Nicholls have five different modes for making a documentary. The five
different modes are Expository, Observational, Interactive, Reflective and
Performative. These are the five different mode all the mode mean a complete
different style of documentary. Expository documentary is often known as the
voice of God this means that the presenter is guiding the audience through the
documentary with a voice over however the presenter is just a voice over and
not a figure in the documentary. An observational documentary is when the
producers do not interfere with what is going on in the frame. Most of the time
the documentary would not be edited unless they have stake out where they
observe a animal for a long period of time. Observational documentary are
mostly used for wildlife ones. An interactive documentary is when the presenter
is when the presenter is involved in the documentary for example there in the
shots and they have a connection towards the story. Reflective is when the
producers centre a reconstruction on the documentary. Performative documentary
is when the documentary is all about the presenter and how they are in real life.
Performative:
A good example of Performative documentary is catfish. This
documentary is about how a man met a woman online and started to have feelings
for her however the women was a completely different women in real life. She
made a fake Facebook profile to talk to him. In the documentary it shows Nev's
point of view to what had happened. This documentary is a Performative one
because the presenter in the main character in the documentary. At 2:15 the man
behind the camera asked Nev he wants to make a documentary about him and Abby
so more or less he’s asking him for him permission.
Within the documentary there are question asked to the main presenter
which in this case is nev however the questions usually asked is how do you
feel they asked him before and after once he got the truth
Reflective
Reflective documentary is where the presenter does not need to be
present because it all about how the documentary's being presented to the
audience. However there can be voice overs if there is presenter. This type of
documentary is usually made to reconstruct the truth from the past. Into Abyss
is a good example of a reflective documentary because its aim is to show how
death row is. Because the documentary type is reflective they focus on one
thing from the past to provide facts and actuality footage at 14:08 they show
actuality footage of blood across the floor as if someone was dragged across.
In this case the documentary does have a presenter but the presenter is never
shown but he does ask the questions in the interview at 1:48. Instead of the
presenter taking us any camera time they decided to focus on the main story
line so that people would know the truth about a wrong convection that was
taken place in America. To show realism in the documentary when they have a
interview in a prison the inmate is behind a change but is blurred because the
focus in on the person this provides further emotions towards the inmate as he
had a life sentence to death at 57:58
Interactive
An interactive documentary is when the presenter is the focus of the
documentary. This can be shown in different ways one way is where the presenter
will be doing an experiment that would be the topic of the documentary for
example Super-size me is a very good example of interactive documentary because
the presenter himself is the focus of the documentary because he’s trying to
find out if you eat McDonald for 1 month what would happen to your body. He
first started of by introducing the experiment and then doing in to facts but
then the actual experiment started. To have this as an interactive Experiment
documentary he first had to take health test so that he is focused on the task
at 10:00. At 39:16 they show a close up of the food to show the amount of oil
is used to get the nugget looking right he then explained how they made it and
then decided to provide the audience with some more facts. During the
documentary you could say that the presenter is one with the film because he
wanted to get his point across and provide real facts that he calculated that
the company try to hide.
Observational
Observational documentary is when the presenter or directs don't get
involved with what's being filmed they provide a voice over to explain what's
happening but they don't change anything that is getting film also it is not
scripted but there is little editing to put the cuts all together in one. A
good example of this is a wild life documentary because they want to show him
audience how animals behave and how they act with others. For example March of
the penguins they had planted a hidden camera to capture the penguin’s
movements and then at 0:28 the presenter provides a voice over to say that the
family is together again. Most shots in this documentary is close ups because
they really want to focuses on the set peace they are talking about. At 1:45 whenever
something new and weird had happen the presenter would comminute over explain
what was going on
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