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Intro; Foreword; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction: Intersecting Cognitive Theory and Documentary Film; Preamble; The Intersection of Cognitive Theory and Documentary Studies; A Pragmatic Approach; Book Overview; References; Part I: The Mediation of Realities; Chapter 2: A Documentary of the Mind: Self, Cognition and Imagination in Anders Østergaard's Films; Documentary and the Sociology of Emotions; Self, Other and Imagination; Østergaard, Memory and the Documentary of the Mind; The Life and Mind of Hergé; Imagination and Factuality: Conclusion
IntroductionCharacterizations of Documentaries and Reality; Documentaries and Docudramas: The Viewers' Perspective; Reality Status, Action Potentials and Personal Relevance; Perceptual Realism and Mediated Realism; Symbolism; Rituals and Emotions; Docudrama as Propaganda; Summary; References; Chapter 6: The Duties of Documentary in a Post-Truth Society; The Post-Truth Phenomenon; New Documentary Storytelling; What Documentaries Do; Documentaries and Gossip; The Duties of Documentaries; Going Forward; References; Part II: Character Engagement
Chapter 7: Characterization and Character Engagement in the DocumentaryThe Documentary as "Asserted Veridical Representation"; Documentary Characterizations and Fiction; To Characterize or Not to Characterize? An Ethical Question; Documentary Characterization: Flat and Round Characters; Documentary Characterization: Character Templates; Documentary Characterization: Character Engagement, Protagonists and Antagonists; Documentary Characterization: Image and Sound; The Ethics of Characterization; References; Chapter 8: The Difficulty of Eliciting Empathy in Documentary; Introduction
Miners Shot DownI, Afrikaner; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Fake Pictures, Real Emotions: A Case Study of Art and Craft; Introduction; An Unconventional Art Forger: Mark Landis; Character Particularity and Ambiguity; Transgressive Emotions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: Engaging Animals in Wildlife Documentaries: From Anthropomorphism to Trans-species Empathy; Feeling Animals: A Cognitive Approach to Nonhuman Character Engagement; The Peculiar Appeals of Wildlife Documentary; Conclusion; References; Part III: Emotions and Embodied Experience
IntroductionCharacterizations of Documentaries and Reality; Documentaries and Docudramas: The Viewers' Perspective; Reality Status, Action Potentials and Personal Relevance; Perceptual Realism and Mediated Realism; Symbolism; Rituals and Emotions; Docudrama as Propaganda; Summary; References; Chapter 6: The Duties of Documentary in a Post-Truth Society; The Post-Truth Phenomenon; New Documentary Storytelling; What Documentaries Do; Documentaries and Gossip; The Duties of Documentaries; Going Forward; References; Part II: Character Engagement
Chapter 7: Characterization and Character Engagement in the DocumentaryThe Documentary as "Asserted Veridical Representation"; Documentary Characterizations and Fiction; To Characterize or Not to Characterize? An Ethical Question; Documentary Characterization: Flat and Round Characters; Documentary Characterization: Character Templates; Documentary Characterization: Character Engagement, Protagonists and Antagonists; Documentary Characterization: Image and Sound; The Ethics of Characterization; References; Chapter 8: The Difficulty of Eliciting Empathy in Documentary; Introduction
Miners Shot DownI, Afrikaner; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Fake Pictures, Real Emotions: A Case Study of Art and Craft; Introduction; An Unconventional Art Forger: Mark Landis; Character Particularity and Ambiguity; Transgressive Emotions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: Engaging Animals in Wildlife Documentaries: From Anthropomorphism to Trans-species Empathy; Feeling Animals: A Cognitive Approach to Nonhuman Character Engagement; The Peculiar Appeals of Wildlife Documentary; Conclusion; References; Part III: Emotions and Embodied Experience