2. Expository
• Direct address
• Images used to illustrate something
• A variety of footage and interviews
• Persuade the audience to have a certain view
• Use of the voiceover
EXAMPLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-
B6c6xxXug – Inside 9/11
3. Observational
• Use of location shooting
• No use of interviews
• Document life in a less intrusive manner
• Depiction of everyday life
• No use of voiceovers
EXAMPLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTlQLLBfw
bs – 28 Up
4. Participatory
• Between the film-maker and the subject which is
recorded
• Use of material that include newspaper
headlines and footage
• Voiceover by the film-maker
• Use of the handheld camera
• Aware of the audience
EXAMPLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQj2u4ap5
bo – Supersize me
5. Reflexive
• Engages actively with issues on realism and
representation
• Aware of the process
• Often abstract
• Often loses sight of actual issue
• Voiceover more uncertain
EXAMPLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1OH_Usa-
r4 – South Park
6. Performative
• Emotional and subjective aspects of
documentary
• Often autobiographical
• Provides some personal experiences
• Film-maker also interacts with subject
• To do with a subject matter
EXAMPLE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTGye7kA6
rM – Cancer the Forbidden Cures
