Documentary film

Emphasized on a partial perspective of an actual event, many documentary filmmakers attempt to highlight a certain social aspect anticipating that their films can raise awareness among audiences and leave a lasting impression on society - an impression that is shaped by credible but limited facts. Viewers often watch documentaries in pursuit of truth and objectivity, but if they choose to watch documentaries, they inevitably have to look through rose colored glasses, seeing that not all sides of

mediated. And the documentary genre attempts to do exactly the same thing. So in this process of visualization, there comes the creative intervention of the documentary film maker in all phases of production. In other words, ‘aesthetics’ plays a vital role in documentary film. The fact that the film maker’s aesthetic concepts bring in an element of subjectivity into the documentary film poses an important question: “in what way, then, a documentary film is different from a feature film? Where

appreciate the concept of realism and objectivity in film, it becomes critical to adopt a definite definition. First, the term reality in film is used to describe concepts that are visible in nature as experienced on a daily life by one or more individuals (Livingstone

Documentaries film-making can never be values-neutral Introduction Media is so powerful that many people in business and politics have long realised that documentary filmmaking is a powerful way to influence or persuade the masses as to which side they should take on certain issues. Although the media claim their documentaries to be neutral, subjectivity is always an issue. The purpose of a documentary film is to show an opinion, story, agenda or someone’s version of reality based on that person’s

An Analysis of Film Babies within Different Cultures Thomas Balmes’s documentary Babies focuses on four babies born within four different countries. The babies are from Japan, United States, Mongolia and Namibia and each of the countries have a different culture. Japan and United States are developed countries; while Mongolia and Namibia are developing countries. Developed countries have advanced economy and the people have access to good education and technology. On the other hand, in developing

Although the most popular, the commercial film industry is not the only way to produce and project motion pictures to targeted audiences. Documentaries and avant-garde films have their own guidelines, production values, technological innovations, budgets, and overall viewership that differ greatly from that of fiction-based films. Many avant-garde films are made not only to challenge the existing use of film itself but also to express the personal views or experiences of the screenwriter and/or director

Documentaries are often overlooked but they are important films that show us factual information in a way that educates but also captivates the audience. Spike Lee’s Four Little Girls shows the importance of community in the face of horrific events. Through interviews with the families, government officials of the time, and footage and pictures the filmmakers tell the story of what happened at the church in Birmingham Alabama and well as the effects it had. Documentary films are shown trustworthy

TRIAL ESSAY Conflicts that arise from particular ways of seeing the world are made evident through the shaping of texts. In Barry Levinson’s film “Wag the Dog” and Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11”, it is clear that the perspectives in which the audience views the world create particular conflicts. In both texts, the conflicting perspectives arise from the way the naïve public views the world and the way that the government and media view the world through their particular agendas

short films that were in production. The main subjects seemed as they were actors because they were so different that it felt almost fake. Smith also showed Borchardt’s obsession with creating and finishing a short horror film. Borchardt consistently talked about how badly he needed to finish Coven throughout the documentary. He does get the video done because he was also obsessed with finishing his project in order to get money for his next project. He was so obsessed to get his film done he

Pregnant in America is a documentary film that focuses on mothers preferring a natural birth, fetal and maternal mortality, and the health care system. The documentary film is about a couple named Steve Buonaugurio and Mandy Buonaugurio, who are expecting their first child name Bella. By traveling across the United States and Europe they learn about hospitals, doctors, the insurance companies, home births and midwives. As the couple traveled, they interviewed experts which lead them to find out shocking