DOCUMENTARY (WEEK 1)

1.) What is a good definition of a documentary?

  • A documentary according to John Grierson is the creative treatment of actuality. He said that if you have used your creativity to organise prices of recorded reality into a narrative , then you have produced a documentary. It is as a result of a meaningful organised story.

2.) Key characteristics of a documentary?

  • It must have engaging characters, it must have a narrative tension and it must also have something to say about human condition.

3.) What things distinguish it from other forms of non-fiction?

  • Documentaries are actual stories.

4.) What are some of the things that successful documentaries do?

  • They warn , report, explain,celebrate,remember,prophesy and liberate.

5.) What is a good definition of a podcast?

  • A podcast is a digital audio media that is used in making different episodes of audio broadcast on the internet.

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