Wednesday, 21 September 2011

types of documentary

expository documentry- a non-fiction film that emphasises verbal commentary and argumentative logic.


examples: an inconvenient truth is an example of an expository documenary because it relies on verbal commentary and argumentative logic to make its strong case for prevention of global warming.

observational documentary-the social actors free to act and the documentarist free to record without interacting with each other.
reflexive documentary-demonstrates on how reflexive documentary engages actively with the issues of realism and representation.
performativity documentary-acknowledges the emotional and subjective aspects of documentary,and presents ideas as part of a context,having different meanings for different people,often autobiographical in nature.
participatory document-activey engages with the situation they are documenting,asking questions of their subjects.

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