2. • Direct Cinema is a documentary genre that originated between
1958 and 1962.
• Direct Cinema came about as a result of the sudden widespread
availability of affordable, portable lightweight audio-visual
equipment.
• Direct Cinema is aimed at objectivity.
Rules that apply to Direct Cinema
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No Narrator
Fly on the wall filming
Leaves it up to the audience to draw their own conclusions
Does not include interviews
3. • Cinema Verite combines improvisation with the use of the
camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden in reality
• Cinema Verite can involve interactions between the filmmaker
and the subject.
• Uses handheld camera to convey life in as realistic way as
possible.
It is very similar to Direct Cinema but Cinema Verite involves
the idea that the filmmaker's opinion should be expressed.
Cinema Verite also uses interviews whereas Direct Cinema is
merely fly on the wall filmmaking.
4. • Institutional documentaries use some techniques of Direct Cinema
in order to give a fly-on-the-wall insight into the day to day
workings of institutes such as hospitals and airports.
• They can also use interviews to get the opinions of people, usually
those that work there.
5. • Docusoaps aim to take an ordinary, common experience and look at
it through the eyes of the public.
• They are called Docusoaps due to their similarities to soap operas.
• This type of documentary usually uses fast editing techniques.
• Docusoaps have prominent voiceovers.
6. • Public affairs documentaries are seen as the traditional
documentary format. Some examples of which are ‘Panorama’
or ‘Dispatches’
• They are usually shown on public service broadcasting
channels such as the BBC, Channel 4.
• They explore current affairs issues.
• Public Affairs Documentaries can often be polemical –
drawing attention to a perceived wrong and can have
significant impact.
7. • Video Diaries descend from Direct Cinema.
• They often use handheld camera to give an insight into
personal thoughts.
• They can also use fly on the wall type filming in shows such
as ‘Cops With Cameras’
8. • Drama Documentaries explore social issues using actors.
• In the core elements of its story a docudrama strives to adhere to
known historical facts, while allowing a greater or lesser degree of
dramatic license in peripheral details, and where there are gaps in
the historical record.
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Theatrical Documentaries are usually released in cinemas.
They are often feature length
Authored
Examples of theatrical documentaries include ‘Supersize Me’
