Thursay 26th February

Today I looked at different documentaries which I will analyse for research in my portfolio. The documentaries I have chosen to analyse are: Paperclips, What the bleep do we know?, America's most hated family, The world's hairiest man and me and supersize me.

Wednesday 25th February

Today we each decided what topic we are going to do our documentary on and then research that topic and put our findings into a brainstorm. The topic I have chosen is the deaf world and how deaf people are perceived by those who can hear.

23rd February

This is the research I collected on documentaries: British documentary is traced back from nineteenth century print journalism, early photography and eighteenth century print journalism. Documentaries emerged around the year 1906 and from then on quickly established a theme which focused on the British working life culture.

 

A documentary voice over is a commentary by the filmmaker, which is said as the documentary id being or added to it during the production. The voice over allows the filmmaker to speak directly to the viewer giving explanations, information and their own opinions.

 

A common technique used in documentary is the interview. It allows people in the documentary to speak directly about events and answer questions asked by the filmmaker. It may occur on or off screen or on a different set.

 

The first filmmaker to use the term documentary was John Grierson in 1926 to refer to any nonfiction film medium including travelogues and instructional films. By definition the earliest moving pictures were documentaries they were single- shot moments captured on film. These films were calls actuality films, as the name documentary was not used until 1926. Many of the first films, like the ones made by Auguste and Louis Lumière are a minute or less in length.

 

Travelogue films were very popular in the early 20th century. Some of these were known as "scenics". They were among the most popular sort of films at the time. The 1914 film In the Land of the Head Hunters was an important early film to move beyond the concept of the scenic

 

All documentaries should have a bias which the voiceover will constantly refer back to.

Monday 23rd February

Today I researched the codes and conventions of documentary aswell as the history and what defines documentary.