Documentary Modes

Expository - Ken Burns' The Civil War (1990) Episode 8 Ken Burns Documentary

Realism - At 56:07 we hear from a expert who knows what was going on back than and has actual facts and points, by having an expert on the show it allows the audience to feel reassured that the person is speaking the truth and by speaking the truth it means it is real adding in the realism to the documentary, this also allows the audience to understand what happened back than while gaining information from the expert that maybe they didn't know before.

Dramatization - At 8:29 we can hear explosions and people shouting but we don't see any footage apart from a picture, with this picture we get a voice over telling us what is going on but by adding in the explosions and people in the back ground screaming and shouting it makes the audience feel more involved with what is actually going on as to them this could be real sounds they are hearing from the war.

Narration - At 0:09 you can hear a voice over telling the audience about a story, this helps the audience to understand what is going on and allow them to get information about the story by giving the audience visuals and voice overs, by doing this it allows the audience to gain much more information rather than if they did not use voice overs because with voice overs, the person who is doing the voice over can go into much more detail than just showing the audience pictures of what happened, the voice over can tell you how it all happened and what happened while explaining the pictures into further detail.

Observational - (Nat Geo Wild HD) Wild Botswana Lion Brotherhood BBC Wildlife Documentary

Realism - 5:53 you can see them in their natural habitat eating the animal they had just caught, there is no human interaction shown it is just showing them doing what they would naturally do allowing the audience to see these animals how they would normally act and not caged up in a zoo, by showing this to the audience it allows the realism because they cannot control what the animals do meaning it is not fake or set up it is all down to the what the animal do in their everyday life, this is what the audience wants to see and this creates the realism affect for the audience, realism is also shown through out them being out on location, you can clearly see that they are out on location by the wild life that is shown and no civilization to be seen, this tells the audience that they are actually out there in the wild getting real footage.

Dramatization -  At 23:43 we begin to hear some music, but at the same time it is sad music because what the voice over is telling us is that these lions are in danger due to their wounds making them seem weaker to other predators, this makes the audience having feelings towards the lions because they don't want to see them be hurt, and by adding the music it has a bigger impact on the audience because it creates meaning.

Narration - The narration in this documentary shows you how the Wild Botswana Lion live and how they go about doing their daily business while having a voice over telling us the details of what is going on while having visuals of the lions which can be shown at 17:43, by doing this it allows the audience to pick up more information about these Wild Botswana Lions which is the purpose of the documentary, to give as much detail about the subject as possible and by having voice overs telling us about what they are doing on screen it allows us to fully understand what is going on and also keeps the audience entertained.

Participatory - The Making of Ronaldo - Sky Sports HD 1080i (Full Story)

Realism - You can see the realism at 4:06 where the documentary maker is talking to one of Ronaldo's friends that he use to play with when he was younger, they ask his friend questions about Ronaldo and they go to the location where they use to play and his friend confirms that they use to play at this certain location, this allows the audience to gain information on Ronaldo's background and how he use to play football and how hard he worked to become the person he is today.

Dramatization - At 0:33 we get to see a montage of Ronaldos magical moments in football and by doing this it shows the audience how gifted and talented Ronaldo is, and by giving the audience a taster of what Ronaldo can do it makes the documentary even more exciting because they are talking about one of the worlds best footballers, the montage allows the makers to fit in Ronaldo's best moments to entertain the audience and make them want to watch more.

Narration - The story is about how Ronaldo was known round his neighborhood and how he stood out to everyone else and where he use to live and how he use to play and who he use to play for, we begin the story at 2:28 where a friend of Ronaldos family gives us a little more information about him as in how poor the area he lived in was and how people had problems where he lived, it shows the audience that Ronaldo grew up with struggles but now look at him, his known world wide and considered one of the best footballers in the world.

Reflexive - The Man with the movie camera (1929)

Realism - In this you actually see how they were recording which you can see at 9:09 so it allows the audience to see how they use to make there films when they had no special effects or good organisation as we do now, if they wanted to film a train coming towards the camera, they would have to wait for the train to come towards them meaning they have to lay down on the tracks risking their own lives to get these certain shots so in a way this realistically shows you how they made their films The Realism in this is that when the audience is watching they get to see how they make the films in the olden days, this is shown by them recording him, recording things for his film that he is making or whatever he is doing, also watching this you can see that some of the footage is shaky meaning it is hand held, this also helps create realism as you get to see what the camera man is seeing naturally due to it being hand held. This is good for the audience as it allows them to believe what they are watching is real and is not fake, this makes them even more interested as they want to know more about what is happening.
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Dramatization - Through out the whole video there is music, this makes the movie seem more interesting because all it is is a silent film, so having no sound but just visuals would make it seem really boring, so by adding in fast beat music for the audience to listen to, it makes it seem less boring such as at 24:31 it is a fast beat that is very loud that catches the audiences attention.

Narration - You get a story from this when they show you how the man with the camera went about getting all his clips, it shows how get got them and how he got the clips, this is interesting due to this being very back in the days you wouldn't expect them to have cameras as we would today so seeing how they use to operate cameras back in the day and how it was done is very interesting for the audience as they get to know more about the history of the camera, how it works and how they did it.

Performative - How Gay Is Pakistan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06kjz32/how-gay-is-pakistan

Realism - At 2:05 we can see that the camera is hand held and there are people walking in the background doing their daily business and just by the look of everyone there you can see that they are actually there on location in Pakistan which tells the audience that this in no way is fake and is real as they are out there doing what they set out to do. Realism is also shown at 2:54 when the man slits the chickens neck, this shows the audience back home how they prepare food and how the execution of the food is done as well, they also blurred out the chickens neck getting slit because its too gory.

Dramatization - The music at 7:39 sounds like something eerie is going to happen and this makes the audience feel a little nervous about what is going to happen, this builds up the atmosphere and makes things even more intense and this makes the audience feel the documentary is more exciting, it would be dull if there was no build up music to what is going to happen, so with the music it makes things even more interesting and exciting.

Narration - At 4:04 he tells us that he has been invited to his first gay bar and his going to talk to the people who are hosting it, he is telling the audience what he is doing and what he plans on doing, this helps the audience understand perfectly what is going on, all the way throughout this documentary he tells us what he is doing and slowly revealing the question, how gay is Pakistan?