The Rhetorica Network
Rhetorica is my blog about documentary film and photography since March 2021. All posts from the previous version of Rhetorica, dating back to 2002, are available on archive.org.
About Rhetorica
Rhetorica began as a press-politics blog that grew out of a web project I began in 1998 as part of my graduate studies in rhetoric. My name is Dr. Andrew R. Cline. I am an Emeritus Professor of Media & Journalism at Missouri State University. I currently live in Aveiro, Portugal where I continue to write and do documentary film and photography projects.
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The Whole Blogging Thing
So Rhetorica is one of the oldest, continuously published weblogs. Its earliest iteration began in 1998 as an academic project for my graduate work. It took its present form in March 2002 just before I graduated. The explanation in the … Continue reading
Playing Around With Bumpers
A bumper in the film business is a form of studio branding. You’ll generally see two or three at the start of almost every film. Here’s a list of famous ones you’ve seen dozens of times (sadly, an old list … Continue reading
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Meaning, Intention, Rhetoric, and Kuleshov
I had my students watch A Vietnam Peace Story for this week specifically to introduce them to the rhetoric(s) of documentary filmmaking. Unfortunately, the big winter storm has closed school for several days. I didn’t get to finish. I’ll be … Continue reading
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Rhetoric and the Documentary Voice
These four are generally considered the characteristics of the documentary voice1 – that which makes documentary film distinct from fictional cinematic art and the documentarian’s voice and product different from the fiction filmmaker’s voice and product. The four characteristics come … Continue reading
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I Have An Artistic Statement
An artistic statement is something I need because organizations that grant money to filmmakers ask for them on grant applications. It’s a good idea to have one anyway. Or, more to my liking, to have a way of regularly communicating … Continue reading
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