is a style of Documentary film making originating for Quebec (canada) and North America in the late 1950′s , it is characterized by its attempts to capture reality and to present it as truth fully as possible, the main idea to question of Reality and modern Cinema.
This movement is powered by technology and the development of light hand held cameras and sound recording equipment. the idea of Direct Cinema is to immerse the production in what is being recorded, yet for the film maker to stay objective and not put their personal opinions into the production, a code that i follow.
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