Types of Documentaries
- Expository/Fully Narrated
- Mixed
- Self Reflective
- Fly On The Wall
- Docu-drama
- Docu-soap
Narrative Structure
- Open
- Closed
- Single Strand
- Non Linear
- Linear
- Circular
Camera Work
- Framing - Rule Of Thirds & Eyeline
- Hand Held - More Authentic & Real footage
- Movement - track, pan, crab, tilt etc.
Mise En Scene
- Lighting - Hi Key, Low Key, Natural & Chiaroscuro (One side of face darkened)
- Location - Whats Around Them
- Code Of Attire - suit mood & theme that the producer is trying to put across to their audience
- Eyeline of interview - Looking away from the camera off screen
Sound
- Voice of God - heard throughout Documentary & makes sense of the footage being shown on screen
- Non Digetic - added in the editing of the documentary
- Dubbing
- Incidental Music - added to try and create a certain mood during a sequence
- Digetic - what the people on screen can also hear
- Translation - Translation of what a foreigner may be saying
- Ambient Sound
- Voiceovers
Editing
- Gate Keeper - Decides what edits are used & were cuts should take place
- Cutaways
- Cross Cutting
- Chromakey
- Pace of Editing
- Fades
Archive Material
- Videos
- Newspapers
- Photos
- Magazines
- Internet Material
Graphics
- Appear on screen and usually say who the person is
- Tells you how the person is related to the documentary taking place
- Credits
