Documentaries and spectatorship

Documentaries and spectatorship

1. Genre conventions

   • Location shooting
   • Hand-held
   • Establishing shot and use of close-up
   • Long takes
   • Narration/voiceover
   • Diegetic sound
   • Editing sound
   • Selection and construction

2. Representations

   • People
   • Place
   • Events
   • Issues
     • Drugs and fame
     • Gun control and crime
     • Murder of innocent people

3. Modes of documentary

   • Expository
   • Participatory
   • Observatory
   • Performative
   • Reflexive
   • Investigative

4. Audience reading

   • Preferred
   • Negotiated
   • Oppositional