documentary analysis

1. Documentary analysis

2. Inside the world's
toughest prison
• This is a Netflix participatory documentary
where the host of the show goes inside the
toughest prisons in the world and shows the
audience what they are like to showcase
what these prisons are like and what the
conditions of these prisons and how the
prisoners are treated and what day to day
life is like in these prisons in an attempt to
show the point to the audience that most of
these prisons are cruel and unethical

3. Blackfish
• Blackfish is an expository style documentary, it is a
2013 about an orca called Tilikum who was held at
SeaWorld and killed 3 people, it is a expository
documentary because it explores the view that
animals shouldn't be kept in captivity by using
extreme methods such as the real the real-life
tragedy of the deaths of the 3 people to persuade the
audience to see the point of view that the animals
shouldn't be kept in these conditions for the
entertainment of the paying customers, the filmmaker
chose to use this to shock the audience to choose
this point of view as it is more effective as it tells the
story of these events

4. Supersize me
• Supersize me is an American participatory documentary in
which the host eats nothing but McDonalds food for a whole
month to study the effects of what the food does to the human
body and how only eating this food can have dire health
consequences, this is to show the audience their point of view
and get them to agree with this point of view by showing them
the physical evidence of what this food does if not eaten within
a healthy balanced diet, this form of persuasion for this
documentary is really effective at getting their point across and
getting the audience on board with this point of view