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Task 4A Documentary
ModesBy Samantha Tenwick
ModesMode Examples Conventions
The Poetic JorisIvens’ Rain (1928), White, Grey(1930).
The poetic mode of documentary is normally subjective. (understanding of its subject(s) The poetic mode traditionally arenarrative content: individual characters and events remain undeveloped this help to creating a particular mood or tone.
The Expository Robert Hughes’ The Shock of the New(1980),John Berger’s Ways Of Seeing(1974).
Initially establishing as an omnipresent, omniscient, and objective voice intoned over footage when speaking directly to viewer, narration holds the weight of explaining and arguing a documentaries to persuade the viewer.
The Observational
Mode
Gilles Groulx and Michel Brault’sLes Racquetteurs (1958), Albert & David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin'sGimmeShelter (1970)
Allows you to know what is going on in the
documentary, helps viewer to interact with it and
relate to the events. No voiceovers, the filming
in its natural form.
The Participatory Vertov’sThe Man with a Movie Camera(1929),Rouch and Morin’s Chronicle of a Summer (1960);
Documentary directors interact with the subject.
Formal interviews are used.
The Reflexive Buñuel's Land Without Bread; Trinh T. Minh-ha’s Surname Viet Given Name Nam(1989)
Shows the expressive anti-realist techniques, for
example dramatic music.
The Performative Alain Resnais’ Night And Fog (1955), Peter Forgacs’ Free Fall (1988)
Interacts with the audience in a emotional and
direct way. Documentary crew cooperate with
the subject. Normally formed into the narrative of
an investigation.