Documentary Mini-Task

A documentary is a topic based film which details the facts about an event that happened in the real world. An expository documentary is spoken to the viewer directly. This can come through as a voice over or titles. the aim of the documentary is to push the viewer to one side of a subject using strong arguments and point of views. An observational documentary observes the person/people involved with the documentary topic which. Topics can be an incident that impacts heavily on a person's life. An example of this is "Beware the Slenderman" [2016], a crime documentary following two girls who attempted to murder their friend for a fictional character. An interactive documentary is where various people are interviewed while the audience is also being interacted with. A presenter is often on the screen talking the the audience while they interview others. A reflexive documentary is where the film-maker is apart of the documentary itself. It can help show the themes of the film clearly. An example of this is the "When Louis Met..." [2000] series, where Louis Theroux would meet various people such as Jimmy Savile. A performative documentary is performed using actors in the place of real people. It's often used in crime documentaries to show a near enough view of what actually happened.