Taking the long view: a study of longitudinal documentary

by Richard Kilborn

Overview

Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted’s world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their own. In addition to Seven Up, the book provides extended accounts of the two other best known longitudinal series to have been produced in the last three or four decades: Winifred and Barbara Junge’s The Children of Golzow and Swedish director Rainer Hartleb’s The Children of Jordbrö. Long docs have been an especially popular form of documentary with TV and cinema audiences and the book seeks to throw light on the nature of their appeal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719078644
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	07/01/2010
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Richard Kilborn is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on availability of recordings
Introduction
1 Reflections on longitudinal documentary: form and function
2 Short histories
3 Getting Started
4 Gaining and maintaining momentum
5 Never-ending stories?
6 Towards an ending
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index