Secondary Research and Referencing

I was tasked to pick out a film maker and to research them. I chose Nick Broomfield. I had to find out the things that inspire him and his notable work as well as any accolades and awards he has achieved.

One thing that stuck out from me in his work is that he prefers to do a style called Cinema Verite. Basically this means he is recording the sound for the film, but also starring in it occasionally. He was born in London 1948, and made his first film in 1971. He is famous for his documentary films such as "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer"

He studied under Professor Colin Young at the National Film School and was inspired by him as well as Fred Wiseman, Robert Leacock and Pennebaker before moving onto the more idiosyncratic style for which he is better known. Some of his awards follows:

-Sundance First Prize

-British Academy Award

-Prix Italia

-Dupont Peabody Award

-Grierson Award

-Hague Peace Prize

-Amnesty International Deon Award

He also collaborated with Joan Churchill who was a graduate from UCLA Film School and made several films together including:

-Tattooed Tears

-Soldier Girls

-Aileen: Life and death of a serial killer

They also have a son together! Now that's truly a collaboration

Nick is also notorious for using a Nagra audio recorder and has his camera man/men with him filming the documentary's.

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I then learned about Harvard Referencing. Basically every time I gather a piece of secondary research I need to reference it. Here's an example statement I found on the website I was using to research Nick:

“In 1976, Broomfield made the first of several films with the American filmmaker Joan Churchill, whom he'd met at the National Film School and who had already made a name for herself in the US with documentaries such as The American Family (1973).”

Petley. J. Broomfield, Nick (1948). http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/501784/index.html [25/09/18 15:30 pm]

I also got a statement from a book containing Nick Broomfield. The process between book referencing and website is different, but contains similarities.

“Rubbo’s Waiting for Fidel (1974) is a more abiding film (and one that has proved an undoubted and obvious narrative influence on the ‘unfulfilled’ quests of Moore and Nick Broomfield).”

Saunders. D. (2010) Routledge Film Guidebooks DOCUMENTARY. Oxon: Routledge.

Cover Photo: Unknown. http://nickbroomfield.com/Bio [25/09/18 15:56 pm]