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direct cinema

direct cinema noun: a documentary genre that originated around 1960 in North America, involving lightweight portable filming equipment, hand-held cameras, and live synchronous sound.

Noun

direct cinema (uncountable)

  1. A documentary genre that originated around 1960 in North America, involving lightweight portable filming equipment, hand-held cameras, and live synchronous sound.

Questions about direct cinema

What does direct cinema mean?
Direct cinema means a documentary genre that originated around 1960 in North America, involving lightweight portable filming equipment, hand-held cameras, and live synchronous sound.
What part of speech is direct cinema?
Direct cinema is a noun.

Words near direct cinema in the dictionary

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  2. direct buffer
  3. direct buffers
  4. direct case
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  6. direct cinema
  7. direct client contact
  8. direct client contacts
  9. direct cost
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  11. direct coupling

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