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The document discusses four documentaries and analyzes their use of actuality footage, archive footage, interviews, and voiceovers. It examines how these documentary techniques were employed in each film to investigate or profile their subjects, reinforce certain arguments, and convey the filmmaker's overall message. The document also considers how the filming, editing, and presentation of these techniques have evolved over time.
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- 1. Documentary Secondary Research -- Four Documentaries
- 2. What kind of documentary is each of the four? Investigative Personality Reconstruction with set ups Observational Testimonial Expositional
- 3. Explain what actuality footage is and give a detailed example of some actuallity footage used in each of the four documentaries you studied in depth. Use media language to explain how it was filmed and edited. How has filming and editing of actuality changed over time?
- 4. Archive footage -- Give examples from each documentary of the use of archive footage. What points, arguments or messages were reinforced through the use of lthis footage? How has the presentation of this footage changed over time?
- 5. Interview Interview -- Explain how the main interview was edited into each of the documentaries. What is the main message of the documentary maker? How did the documentary maker conduct the interview? How have interviews changed over time?
- 6. Voiceover For each documentary, using media language, explain how the voiceover was used. What was repeatedly emphasized? How was the audience addressed?