Documentaries

documentary film:  comes from the broad categories of moving image. its a non-fictional motion picture that documents reality of people, events etc..


Observational documentary 
is a documentary that follows the person around to observe their events that happen in their life.
in this documentary there tends to be no interviews or no voice overs.
the equipment tends to be informal E.g hand held cameras
Longer takes tend to be used.
Examples:
16 and pregnant- observes the life of the pregnant teens, no interviews, long takes
teen mom
jersey shore



Expository documentaries
expository documentaries that expose a person or topic using voice overs (authoritative commentary "voice of god") combined with a series of images aim to be descriptive and informative.
Conventions : rhetorical, facts and opinions
- interviews
- narrative structure
Examples
Ken Burns' the civil war (1990)
Shock of the new (1980)


reflexive documentary
it is known to be experimental as it provides a narrative to the documentary. out of all the documentaries it is highly influenced on "realism", as they try to show exactly what happens without editing.  such as it makes the audience more aware of the problems the maker faced while filming.
- interviews
Examples
driving me crazy
his big white self












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