Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Types of Documentary

Expository 
- a narration presents the content, film maker doesn’t normally appear on camera

Poetic 
- a topic that is personal to the people involved

Observational 
- filmmaker is a neutral observer ‘from the outside looking in

Participatory 
- the events presented are influenced by the filmmaker

Performative 
- presents different emotional aspects of the ideas

Reflexative 
- audience engages with the documentary as it happens


Some genres of documentary include:

Animated
Digital storytelling
Docudrama
Docufiction
Ethnofiction
Ethnographic film
Mockumentary
Mondo film
Nature documentary
Pseudo-documentary
Reality film
Semidocumentary
Travel documentary
Visual sociology





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