Definitions for Cinéma vérité
cinéma vérité

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1. cinema veritenoun

   a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director

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1. cinema veritenoun

   Anglicised spelling of cinéma vérité.

2. cinéma vériténoun

   A style of cinema that appears to be realistic, showing ordinary people in ordinary situations, speaking normal dialogue

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1. cinema verite

   Cinema Verite is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of the production of An American Family, a 1973 PBS documentary television series that is said to be one of the earliest examples of the reality television genre. Principal photography was completed in Southern California. The film premiered on April 23, 2011.

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1. cinema verite

   Cinema verité, also known as observational cinema, is a style of filmmaking that seeks to depict life as it really is, without scripts, sets, or professional actors. Utilizing handheld cameras, natural lighting, and real-world environments, cinema verité focuses on capturing reality and presenting it authentically, allowing the story to unfold organically. The term was coined by French filmmaker Jean Rouch in the 1960s, influenced by the observational techniques used in anthropology. It is often used in documentaries and news reporting but has also influenced many narrative films.

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1. Cinéma vérité

   Cinéma vérité is a term, referring to a style of documentary filmmaking, invented by Jean Rouch, inspired by Dziga Vertov's theory about Kino-Pravda and influenced by Robert Flaherty’s films. It combines improvisation with the use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind crude reality. It is sometimes called observational cinema, if understood as pure direct cinema: mainly without a narrator's voice-over. There are subtle, yet important, differences among terms expressing similar concepts. Direct Cinema is largely concerned with the recording of events in which the subject and audience become unaware of the camera presence: operating within what Bill Nichols, an American historian and theoretician of documentary film, calls the "observational mode", a fly on the wall. Many therefore see a paradox in drawing attention away from the presence of the camera and simultaneously interfering in the reality it registers when attempting to discover a cinematic truth. Cinéma vérité can involve stylized set-ups and the interaction between the filmmaker and the subject, even to the point of provocation. Some argue that the obvious presence of the filmmaker and camera was seen by most cinéma vérité filmmakers as the best way to reveal the truth in cinema. The camera is always acknowledged, for it performs the raw act of filming real objects, people, and events in a confrontational way. The filmmaker's intention was to represent the truth in what he or she was seeing as objectively as possible, freeing people from any deceptions in how those aspects of life were formerly presented to them. From this perspective, the filmmaker should be the catalyst of a situation. Few agree on the meanings of these terms, even the filmmakers whose films are being described.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cinéma vérité in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cinéma vérité in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cinéma vérité
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cinema_Verite
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Verite
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cinéma vérité