Notes from Session 2

In session 2 of Creative Production: Video, we learnt about the modes of documentary. I will use these to help me when making my own one in our group of 4.

Below I have listed my notes I made during the session

• Observational Documentary - Fly on the wall, to observe, covert or overt
• Poetic Documentary - Creative treatment, arts, symbolism and metaphors, if we can't physically capture something we can use symbolism
• Participatory Documentary - when the director comes in front of the camera, can be subjective, manipulating the truth?
• Expository Documentary - 'Voice of God', commentating
• Reflexive Documentary - About the film making process, looking at the genre and bending the rules
• Performative Documentary - It's about something that's happening in our culture and exploring it, human led and socially critical.