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The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).
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| author | Gilliam, Eva |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13980 The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse Gilliam, Eva Weare, Chris Film and Television Production Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44). A 26-minute docu-comedy product of my studies in film and television production, The Traveling Jewish, captures improvised moments of social interaction through documentary filming style. Through filming, editing, animation and music, it becomes an entertaining half-hour of television and social commentary. It is with each cut, layer, added graphics, omitted sound or musical accompaniment, that the viewer is guided into the cultural understanding and comedic inclination of the creator of such a piece. In doing so, I believe we are opening up a new genre of Television, the Docu-Comedy, which aims to explore comedy in site-specific landscapes, through primarily improvised scenes, using the discretion of the director to do otherwise when narrative comprehension is at risk. In this way humor exists in a way not often exploited on television. As humor serves as a forum to bring to the attention of society activities, beliefs, morals, etc., at the same time challenging their validity or even ethical realities, its mere existence is often seen as a sign of the health of a society. This paper looks at all the technical and theoretical elements of such a proposal. 2015-09-15T10:27:20Z 2015-09-15T10:27:20Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13980 eng application/pdf Centre for Film and Media Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Film and Television Production Gilliam, Eva The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse |
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| title | The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse |
| title_full | The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse |
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| title_short | The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse |
| title_sort | docu comedy towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse |
| topic | Film and Television Production |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13980 |
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