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Types of Documentaries
- Fully Narrated
- Voice overs are
used to convey
the exposition
of the
documentary.
- Direct Address is used
to help viewers
understand the
exposition and visuals
- The voice over is
authoritative
which creates the
reference of the
'Voice of God'
- An example of this
type of
documentary is
David
Attenborough's
Africa.
- Voice overs are
used to convey
the exposition
of the
documentary.
- Fly on the Wall
- 'Observational'
- First used in 1960s with
lightweight cameras to catch the
action taking place.
- Sometimes a
voice over is used
but it is often
avoided to create
the effect of
realism.
- The documentary is
unstaged meaning that
the film makers don't
know the outcome. This
lets the audience come
up with a conclusion by
themselves
- An example of this
documentary is
Channel 4's Tattoo
Fixers.
- An example of this
type of documentary is
Channel 4's Educating
Yorkshire.
- First used in 1960s with
lightweight cameras to catch the
action taking place.
- 'Observational'
- Mixed
- This is a combonation
of interviews,
observation and
narration
- Within a mixed
documentary, as the
journalist talks, visuals
continue over the screen
- An example of
this type of
documentary is
Supersize Me.
- This is a combonation
of interviews,
observation and
narration
- Self Reflexive
- The subjects of the
documentary acknowledges
the camera and speaks to
the film maker thus
creating a sense of reality
- However, it has
been judged as
confusing for some
audience making it
less popular
- An example of this
documentary is BBC's
Louis Theroux's Weird
Weekends.
- The subjects of the
documentary acknowledges
the camera and speaks to
the film maker thus
creating a sense of reality
- Docu-drama
- Re-enactments are used to
create a better sense of
what happened at
historical events
- An example of this
documentary is
United 93.
- Re-enactments are used to
create a better sense of
what happened at
historical events
- Docu-Soap
- This entails follows
someone's life
wherever they go so
you get to know the
characters of the
documentary
- It can be argued
that it isn't really a
documentary
- An example of this
documentary is E4's
Tattoo Fixers.
- This entails follows
someone's life
wherever they go so
you get to know the
characters of the
documentary
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