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'''The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd ''' is a video directed by Arthur Ginsberg and Video Free America involving footage filmed between 1970 and 1975 following the lives and marriage of Carel Rowe and Ferd Eggan. Originally shown as a 3- channel video, 8-monitor installation including live feed of the audience, the edited video is now distributed by [[Video Data Bank]] and [[Electronic Arts Intermix]]. The edited video consists of an hour-long tape selected from over 30 hours of footage that includes both the footage of the marriage and subsequent consummation, shot from 1971- 1972, and footage of an interview of Carel, Ferd, and Ginsberg produced for [[WNET]]'s Video and Television Review in 1975. <ref>[http://www.vdb.org/titles/continuing-story-carel-and-ferd-excerpt Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
'''The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd ''' is a video directed by Arthur Ginsberg and Video Free America involving footage filmed between 1970 and 1975 following the lives and marriage of Carel Rowe and Ferd Eggan. Originally shown as a 3- channel video, 8-monitor installation including live feed of the audience, the edited video is now distributed by [[Video Data Bank]] and [[Electronic Arts Intermix]]. The edited video consists of an hour-long tape selected from over 30 hours of footage that includes both the footage of the marriage and subsequent consummation, shot from 1971- 1972, and footage of an interview of Carel, Ferd, and Ginsberg produced for [[WNET]]'s Video and Television Review in 1975. <ref>[http://www.vdb.org/titles/continuing-story-carel-and-ferd-excerpt Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
The video is often classified somewhere in between [[cinéma vérité]] and [[reality television]], though the footage predates [[American Family]], often considered the first example of reality television. Sometimes referred to as a video vérité, ''The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd'' blends modes of camera address, featuring shots taken by Ginsburg of the couple in private or among friends as well as some first-person camera confessional shots. <ref>[http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=2957 Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
The video is often classified somewhere in between [[cinéma vérité]] and [[reality television]], though the footage predates [[American Family]], often considered the first example of reality television. <ref>[http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=2957 Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>Sometimes referred to as a video vérité, ''The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd'' blends modes of camera address, featuring shots taken by Ginsburg of the couple in private or among friends as well as some first-person camera confessional shots. <ref>[Renov, Michael. "Video Confessions." The Subject of Documentary. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 2004. 201-02.]</ref>



== References ==
== References ==
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<ref>[http://www.vdb.org/titles/continuing-story-carel-and-ferd-excerpt Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.vdb.org/titles/continuing-story-carel-and-ferd-excerpt Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=2957 Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=2957 Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd]</ref>
<ref>[Renov, Michael. "Video Confessions." The Subject of Documentary. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 2004. 201-02.]</ref>


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Revision as of 07:19, 28 April 2015


The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd is a video directed by Arthur Ginsberg and Video Free America involving footage filmed between 1970 and 1975 following the lives and marriage of Carel Rowe and Ferd Eggan. Originally shown as a 3- channel video, 8-monitor installation including live feed of the audience, the edited video is now distributed by Video Data Bank and Electronic Arts Intermix. The edited video consists of an hour-long tape selected from over 30 hours of footage that includes both the footage of the marriage and subsequent consummation, shot from 1971- 1972, and footage of an interview of Carel, Ferd, and Ginsberg produced for WNET's Video and Television Review in 1975. [1] The video is often classified somewhere in between cinéma vérité and reality television, though the footage predates American Family, often considered the first example of reality television. [2]Sometimes referred to as a video vérité, The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd blends modes of camera address, featuring shots taken by Ginsburg of the couple in private or among friends as well as some first-person camera confessional shots. [3]

References

  1. ^ Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd
  2. ^ Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd
  3. ^ [Renov, Michael. "Video Confessions." The Subject of Documentary. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 2004. 201-02.]

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[3]
  1. ^ Video Data Bank, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd
  2. ^ Electronic Arts Intermix, The Continuing story of Carel and Ferd
  3. ^ [Renov, Michael. "Video Confessions." The Subject of Documentary. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 2004. 201-02.]
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