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Ross Kemp (Sky) – Participatory Documentary A Participatory Documentary is different to a standard documentary due to the host Ross Kemps involvement, Here the interviewer gets involved in the documentary and asks the questions. ‘They are directly involved in the film and they are part of the documentary. This type of documentary is the complete opposite of observational documentaries, being very intrusive; whereas observational documentaries are very much non-intrusive.’ (Rhyse Hines,2016) Pre

Kony 2012, the fastest growing viral video of all time, inspired and touched the lives of so many. Through firsthand accounts and gruesome stories from native African speakers who were personally affected by Joseph Kony, Kony 2012 led the world to discover that there are evil events that are unnoticed and previously erased by society. The film was built on the idea that through care and emotion, we can solve the problems of our friends. Just as 100 million people did, society deemed social media

A documentary is an art form pulling away from a film as it tries to create the illusion of reality by becoming non-fiction. Film creates a great sense of escape but documentaries create a sense of realism. The history of documentary began quite basic by just facing the mirror towards nature. But as the years prolonged; ideologies, societies and controversies arose and documentary-makers decided to block certain parts of the mirror to show what they want you to see, “the truth”. The very first documentary

Documentaries serve as an insight for the lives of individuals striving to change the way societies think. These individuals bring to light issues that lack coverage and rarely cross the minds of the populous. Many documentaries illustrate their story-telling in ways that differentiate themselves from other types of cinematography. Documentaries utilize master and close up shots to create a close connection between the subject of the documentary and its viewers. In Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Herzog pieces

Vinh Tran Historical Essay Documentary films have been applied to many movies over the course of time. Even Hollywood people are making “documentary-films”. But when a real documentary film maker makes a documentary film, he wants to change people’s attitude. There would be important information that would make the audience think hard on what they have witnessed. So, people ask, “what’s the nature of a documentary film”, “what subject does it have to deal with”, and “what is it doing to this day”

The nature of truth presented in Stories We Tell, directed by Sarah Polley stands in stark contrasts with the nature of truth presented in Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh. However these documentaries are both postmodern. Both documentaries presented a variety of documentary, language and film techniques that express the nature of truth in each film. Polley demonstrates the intersubjective nature of truth through the use of interviews and music. Marsh however, uses long angle shots and flashbacks

University of Texas with a high-powered sniper rifle and other deadly assault weapons and opened fire on the civilians below him. He held the University of Texas campus hostage for 96 minutes. Tower (2016), a documentary by Keith Maitland, sheds light on America’s first modern gun massacre. The documentary retells this story through archival footage of the event, animations, and interviews. The animations are rotoscoped, meaning they are traced over motion picture footage, frame by frame. In addition, the

For many binge Netflix watchers, the end of 2015 brought a story to screen that has been unknown to most until now through the ten part documentary series Making a Murderer. In over nine plus hours, the docuseries pieces together Steven Avery's story, an innocent man who was imprisoned for 18 years for a crime he didn’t do and just two years after being released and in the middle of a civil lawsuit against the Wisconsin, Manitowoc sheriff's department, Avery was convicted of murder. The crime and

Documentary Reflection Bonny Treloar During this unit in Term 2, the english class has been exploring the history and development of the documentary; exploring how people, events, cultures and ideas are represented in documentaries. Ellen, Nawshaba, Mercedes and Mia were included in my group on the topics of Nap Rooms. Throughout this process I have developed teamwork and leadership skills to produce a subjective documentary. A multitude of persuasive techniques were implicated within the documentary

combination of animation and documentary is one that stretches back to the earliest days of moving image. One conjures up thoughts of comedy, children’s entertainment and fantasies, while the other carries with it the assumption of seriousness, education and evidence, which can nonetheless seem oxymoronic. However these new and relatively explored sub-genres actually depict a new field in the documentary genre known as animated documentary. Filmmaker John Grierson defines documentary as “the creative treatment