PPT-The Deerfold Project: Documentary Evidence

Surviving historical documents offer a unique insight into Deerfolds past Letters surveys legal disputes witness statements Dates places people occupations interests conflicts human nature. Explicit. Generalizations included in a text about one or more of its subjects. Explicit meanings are sometimes thought as flawed in Western storytelling, because these audiences like meanings to be suggested and not explained. 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. Things you need to consider throughout the project. Images??. Codes & Conventions?. Key Codes & Conventions. Hand held camera. Real People . Testimony. Narration. Types of Docs. Bill Nichols (2001) defines . Documentary styles:. 1. Interview: you ask questions and they answer them (you can be on or off screen). . Example: most Michael Moore (. Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko. ) documentaries have frequent interviews along with #2 and #3. A documentary film on Charles and Frances Townes by . Taran. Singh. Thank you. To Charles, Frances and their whole family. To the organizing committee for putting this important conference together. By Michelle Asafu-Adjaye. Conventions. Hand-held camera: . This is used to make the documentary more realistic and also because its easier and cheaper to follow the action with a hand-held camera.. M. odes . of . Documentary. What makes a Documentary?. A documentary should meet the following criteria- . The events being filmed must not be staged, the events must exist above and beyond the activity of filming them.. Task 2 Codes and Conventions of Factual Programming. By Natasha Curry. Codes and Conventions of News Programmes. Studio News Readers. A studio news readers image must be professional, this means they must be dressed formally.. Connor . McCallion. News. Codes and Conventions. Studio news readers. Field reporters. Links to studio. Mode of address to viewer. Interviewing. Experts and witnesses. Report structure. Actuality footage. Elize. S van . Eeden. 21. st. SASHT Conference. (celebrating the SASHT's 30. th. year). 6 October 2016 (Port Elizabeth). Managing. . Editor. Seamus Reynolds (. eNCA. ). Meg Rickards (. Director-writer. By Sofia Stavrou. expository. An expository documentary format is when the person speaks directly to the viewer. This is usually done by using someone who has an authorative voice, for example David Attenborough. The voice is referred to as ‘the voice of god’ as the voice can only be heard and not seen. This documentary format is used on many science and nature documentary’s as it persuades the viewers of what is being said. The Commentary is often objective, which means that what they are saying is all fact, and not their personal views, feelings and opinions. The voice will often seem omniscient, as though the commentator knows everything about the subject matter which they are talking about. . Types of documentary . THE EXPOSITORY MODE OF DOCUMENTARY. The expository mode addresses the viewer directly, with titles or voices that propose a perspective, advance and argument, or recount history. . End of the Line : Documentary and Zine Graham Scholars: Rachel Beglin, Claire Gregory, Noah Rothstein, Sarah Jernigan, Sarah Schachner, Maria Redoutey, Elena Essa, Eva Antebi-Lerman, Lou Finazzo, Maddy Schmitter and Renzi Wise The Deerfold Project: Documentary Evidence Surviving historical documents offer a unique insight into Deerfold’s past Letters, surveys, legal disputes, witness statements… Dates, places, people, occupations, interests, conflicts, human nature…