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This document discusses the different modes or styles of documentary filmmaking. It identifies and provides examples for several modes: expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, poetic, and performative. Observational documentaries aim for cinematic realism using available light and small cameras to create films with a fly-on-the-wall perspective. Reflexive documentaries make audiences question assumptions by acknowledging the filmmaker's role. Poetic documentaries emphasize visuals over narrative to create an impression through techniques like shot design and rhythm in editing.
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The document discusses several modes of documentary filmmaking, including expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, poetic, and performative. It provides examples for each mode. Observational documentaries aim for cinematic realism using available light and handheld cameras. Frederick Wiseman is known for his observational studies of institutions. Participatory documentaries demonstrate the filmmaker's point of view through their engagement with the subject. Reflexive documentaries challenge assumptions by acknowledging the filmmakers. Poetic documentaries aim to create mood through cinematic techniques rather than argue a point. The performative mode emphasizes the filmmaker's personal involvement with the subject.
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SR
Social realism has been Britain's most distinctive film genre, showing ordinary British people and pushing boundaries. Early British films picked up on realism found in Dickens and Hardy. In the 1940s, films combined documentary realism with studio resources to appeal to mass audiences. The British New Wave of the 1960s brought realism to stories of working class lives, addressing issues like class, gender roles and social change. Contemporary British filmmakers like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have examined the impact of issues like Thatcherism and consumerism on families and communities through emotionally dramatic stories.
SR
1. Social realism has been Britain's most distinctive film genre, showing ordinary British life and experiences on screen and shaping ideas of what British cinema can be.
2. Early British films in the 1900s picked up on themes of everyday social interactions found in authors like Dickens and Hardy to portray everyday life in a realistic style.
3. In the 1940s, British films combined the realism of documentaries with bigger studio productions, creating mass appeal films that reinforced social unity during World War II and the postwar years.
4. The British New Wave of the 1950s-1960s brought a more independent style focused on realist portrayals of working class lives and issues in Britain at the time.
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A2 Level Media History of Short Film
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2) Technological advances in the early 1900s allowed for longer short films with multiple shots like George Melies’ 1902 film “A Trip to the Moon”.
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