PPT-Introduction to Documentaries

Documentaries t ake us where we often do not cannot or even do not want to go they present the lives of people or subjects with whom we may have little in common knowledge about or interest in. AND NATURE. CCGL9012: Media, Politics and the Environment.  .  . A chronology….. Since early… documentaries occupy a fuzzy middle ground between entertainment, education, art and voyeurism . Early film depictions of nature. documentaries. Going on to work as a producer in both television and independent 26pamphlets, showing documentaries on the life ofunwed mothers and the life of their innocentchildren in schools and colleges. These measureswill instill in the youth greater awareness andresponsibili and styles . of documentaries. Types of documentaries. There are nine different types of documentaries with which you should be familiar. They are:. News. Travel. Social. Research. Scientific. History. The Expository Mode of Documentary Representation. Table of Contents. 1) General ideas of documentary films. 2) Five modes of documentary films. 3) Expository mode of documentary representation. 4) Robert Flaherty and his documentaries. D. ocumentary. : . a non-fiction . film or TV . program which presents information, ideas or issues constructed for a variety of purposes. Documentaries focus on the real world and usually aim to instruct or to reveal some factual truth about it.. Codes and Conventions for factual programming. News readers and field reporters. These are the people who present the news to the audience, news readers will typically be dressed in a formal attire and speak in a very clear and eloquent matter, this is to make the news reader seem like a reliable source of information.. 1 A documentary can be an excellent way to communicate the research and analysis of your topic. You need to, however, make a careful decision in selecting the documentary category. You need to be a documentaries, and jazz ensembles; director of musical theatre, opera A number of libertarians are supporting campaigns by Documentaries. t. ake us where we often do not, cannot, or even do not want to go; they present the lives of people or subjects with whom we may have little in common, knowledge about, or interest in.. “The creativity of actuality” . -John Grierson (1926). The aim of a documentary is to report something with evidence.. Documentaries can use narration to anchor meaning.. Have to based on fact and real events. By . Nisha. and Liam . Documentary . A documentary is a movie or television or radio program that provides a factual record or report.. “Just as in literature, as the taste has moved from fiction to nonfiction, I think it’s going to happen in film as well. In a way you’re on a serendipitous journey, a journey which is more akin to the life experience… So for that period of time, as you watch the film, you are, in effect, in the shoes of another individual. What a privilege to have that experience.”. The Documentary Genre. Origins & Style. Types . and styles . of documentaries. Origins. John Grierson, a key figure in the British documentary school, is thought to have been the first to use the term to describe a film by Robert Flaherty in 1926, which he described as having “documentary value.”.