Documentary Film: History, Types, and Production Phases

Documentary Film: An Overview

Documentary: Maria Moliner: applies to films with no plot or a minor one, whose value is primarily informational or instructional. OER: refers to films that represent informational purposes only, facts, scenes, experiments, etc., taken from reality. A. Moreno: A film genre based on images taken from reality and based on true facts. It attempts to prove the truth of events, situations, behaviors, and so on.

The first exhibition room was the Hall Indien, in the basement

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Media Censorship Under Franco’s Dictatorship in Spain

Media Censorship Under Franco’s Dictatorship

The media suffered greatly during the Franco dictatorship due to censorship and control. Freedom of the press did not exist until 1977. This era is immortalized on television with nude women and movies featuring Esteso, Fernando, and Jose Luis Pajares.

State Control of Press and Propaganda

In 1937, the State Delegation for Press and Propaganda was created. In 1938, the Interior Ministry, led by Ramón Serrano Suner, decreed the Press Law. This law of war

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Literary Worlds, Sequences, and Textual Forms

Literary Worlds

  • Realistic: A world represented as close as possible to historical truth, considering events and effects, a time character.
  • Legendary: Realities rooted in oral tradition where villages are completely fictitious or based on historical facts.
  • Fantastic: Accounts where events occur in reality, but then supernatural events destabilize the normal order, breaking natural laws.
  • Wonderful: A fictitious universe with its own laws, featuring popular fantasy characters (fairies, ogres, goblins,
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Delacroix and Fortuny: Artistic Influences and Masterpieces

Delacroix: Stylistic Analysis and Interpretation

Stylistic Analysis

Delacroix, influenced by Michelangelo, exhibits several characteristics in his works:

  • Triangular Composition
  • Terribilitá: The depiction of characters consumed by unstoppable passion.

He was also influenced by:

  • Giorgione: In the use of colors, particularly reds and ochres.
  • Titian (Tiziano Vecellio): Also in the use of ochre and red colors.
  • Géricault: In the composition of his works.
  • Rubens: In the portrayal of troubled characters and dynamic
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Courbet’s “Burial at Ornans”: A Study in Realism

The painting features a predominance of horizontal lines, broken only by the cross. The contours are well defined with very limited alignments. The chromatic range leans towards brown (representing the land) and black (symbolizing mourning), contrasted by the white of the church, the village women, and a goose. The treatment of daylight suggests the early hours of dawn, with shadows that are not yet strongly defined. Loose brushwork emphasizes linearity over a purely pictorial approach.

Composition

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Understanding Mass Media: Journalism, Language, and Genres

Mass Media: An Overview

Mass media (television, radio, print, internet) are a phenomenon of great influence today, frequently visited by all. The press has always existed, but the invention of the linotype started a golden age, now also present on the internet.

Types of Mass Media

  • Television: Broadcasts news previously published in videotape form, using images and signs.
  • Radio: Uses language codes and sound, allowing instant transmission of live events with simple language.
  • Newspapers and Magazines:
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