1. Kim Boot

2. “Creative treatment of
actuality“- John Grierson
To educate
About real
people/places/events
/topics/cultures
To document
and entertain
Factual
Originally called
"actuality” films
Term documentary
invented in 1926
Used in the war as
propaganda

3. Talking to the interviewer
not the camera
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Casual Background
Graphics

4. Camera angles used to portray power
Hand held
cameras to
make a fly
on the wall
effect
Covert and Overt
Archive footage
Graphics

5. Re-enactment
Music
Camera angles/effects
Narration

6. interview background
Colour themes

7. Themes
Ideas
Connotations
Debates

8. Fly on the wall
Camera is not
acknowledged
Unnoticed observer
Cameras are not
involved
Fully narrated
Narrator is not seen
Voice of God
Gives information on
the on screen clip
Mixed
Combination
Interviews
Narrated
Self- Reflective
Maker talks
to camera
Direct mode of
address Criticised for being
more about fame
Docu-Drama
Re-enactment
Dramatized
Docu-Soap
Follow people
around
Camera
Acknowledged