Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Features of a documentary
- 5 Central Elements
- Interviews
- TV documentaries use
interviews to make a contrast
between observation sequences.
Interviews can be either completely
un-interrupted, or they can be in
fragments, could be split and
observations are put between the
interview, reconstruction or image
of the conversation the interviewee
is talking about.
- Observation
- Putting the audience
in a role of an eye
witness. Where the
programme makers
pretend the camera is
on scene.
- Dramatisation
- Sequences are
dramatised, to portray
people and events the
film maker cannot gain
access to in real life, e.g.
reconstruction.
- Mise en scene
- Setting the directors
and producers use, the
documentary makers
carefully construct the
shot, using lighting and
props for example in
interviews.
- Exposition
- The argument within the
documentary, what the
documentary is saying.
Sequences can be used to
allow the audience to make
their own conclusion.