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2. Documentary Film Definition
0 A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to
document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of
instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.
Documentary has been described as a film making practice, a
cinematic tradition. Documentary films were actually first
described as “actuality films” and were only around a minute or
less long. However, overtime documentaries became longer so
that more information could be fit in. Documentaries are used in
many different platforms, such as schools. They use
documentaries in school to get pupils more evolved in the
subject, or to give a more visual representation of the subject.
Since 2005 (when YouTube was created), different styles of
documentaries have been created and released to the public free
of charge.

3. Documentary Film Examples
0 This image is taken from the documentary
film "Crisis" directed by Robert Drew
(1963). Robert L. Drew was a pioneering
American documentary filmmaker and
sometimes called the father of cinéma
vérité, or direct cinema, in the United
States. Two of his films are archived in the
National Film Registry of the Library of
Congress. Robert Drew had a vision for a
new kind of film, one that captured the
drama of real life to allow viewers a direct
experience of other worlds. With his 1960
film, PRIMARY, Drew and his Associates
revolutionized the documentary. Drew
continued to produce groundbreaking
films for another 50 years.

4. 0 The Beautiful Struggle is a
short film/documentary
exploring the lives of
young mothers living in the
Cayman Islands. The
documentary shows
mothers ranging from
teens to early twenties.
Showing the lives of the
different mothers.
0 The film is shot in a black and white overlay which gives an
emotional touch to it. I think it also shows the equality between
all these mothers.
0 Within the video the
editor has highlighted
some of the language used
to show how important it
is.

5. 0 An example of a Byronic Hero is Snape (played by
Alan Rickman) in the Harry Potter films. The film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
(directed by David Yates), focuses on this a lot.
0 Golden Oldies is a documentary made
by True Vision for BBC 1 directed by
Nick Poyntz and produced by Brian
Woods. The BAFTA award winning
production team have made an
affectionate portrayal of being old
today.

6. Documentary Presenters
0 Stacey Jaclyn Dooley MBE is a British
television presenter, journalist,
documentary filmmaker, media
personality and author. Since 2009, she
has made social-issue-themed television
documentaries for BBC Three concerning
child labour and women in developing
countries. Stacy presents a documentary
series on BBC3 titled “Stacy Dooley
Investigates”. Stacy is mostly known for
her informative documentaries which
highlight issues all around the world. She
covers topics from murder and
disappearances to drugs.
0 In the BBC series the style of
documentary Stacey does includes
interviews with people from the area
she's investigating and a voice over
explaining the points further.

7. Documentary Film Directors/producers
0 Philip Alexander Gibney is an American
documentary film director and producer.
In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is
becoming the most important
documentarian of our time”
0 Gibney’s style of documentary includes
stories of death row and stories from
around the world. He first started
directing in 1980 on a documentary titled
“The Ruling Classroom (1980)”

8. Lucy Walker
0 Lucy Walker is an English film director. She is best known for
directing the documentaries Devil's Playground, Blindsight, Waste
Land, Countdown to Zero, and The Crash Reel.
0 In Lucy’s documentary film career she had been named one of the
“top 25 new faces in independent film”. She has been nominated
for many awards and does usually end up winning.

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