This document discusses different types of documentaries including docusoaps, reality TV, fly on the wall, mixed, self-reflexive, docudrama, and fully narrated documentaries. Docusoaps follow individuals or groups in an observational style similar to a soap opera. Reality TV gives factual information in an entertaining way by combining authentic material with serious content. Fly on the wall documentaries film events without the subjects' awareness, capturing unguarded reactions. Mixed documentaries utilize interviews, footage, archives, and narration to tell a story. Self-reflexive documentaries follow subjects who are aware of the camera and address it directly. Docudramas reconstruct past events, while fully narrated

1. Different Types of
Documentaries.
•Docusoaps
• Reality TV
•Fly on the wall
• Mixed
•Self Reflexive
• Docudrama
•Fully narrated

2. Docusoap
• A docusoap is a hybrid genre, it is observational.
It is a long running documentary series which
follows an individual or group of people. An
example of this could be; The Family, Big Fat
Gypsy Weddings.
• Docusoaps started in the 1990’s. This genre of
documentary was popular because people liked
that it was a real soap opera.
• Docusoaps follow a central protagonist, the
means that the audience will begin to know the
character.

3. Reality TV
• Reality TV is factual TV. It progressed between
1989 and 1999.This type of TV gives you useful
information in the form of entertainment.
• This is a mix of authentic material with serious
information and commercial content.
• They have a use of camcorder, observation,
surveillance and commentary.

4. A fly of the wall
• A fly on the wall is when the camera is unseen
or the people ignore it. Therefore the cameras
record the events which are unrolled.
• An example of this would be Big Brother, as
the cameras are hidden which makes the
people in the house act as if they were not
there.

5. Mixed
• A mixed documentary is a combination of
interviews, observation, actuality footage,
archive material and narration.
• The narrator links the story together, it also
advances the narrative. A lot of the time
newer documentaries are mixed.

6. Self Reflexive
• This type of documentary is when the camera
follows a person or group of people around.
• The person/people know that that camera is
there and they stop to talk to it.

7. Docudrama
• A docudrama is a reconstruction or re-
enactment of something which has actually
happened.
• They show events which have happened at
the time.

8. Fully Narrated
• This documentary is when the narrator
narrates the whole way through the
documentary.
• It is used to convey the exposition, and used
to make sense of what they see.
• They dominate what is happening. An
example of this would be Human Planet.