Borat was directed by Larry Charles. It follows Kazakh TV personality Borat Sagdiyev, who is sent to the United States to report on American culture. Along with his film crew, Borat becomes more interested in finding and marrying Pamela Anderson. The film has a documentary style with shaky camera work and characters speaking to the camera, but also includes unrealistic fictional elements from Borat's culture for comedic effect. This challenges audiences by blending documentary and fictional styles to represent reality.

1. BORAT
By Maddie and Maisy

2. Borat was directed by Larry Charles
Kazakh TV’s talking head Borat is
dispatched to the United States to report
on the greatest country in the world. With a
documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes
more interested in locating and marrying
Pamela Anderson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2CABcffAo

3. Narrative
The narrative structure of this film, relates to
Todorov’s theory, because at the
beginning of the film a state of equilibrium,
then a problem arises, which continues
throughout the film and at the end the
equilibrium returns to normality.

4. What’s the Genre?
Comedy – Unrealistic parts of the story line used
as comedy
&
Documentary – Unsteady camera work,
characters talking directly to camera and crew
can be seen at some points.

5. Consider the challenge that the film
presents to audiences
There are several aspects of the film which
are unusual and different from normal
conventional films. The film has a
documentary feel to it as the filming is
unsteady and they are filming each other
at some points but at other points during
the film the it feels as if they are acting for
the camera, this is what makes the film
different and unique.

6. consider any issues of representation,
particularly the way the film represents
‘reality’.
This film has a realistic feel because it seems like
a documentary, but at the same time parts of the
storyline make the audience feel it’s too fake, for
example ‘parts’ of Borat’s culture seem totally
unrealistic such as, his sexual relationship with
his sister, the nursery where children are holding
guns etc.

7. consider any issues of representation,
particularly the way the film represents
‘reality’.
This film has a realistic feel because it seems like
a documentary, but at the same time parts of the
storyline make the audience feel it’s too fake, for
example ‘parts’ of Borat’s culture seem totally
unrealistic such as, his sexual relationship with
his sister, the nursery where children are holding
guns etc.