Expository documentaries use a direct voiceover to guide the audience through the filmmaker's argument. Footage and images are edited together to illustrate points made in the voiceover. They contain interviews and archival materials. Persuasive techniques are employed to maintain audience interest and empathy.

2.  Expository Documentaries must have a voice over which addresses
the audience in a direct way
 The continuity of editing is used to illustrate the voiceovers
argument, assisted with images which marries with the points made
 They contain multiple footages, from interviews to archives
 Persuasive techniques are used to keep the audience intrigued and
maintain their empathy throughout the documantry
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3. Poetic Documentaries first trended in the 1920’s.
• Instead of organized images being hold, people were appearing as objects
• A particular tone is made, enhanced by the useful use of music
• Situations can be left unsolved or not understood properly similar to
poems, to keep the audience thinking
• They are usually described as ‘experimental’ seen pushing boundaries
being diverse from all the other documentary types
• Interesting use of unlinked images/shots used, related with music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPD2C0K3
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4. • They tend to use informal equipment sucj as handheld
cameras for a more realistic effect
• No voiceover is used
• No interviews are held
• The makers are told to follow the main people around to
observe what is key in the documentary
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5. • They often tend to use hand held cameras
• Voiceovers are used usually by the maker of the documentary
• Direct sound recording is held
• Diverse use of archives are used such as
footages, newspapers, headlines and so on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gqteYh9h
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6. • Performative documentaries tend to stress the emotional
response to the world, being strongly personal and
unconventional
• The documentary makers present their views and comment
on the process of the documentary throughout the video
• The makers empathize with the subject and address the
audience in a emotional and sympathetic way
• Unconventionally the subject matter is often to do with the
identity rather than ‘factual’ subjects itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9Ic28q
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7. • Expressive music and dramatic music is made to
emphasis the expressive nature of film
• Voice overs used, usually questioning the audience
• Techniques from fiction film is used for a more
emotional and subjective response
• Suggestions made by the makers rather than actual
facts being said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QsEPrRYj
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