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SECTION B – SPECTATORSHIP ISSUES

Exam question Exam question

Exemplar examinations questions

» Introduction - what is a documentary. Revise a definition. What are you going to write about.

» Discuss your answer with reference to at least two documentaries. Include director and year.

» Discuss in depth with reference to scenes, codes and conventions, types, technology.

» Compare and contrast, different historical times, different directors work, same subject matter different times. Consider context.

» Introduction - what is a documentary. Revise a definition. What are you going to write about.

» Discuss your answer with reference to at least two documentaries. Include director and year.

» Discuss in depth with reference to scenes, codes and conventions, types, technology.

» Compare and contrast, different historical times, different directors work, same subject matter different times. Consider context.

The contemporary resurgence of documentary

Why…

» Buena Vista Social club had viewers queuing whilst There’s Something about Mary had 3 people in.

» Filmmakers began to view documentary with cinema in mind!

» Touching the Void & One Day in September both were grand scale films using cinematic devices the latter had Michael Douglas narrating!

» Buena Vista Social club had viewers queuing whilst There’s Something about Mary had 3 people in.

» Filmmakers began to view documentary with cinema in mind!

» Touching the Void & One Day in September both were grand scale films using cinematic devices the latter had Michael Douglas narrating!

Morgan Spurlock and Michael Moore

» Michael Moore mixed styles, had a modern pace, structure and energy that set them apart from their predecessors

» Super Size Me -Its effects were wide reaching - and forced a drop in worldwide profits for MacDonalds

» Subsequently recreated the 30 days doc genre

» Michael Moore mixed styles, had a modern pace, structure and energy that set them apart from their predecessors

» Super Size Me -Its effects were wide reaching - and forced a drop in worldwide profits for MacDonalds

» Subsequently recreated the 30 days doc genre

Technology

» Has had an massive impact on all the documentaries we have watched!

» And in turn the reality they have shown us!

» Worksheet activity

» Has had an massive impact on all the documentaries we have watched!

» And in turn the reality they have shown us!

» Worksheet activity

» Both Moore and Spurlock success have helped bring attention to the documentary exhibition, the internet where countless sites now offer downloadable documentaries

» Made using modern consumer products all can make documentaries - nobody limited to create

» Documentary is now fashionable!

» Both Moore and Spurlock success have helped bring attention to the documentary exhibition, the internet where countless sites now offer downloadable documentaries

» Made using modern consumer products all can make documentaries - nobody limited to create

» Documentary is now fashionable!