Types of Documentary
To decide what kinds of documentary I will make. I find that there are 6 types of documentary. They are Poetic Documentaries, Expository Documentaries, Observational Documentaries, Participatory Documentaries, Reflexive Documentaries and Performative Documentaries. And I will explain what they are.
Poetic Documentaries aims to create an impression or a mood rather than argue a point. They focus on experiences, images and showing the audience the world through a different set of eyes. The goal of this type of Documentaries is to create a feeling to audience.
Expository Documentaries speak directly to the viewer. It is always heavily researched and aims to educate and explain things. It is opposite to Poetic Documentaries.
Observational Documentaries are simply and spontaneously observe lived life with a minimum of intervention. The style of this type is to give voice to all sides of an issue by giving audiences first hand access to some of the subject’s most important moments.
Participatory Documentaries include the elements of Observational and Expository. It aims for immediacy and often presents the filmmaker’s point of view.
Reflexive Documentaries aims to draw the viewer attention to the filmmaker own constructedness. It always wants to challenge the assumptions and expectations about the form itself.
Performative documentaries is to promote the subjective experience and emotional response to the world. It is strongly personal, unconventional and might include hypothetical enactments. It is the direct opposite of the observational Documentaries.
References:
https://collaborativedocumentary.wordpress.com/6-types-of-documentary/
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/6-types-of-documentary-film/
https://www.videomaker.com/article/c06/18423-six-primary-styles-of-documentary-production
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