Until today, I was never aware of the 7 different forms of documentaries; poetic, expository, observational, reflexive, performative and participatory. After today's seminar, I have found that every documentary type has an element which makes it recognisable to others what form of documentary it is. For instance, poetic generally has no narrative, expository is a classic documentary with a voiceover, observational is viewed as a 'fly on the wall' this is normally found in documentaries such as Panorama. Reflexive documentaries tend to question it's own status, performative documentaries give the opportunity to become a character in their own documentaries and participatory generally allow you to get involved in the doc and ask questions.
I have found the advantages and disadvantages for a few of these documentary types;
Poetic documentaries appeals to a larger audience especially those of an artistic background, however, it lacks in providing the audience with an actual message. Also, expository documentaries give a clear and concise message it is informs you as well as educating you at the same time, this could be based on something you had no information about but after watching it you've gone away with a better understanding of it all.
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