FULLY NARRARED-
An off screen voiceover is used to make sense of the visuals and dominate their meaning eg; natural history documentry. The narrator always seems authorative. 'voice of god'
MIXED-
These use a combination of interview observation and narration to advance the argument.
FLY ON THE WALL-
The camera is 'unseen or ignored' and simply records real events as they happen. There is often no narration leaving the auidence to reach their own conclusions.
SELF-REFLECTIVE-
When the subject of the documentry acknowledges the presents of the camera and often speaks directly to the documentry maker.
DOCSOAP-
These documentries follow the lives of individuals usually with designated ocupations.
DOCUDRAMA-
Is an reinactment of events that have actually happened. Eg; The only was is essexs.
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Types of narrative structure
OPEN
There are questions left unanswered at the end. The audience is left to make there own minds up, about the issue. e.g. - assisted suicide.
OR
CLOSED
No lose ends everything is tied up at the end there is a definite ending. e.g. - 9/11 documentaries.
LINEAR
The programme is in chronological order. i.e order of time. e.g. - 9/11 documentaries.
OR
NON-LINEAR
The programme is not in chronological order. Time is disruppted in some way. e.g. - flashback.
SINGLE STRAND
Only one narrative thread or storyline.
OR
MULTI-STRAND
More than one narrative in the same programme. May overlap.
CIRCULAR
At the start a question is posed the narrative explores the question then returns to it at the end. i.e - at the end the programme returns to the question posed at the start.
VISUALS
Television is a visual medium. The programme needs to be visually stimulating, and maintain audiences interest.
ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Stock footage e.g. street scenes, countryside, motorways, cityskapes, football crowds.
-Historical footage.
-Extract from TV, film and radio.
-Newspaper front pages.
INTERVIEWS
The important aspect of a documentary. They can be held anywhere but mise on scene is important relating the interview to the topic/issue.
VOX POPS
(vox populis) voice of the people. Ask one question to lots of people and then most interesting/entertaining to use in the programme it can get a good cross section of audience.
There are questions left unanswered at the end. The audience is left to make there own minds up, about the issue. e.g. - assisted suicide.
OR
CLOSED
No lose ends everything is tied up at the end there is a definite ending. e.g. - 9/11 documentaries.
LINEAR
The programme is in chronological order. i.e order of time. e.g. - 9/11 documentaries.
OR
NON-LINEAR
The programme is not in chronological order. Time is disruppted in some way. e.g. - flashback.
SINGLE STRAND
Only one narrative thread or storyline.
OR
MULTI-STRAND
More than one narrative in the same programme. May overlap.
CIRCULAR
At the start a question is posed the narrative explores the question then returns to it at the end. i.e - at the end the programme returns to the question posed at the start.
VISUALS
Television is a visual medium. The programme needs to be visually stimulating, and maintain audiences interest.
ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Stock footage e.g. street scenes, countryside, motorways, cityskapes, football crowds.
-Historical footage.
-Extract from TV, film and radio.
-Newspaper front pages.
INTERVIEWS
The important aspect of a documentary. They can be held anywhere but mise on scene is important relating the interview to the topic/issue.
VOX POPS
(vox populis) voice of the people. Ask one question to lots of people and then most interesting/entertaining to use in the programme it can get a good cross section of audience.
Breif Introduction
This year I am making a 5 minute documentry programme. With this I am also making a radio trailer to promote the documenty, I am also going to do a newspaper advert to advetise the documentry.
What is a documentry?
A documentry is documenting something that has already happened. They also provide the auidence an insight into a topic, that they might not know about. Documentrys inform and educate an auidence about a certain subject. This must be done in an entertaining way to sustain the interest of the auidence. Moreover the auidence has more choice because of auidence fragmantation. Then due to digital and satellite television. There are specific channels specially devoted to documentries.
What is a documentry?
A documentry is documenting something that has already happened. They also provide the auidence an insight into a topic, that they might not know about. Documentrys inform and educate an auidence about a certain subject. This must be done in an entertaining way to sustain the interest of the auidence. Moreover the auidence has more choice because of auidence fragmantation. Then due to digital and satellite television. There are specific channels specially devoted to documentries.
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