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Monday, August 5, 2013

Analysis Of The Different Types Of Documentaries

By Cathy Mercer


Documentaries have been in existent in filming industry though during all this time, very few people took note of them. This is because the other movies and films made up of acting and fiction had been the dominant ones. Lately this trend has rapidly changed and there is increased number of viewers of these films. In definition, these are films cast on a real life situation such as war, technology, lives of people, animals and science.

In this perspective, there is no censoring of any images and videos being aired. In case they are unfit to some people, parental guidance comes into effect. In reality, all that is recorded is shown regardless of how awful it may appear. That is why they have the name documentaries. In case they are about warfare, viewers can expect real things as they happened on the ground, air and water.

Various types of these films exist. The first and oldest one is the poetry documentary. Its airing was first done in the early nineties. They base their foundation on the aspect of grammar and rhythmic flow of words as per their pronunciations. With people tending to appear in this category, it is merely a show of belonging to the entire world.

With the use of authority to the viewers, expository documentary comes into play. This authoritative approach tends to be directed to viewers in form of conversations concerning certain aspects of argument. The use of rhetorical questions is rampant in a way that it persuades the viewers. There is use of male deep resounding voice within the commentaries at some points within the film.

On the aspect of mere watching, there is observational documentary. This one entails watching keenly certain aspects in life and later on coming up with the story in complete. Whatever is being observed carries on with its daily life with no intrusion whatsoever. With this guideline in place, it creates a revelation that is similarly to that of human character as per the normal life.

Participatory one on the other hand has an emulative approach in its making; that of an anthropologist. This means that the people shooting the cast regularly appear both in view and the commentaries aspect. In other situations, the person keeps changing roles and even making the real appearance on the camera the crucial element being encounter of the filmmaker and subject line of the entire film.

The ones seeking attention is that of reflexive documentary. It attracts attention to itself as a basis of molding as per the representations it is making at that particular time. A lot of skepticism is evident in this type for bearing the self regard with comparison to the other types within the industry.

The final type as far as documentaries are concerned is the per-formative documentary. In this type, emotions usually run high as far as the perception of the world is considered. Viewers are given a platform to weight this aspect from a position within the entire script. It is full of experiments and hypothesis formulation at the end of it all.




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