Documnetary hand out

In the handout that was given David Bordwell and Kristin  Thompson discuss the main elements of a documentary and what points are raised when the topic of documentary is explored. They mention as moviegoers we tend to sum up whether a film is a documentary or fiction, in my opinion this can be sometimes wrong because some films will merge fiction and fact together to get their point across. A documentary is based on information that we as viewers may already know, but would like further insight into the subject or features real places that exist. this will determine whether we trust the film to be a documentary or an urban myth.

People don't normally trust documentaries simply because it "manipulates  the events  that are filmed". This is done so all the relevant information is documented in a controlled way so that the viewer wont be struggling to identify what the director is communicating. This will be done in my documentary in the interviews so that we get the interviewees reaction to questions and opinions on the subject matter.

In documentary there are genres, the genre can be the decider to the success or failure of the film. One of these genres are "direct-cinema documentary" this is  a camera crew follow an event as it unfolds this typical genre emerged in the 1950's and 60's. Originally the documentary i was doing about the Beatles was going to do this. by following how Liverpool was preparing for the 50th anniversary for the making of the group.

documentary and film have strict boundaries, these boundaries are normally pushed to its limits when directors don't have all the right information or make up places or scenarios to make the subject matter more interesting. This exaggerates the facts and makes the viewer think whether what is portrayed on the film is correct and could cause them to form an opinion that can make the film not as effective.