Types of Documentarys
- 1. BACKGROUND OF DOCUMENTARY'S. • Documentary's are created to document something that has happened, reporting with evidence. • They show this by using real footage from the event or creating reconstructions, to show the viewer what happened in the event. • Documentary's use either a narrators voice over to anchor the footage and meaning, or they use the participants that are featuring in the documentary themselves with small interjection every now and then from an unseen narrator.
- 2. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY'S Fully Narrated – This is when there is an off screen narrator, is used so that the viewer can make sense of the visuals on screen and dominate the meanings. E.g. Human Planet and Natural History Fly on the Wall – This is when the cameras are set up around the location to be non obstructive, so the camera crew step back and don’t get in the way so that the camera is observing the action. This way, any participants do not acknowledge that the camera is there. Eg. Educating Yorkshire
- 3. Mixed – This uses a combination of interview, observation and narration. This is used to advance the argument or narrative within the documentary. Self-Reflexive – When parts of the documentary acknowledge the presence of the camera and often speak directly to the documentary maker. Eg. Keeping up with the Kardashians TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY'S
- 4. Docudrama – When a event is re-enacted or reconstruction to show exactly what happened. Eg. The Reconstruction Docusoap – They follow the lives of certain individuals from the same organisation, it is shown within a series and at the end of the episode there is a “next time”, this combines elements of both, documentaries and soaps. Eg. The Hotel TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY'S