Documentary modes

2. Observational Documentary
The film maker is out of the shot this so they cannot
influence what is going.
The documentary isn’t staged the camera crew
just follow around the people they are
interviewing and catch whatever they can on
camera.
Life is lived and observed by
the filmmaker and the
audience.

3. Poetic Documentary
This is a documentary which is personal to the people
involved this could be the interviewees or the
presenter
It emphasizes certain aspects of the persons life. This is
presented by via music, camera shots and camera
angles. This sort of documentary can be very artistic in
the way its presented.
Music is a key component as it can help create the mood
and tone of the story being hidden.

4. The Performative Mode
Usually talks about social events and the effects on
certain members of the public.
It is done by stressing the emotional
complexity of the situation by the
filmmaker.
They usually tend to address the audiance
It makes the spectator create an
emotional response towards the
situation

5. The Participatory Mode
This is usually an interview between
the filmaker and the subject of the
documentary. It is usually formal.
The film maker
addresses the subject
rather then the
audience.
This also shows the
audience what it is
like for the filmmaker
to be put in to this
solution and shows
them how he reacts in
this situation

6. Reflexive Documentary
The audience really engages with the content and builds up judgments
on the situation they also actively engage with the documentary.
There is usually reconstruction which shows aversion of the truth.
The audience are made aware of the editing, the camera shots and
the sound throughout the documentary.

7. Expository Mode
This is where a subject or a person
is exposed it usually has running
commentary . There is usually a
voice over.
It proposes a perspective and a
argument or shows us a
reconstruction of history