that big-studio, scripted vibe that kills the spirit of cinema verite. While these would generally be frowned upon in mainstream filmmaking, they give off the feeling that the film used random everyday people.
The filmmakers would spark a conversation with a stranger on the street and that would make for a couple of scenes in the film. Alternatively, little-known or unprofessional actors may also be sort for the cast. Recognizable faces would instantly shatter the realism that cinema verite advocates for. Hence why most movies of this kind almost always go for unknown actors. Most commonly, cinema creates artificial situations or locations to fit their storyline or characters.
Cinema verite holds up a mirror to real life, and hence brings some of that boringness, if you will, into it. Topics discussed often include political and social issues and general small talk at times. The mockumentary, The Office , covers the work-life dynamics of a group of incohesive colleagues and the childlike antics of their boss. Unlike direct cinema which advocates for uncontrolled filming or directing, cinema verite appears to be more planned or premeditated.
Filmmakers have a stake in the outcome of the observations. She is not a fan of it and her displeasure is quite clear. In particular, he asks whether he has noticed the tattoo on her arm. This on-camera manipulation serves to pick at the mentality of the subjects. In The Office, the characters are continually quizzed about the happenings as episodes go on. They are asked about how the actions of other characters made them feel, if they agree with certain things and whether they think what they did is right, among others.
District 9, for instance, provides narrator exposition about aliens stranded in Johannesburg and the turn of events since. It does so via voiceovers from various news clips it samples. Handheld shots are a characteristic of both cinema verite and direct cinema. The camerawork is operated by hand to give off unsteady shots and make the viewers feel more present in the moment.
The handheld camerawork makes the film feel rawer and works to bring the immediacy of events into the scene, as would be taken in by a passerby as opposed to a lens. Conventions of filmmaking are rarely adhered to so as to avoid giving the film that professional, Hollywood outlook.
To capture the entirety of a location, the filmmaker may use long transitional takes without cuts to maintain the continuity of conversations and certain action scenes. The goal is to mimic the way the human eye works in everyday situations. We turn our heads when something catches our attention. No edit cuts but one continuous movement from one side of interest to the other. To lessen the load of film equipment and fit the pocket of movie makers back in the day, cinema verite advocated for natural shooting conditions.
With divisive ideas that big studios were still wary of at the time, directors had to get creative and make the most of situations and limited budgets. That entailed shooting in natural light with little to no audio or sound editing except when the background noise threatened to drown out the dialogue.
Aside from cost-cutting, natural light offers a couple more benefits over artificial lighting. For one, it enables portability.
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