According to Bill Nichols, The expository mode of documentary film making “rel[ies] heavily on an informing logic carried by the spoken word” and “addresses the viewer directly to…propose a perspective or advance an argument.” In expository documentaries the information being … Continue reading
Lauren Documentary Theory Final For my final documentary assignment I have made a short documentary implementing both the autobiographical mode and the poetic mode of film making. For this documentary project, I have created an abstract retelling of my … Continue reading
Anthropological or ethnographic documentaries are a type of visual anthropology in film making. According to an article by Clifford Geertz, anthropology is the study of human groups in a society. This mode of documentary “does not explain everything…but it still … Continue reading