The term 'documentary' was thought up by John Grierson in 1926. The purpose is to document something that has happened, showing actual footage or reconstruction, and often using a narrator's voiceover to anchor meaning.
Features of Documentaries
Observation- watching someone, the camera is ignored/ people do not know they are being filmed.
Interview- allow for opinions/ views to be voiced (documentaries rely on interviews)
Dramatisation- show drama by observation/ re-construct scenes
Mise-en-scene- everything in the shot, e.g. costumes, props
Exposition- tells us exactly what is going on (argument/purpose of the documentary)
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