The document discusses the mode that will be used to create a documentary about whether universities are worth the money. It will take a reflexive approach, where the filmmaker is present on camera interviewing subjects. This mode allows the issues around the topic to be clearly conveyed to audiences. The documentary will also have an expository nature, educating viewers on the current state of university fees through statistics, figures, and opinions. Reflexive and expository modes were chosen over poetic, observational, or participatory modes as being most effective for the topic.

1. Are Universities Worth The Money?
Documentary mode explanation
Will Knight

2. We have primarily chosen to make our documentary
in a reflexive mode. We will research the work of
popular reflexive documentary producers such as
Louis Theroux in order to determine what make their
reflexive documentaries so successful. We decided
that a reflexive mode would be the most effective
way to produce the documentary because we intend
on having a narrator and interviewer in front of the
camera. Secondly, the reflexive mode allows us to
best get the issues and questions across to the
audience that are associated with our topic.

3. It is also important to note the expository nature
that we plan the documentary to have. We aim
to educate the audience on the current situation
of university fees. We believe that university
finance is an important topic to a range of ages
and therefore exposing the most up to date
statistics, figures and opinions would increase
the popularity of our documentary.

4. In summary, the documentary will mainly be
constructed in a reflexive mode but will also
include a expository theme. Modes such as
poetic, observational and participatory would be
an ineffective style of portraying the topic to the
audience and consequently we have disregarded
them.