Types of Documentary
Poetic documentaries
-First appeared in the 1920’s
-The poetic mode moved away from continuity editing and instead organized images
-The documentaries were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical.
-They contain a cinematic narrative.
Expository documentaries
-They speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of an authoritative commentary.
-This type of documentary proposes a strong argument and point of view.
-They are rhetorical, and try to persuade the viewer. (They may use a rich and sonorous male voice.)
-The (voice-of-God) commentary often sounds ‘objective’ and omniscient.
-Mainly based on past events
Observational documentaries
-Attempt to simply and spontaneously observe life with a minimum of intervention.
-The first observational docs date back to the 1960’s.
-Usually includes a voice-over commentary.
-It sometimes contains re-enactments/reconstructions.
Participatory documentaries
-The presenter takes part in the documentary.
-Not only is the filmmaker part of the film, we also get a sense of how situations in the film are affected or altered by her presence.
-The encounter between presenter and subject becomes a critical element of the film.
Reflexive documentaries
-They draw attention to the fact that they are representations.
-This question is central to this sub-genre of films. They prompt us to “question the authenticity of documentary in general.”
-It is highly skeptical of ‘realism.
Performative documentaries
-stress subjective experience and emotional response to the world.
-They are strongly personal, unconventional, perhaps poetic and/or experimental, and might include hypothetical enactments of events designed to make us experience what it might be like for us to possess a certain specific perspective on the world that is not our own.
-First appeared in the 1920’s
-The poetic mode moved away from continuity editing and instead organized images
-The documentaries were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical.
-They contain a cinematic narrative.
Expository documentaries
-They speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of an authoritative commentary.
-This type of documentary proposes a strong argument and point of view.
-They are rhetorical, and try to persuade the viewer. (They may use a rich and sonorous male voice.)
-The (voice-of-God) commentary often sounds ‘objective’ and omniscient.
-Mainly based on past events
Observational documentaries
-Attempt to simply and spontaneously observe life with a minimum of intervention.
-The first observational docs date back to the 1960’s.
-Usually includes a voice-over commentary.
-It sometimes contains re-enactments/reconstructions.
Participatory documentaries
-The presenter takes part in the documentary.
-Not only is the filmmaker part of the film, we also get a sense of how situations in the film are affected or altered by her presence.
-The encounter between presenter and subject becomes a critical element of the film.
Reflexive documentaries
-They draw attention to the fact that they are representations.
-This question is central to this sub-genre of films. They prompt us to “question the authenticity of documentary in general.”
-It is highly skeptical of ‘realism.
Performative documentaries
-stress subjective experience and emotional response to the world.
-They are strongly personal, unconventional, perhaps poetic and/or experimental, and might include hypothetical enactments of events designed to make us experience what it might be like for us to possess a certain specific perspective on the world that is not our own.
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