The document outlines different types of documentaries including fly on the wall, fully narrated, mixed, docudrama, self-reflective, and docusoap. Fly on the wall documentaries contain little narration and observe people naturally. Fully narrated documentaries have narration throughout and use voice over to accompany visuals. Mixed documentaries combine elements like footage, interviews, and some narration. Docudramas are based on real events and take some fictional license. Self-reflective documentaries acknowledge the filmmaker's presence. Docusoaps blend documentary and soap opera styles with a mix of fact and fiction.

2. DOCUMENTARY INTRODUCTION
Purpose
The purpose of a documentary is to document something, this could be a person, a
group of people, an object really anything can be documented into a documentary. The
three main purposes of a documentary are to entertain, educate and inform the person
viewing it.
History
John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary
maker, often considered the father of British and
Canadian documentary film. He defined documentary as
"creative treatment of actuality” this definition has gained
wide acceptance too.

3. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Fly on the wall
Fly on the wall documentaries are made up of very little or no narration. The camera
crew works as unobtrusively as possible; however, it is also common for participants
to be interviewed, often by an off-camera voice. They mainly consist of observation
and interviews. This is the purest form of documentary as it shows purely the way
people or things are behaving. Some examples of fly on the wall documentaries are
the american show ‘cops’ or ‘big brother’.

4. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Fully narrated
Fully narrated documentaries consist of main narration all the way through, they will
feature the voice of god effect (a loud voice over coming from off the camera). They
can feature some interviews but feature little observational footage. Fully narrated
documentaries often use direct address and the voice over goes along with the
visuals that the audience is seeing; meaning that everything is based around the
visuals.

5. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Mixed
Mixed documentaries are what they say they are. They are a mix of different
aspects of documentaries. It features observational footage such as cctv or
filmed action, archive footage, interviews and it features some narration.

6. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Docudrama
Is a dramatized television film based on real events. This can feature little
narration, lots of observational footage and some interviews. Docudramas
tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics;
Representation of actual historical events. Focus on the facts of the event, as
they are known, Use of literary and narrative techniques to flesh out the bare
facts of an event in history to tell a story and Some degree of license is often
taken with minor historical facts for the sake of enhancing the drama.

7. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Self reflective
In a self reflective documentary, the film maker acknowledges their presence
infront of the camera and provides a narrative to the documentary. A perfect
example of this is Ross Kemp’s documentaries.

8. TYPES OF DOCUMENTARY
Docusoap
A combination of two different types of television, documentary and
soap programmes. It is therefore a mix of fact and fiction. They can
involve many characters and storylines. A lot of docusoaps are
constructed reality meaning the are based around the truth but that
truth is set up. A good example of this is many programmes on MTV
like ‘geordie shore’ and ‘laguna beach’.