Documentaries VS reality TV.

Documentaries VS reality TV.

1. Media has a effect on the way that we see the world.

   • Documenting reality is as old as filmmaking itself.
     • The earliest films made around the end of 19'th century.
   • "Documentary" was first used by Scottish filmmaker John Grierson. He said "The creative treatment of actually".
     • A documentarian could use a variety of tools, including editing to string a compelling story.
       • In 1960's cameras became smaller and it facilitated a new form of documentary practiced by filmmakers. It was called "cinema of truth".
         • The filmmakers followed an individual around, passively observing their life without interfering.
         • Most documentarians have been struggling deeply with the ethics of their craft.

2. According to Kavka this era of reality tv "found its place in the millennial culture imaginary by opening combining actuality and artifice in ways that broke ratings records and caused wide-scale debate.".

   • In general, reality tv inserts their casts into artificially constructed situations that generate stress.
     • Reality TV sells us that narrative as truth.