Chapter 7Documentary and Nonfiction Narrative
Key Terms
- actuality
- archives
- commentary
- concept
- crowdsourcing
- documentary, biographical, dramatized, expedition, expository, historical, investigative, narrative, objective, point-of-view, science, travel, wildlife
- fiction
- funnel
- inverted funnel
- location research
- picture research
- reportage
- scratch commentary
- treatment
- voice-overs/voice-over commentary
- wall-to-wall commentary
Documentary Comes First
Everybody has seen a documentary. This important program format has roots in photography and painting. The most fundamental urge we have as humans is to record both ...
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