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Cinema verite

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, cinema verite means: A documentary approach in which interaction between filmmakers and subjects can help reveal reality.

In Turkish: sinema gerçek

How it is used

Used in documentary discussion; the filmmaker's presence may be part of the inquiry.

Example sentences

  1. The cinema verite scene includes the filmmaker asking why the worker stopped talking.

    The filmmaker's intervention becomes part of the recorded event.

  2. Our seminar compared cinema verite interviews with more distant observational footage.

    The comparison concerns different relationships with subjects.

Common collocations

  • cinema verite approach
  • cinema verite documentary
  • genreA category of films or TV shows that share a style, subject or set of conventions, such as comedy, horror, western or science fiction.
  • plotThe series of connected events that make up the story of a film or series, and the order in which they are shown.

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