Wednesday 8 March 2017

Documentary Unit - Factual Programming

Conventions and common themes:
Commentary
Archive
Interview
Characters
Narrative
Angle of the story
Actuality driven (Events we are keeping up with)
Sequences
Reconstruction
Recreate and retell reality
Values and ideology
Doesn't need to be all of them but can be a combination of a few of them

All films fictional or factual are constructed to some degree
All films will have a reality of the truth

Truths and controversy:
In 2007 BBC's reputation was damaged after creating fake competitions which they where fined £400,000 for.
In 2011 they also faked footage of an animal being born which was actually filmed in an animal park

Current affair programmes are normally reporter led

Finding the truth: Some factual films are funded by outside sources. You have to be wary of who is paying for the project because they could be selling you something or showing it to you from a certain viewpoint.








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