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‘Pans on scenery are bunk’: John Grierson’s notes on shooting documentary from 1932
in writingOn the website of The Grierson Trust, there is a great section about John Grierson, the “father of documentary.” In one of the articles you can see Grierson’s notes on using a camera. He gave these to Edgar Ansty in 1932, just before he set off for a year shooting aboard HMS Challenger, a Royal Navy survey ship charting…