At Heathside, the task that we have been set is to create a documentary aimed at a specific audience. Like our previous blog, we will research and document everything we do in this blog to show our progress.
What is their purpose?
Documentaries are shows on television that analyse facts in a way which is entertaining for people to watch and to express views and opinions. They aim to record real life footage of what is going on in the world. They can reveal truths that we didn't know and preserve facts so that people in the future can watch back and have a better understanding of the way we lived. But this is not the sole purpose of documentaries. Sometimes they are biased and used as a way of persuading people or promoting certain objects.
Types of Documentary
Reflexive - The maker of the documentary is seen throughout the programme. They are in front of the camera talking to the peolpe being interviewed.
Poetic - In poetic documentaries, the storyline is more artistic for example shows on Channel 5 like 'I am the Elephant Man: A Bodyshock Special' which was released in April 2008. They are more aimed towards human interest rather than current affairs.
Observational - These documentaries tend to follow a person on their journey whilst something is happening for example 'Tribal Wives' which follows the lives of English women living with Turkish no-mads.
Expository - This is an analysis and expoositiom or person or topic for example Michael Moore makes controversial documentaries about political corruption and makes points which the audience wouldn't have seen or known before.
Forms of Documentary
I am going to do some more research into these makers of documentaries:
Louis Theroux
Michael Moore
Nick Broomfield
by researching the Channel 4 website and researching former Channel 4/More4 documentaries.
No comments:
Post a Comment