Friday, 15 July 2016
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Modes of documentary
Expository Documentary
1. Commonly seen on TV rather than in documentaries made for the to be more commonly seen on TV rather than in documentaries made for the cinema. The documentary techniques used include a voiceover narration, commenting on the images and explaining what is happening in a direct address to the audience. The aim of an expository documentary is usually to inform the audience about a place, an event etc with which they are not familiar. Usually an expository documentary will develop an argument - it is not objective. An example would be:
2. Observational documentary
Also known as "fly-on-the-wall" and it attempts to represent the world as it is. Techniques include long takes, hand-held camera, with no interiews or voiceover narration, in an attempt to capture a slice of life. In the observational documentary, the audience should not be aware of the filmmaker, making it very different from other modes such as the participatory documentary. An example would be:
3. Participatory (interactive) documentary
In opposition in the observation style, the filmmaker is foregrounded in the participatory mode, making it explicit that the film is made from their point of view. The filmmaker is often the central character in the film with the emphasis on their interaction with the people that they meet and these people's reaction tot them. Techniques include filmmaker's voiceover (with pronounced use of 'I'), hand-held camera and an emphasis on informal interviews.
4. Reflexive Documentary
5. Performance Mode
The final two modes are linked because they both investigate the relationship between the real world and the way in which documentaries represent it. Reflexive documentary reveals how documentaries are produced as representations based on the construction and manipulation of the image. The performative documentary takes this idea further, explicitly challenging the idea of documentary truth, emphasising instead the process of film language itself.
1. Commonly seen on TV rather than in documentaries made for the to be more commonly seen on TV rather than in documentaries made for the cinema. The documentary techniques used include a voiceover narration, commenting on the images and explaining what is happening in a direct address to the audience. The aim of an expository documentary is usually to inform the audience about a place, an event etc with which they are not familiar. Usually an expository documentary will develop an argument - it is not objective. An example would be:
2. Observational documentary
Also known as "fly-on-the-wall" and it attempts to represent the world as it is. Techniques include long takes, hand-held camera, with no interiews or voiceover narration, in an attempt to capture a slice of life. In the observational documentary, the audience should not be aware of the filmmaker, making it very different from other modes such as the participatory documentary. An example would be:
3. Participatory (interactive) documentary
In opposition in the observation style, the filmmaker is foregrounded in the participatory mode, making it explicit that the film is made from their point of view. The filmmaker is often the central character in the film with the emphasis on their interaction with the people that they meet and these people's reaction tot them. Techniques include filmmaker's voiceover (with pronounced use of 'I'), hand-held camera and an emphasis on informal interviews.
4. Reflexive Documentary
5. Performance Mode
The final two modes are linked because they both investigate the relationship between the real world and the way in which documentaries represent it. Reflexive documentary reveals how documentaries are produced as representations based on the construction and manipulation of the image. The performative documentary takes this idea further, explicitly challenging the idea of documentary truth, emphasising instead the process of film language itself.
Friday, 8 July 2016
Documentary Research - A2 Student
The following video is a documentary on people from the age of 18-24's tattoos. The video had several positive and negative aspects in terms of creating a good documentary.
Pros: The documentary featured interviews which are an important aspect of a documentary about people. The questions asked in these interviews were though through and all related to the chosen topic of tattoos. The short documentary feat
Cons: Only two people featured in the interviews, to make a good documentary i think that at the very least 3 people should be interviewed to show a multitude of different opinions and views. Furthermore, camera shots used were very basic and there was no clear sign of any editing techniques being used.
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