2. Open
Documentaries that are
open leave questions
unanswered and leave more
to be said
Close
Documentaries that are
closed leave nothing else to
be said. The line of
argument (exposition) is
stated.
3. Single Stranded
A documentary that is single
stranded only covers one
topic. It will include different
things within the topic but it
will all be centred around
one thing.
Multi Stranded
A documentary that is multi-
stranded covers multiple
different topics which are all
different from each other.
4. Linear
The documentary is set out
in chronological order
Non-Linear
The documentary is in non
chronological order.
