2. Documentary
• This is an unbiased document in a visual form which
represents truthful and factual information. However
the creator/presenter of the documentary will always
project their ideas onto the audience.
• Examples of the least biased documentaries would
be on the channels that are public funded as they
have a responsibility to project truthful information.
3. • Gate Keeping - The selection of information made by the
editing team/editor to present a view point (therefore never
unbiased)
• Docu- drama - Reconstruction and Re-enactment(The Mill,
actual events with entertaining scenes)
• Mixed Documenary – Uses narration, observation and
interviews. ‘The devil made me do it’.
• Fly on the wall – Fixed rigs setup with control room. ‘24
hours in A& E’ (edited live)
• Docusoaps – Real lives with scenes added for entertainment
(Made in Chelsea etc)
• Fully Narrative – Whole programme to guide viewers with
images. (David Attenborough)
• Self Reflective – Presents viewers information, reports to the
camera therefore recognises that it is a documentary. ( Louis
Theroux)
4. Features of Documentaries
• Observation
• Interviews
• Exposition
• Mise en scene
• Dramatisation
• Verisimilitude
• Vox pops
• Archive Footage
5. Narrative Structure
• Linear (chronologically)
• Non Linear (anytime)
• Open Narrative (leaves questions)
• Closed Narrative (everything is answered)
• Single Strand (one persons story)
• Multi Strand (multi stories)
• Circular Narrative (question at the start and end)
