Task 2 - Researching into existing products

Documentary - Analyse the codes and conventions of a documentary film. Comment on the following along with any other points


1)What TV channel it's broadcast on?
2)What is the title of the documentary?
3)What type of documentary is it? 
     Types of Documentaries:

• Historical
• Biographical
• Investigative 
• Artistic
• Wildlife
• Political
• Drama documentary
• Reality TV
• Celebrity 
• Scripted Reality

4)What style of documentary is it?

• Narrative structure - linear / non-linear
• Editing - fast, slow, dissolves, fades, superimposing etc
• Voice overs - narration, register, tone, mode of address
• Archive footage - type, style, place, time period
• Graphics - images, charts, graphs
• Text - captions, subtitles, banners
• Music

5)What is the subject matter?

6)What are the messages and meanings behind the documentary?