Component 2: Section B - Documentary 'Amy'

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Footage that is slice-of-life, spontaneous footage which is as close as possible to unplanned footage, usually features overheard exchange.
Reactive Observationalism
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Planned footage, possibly staged or directed to work out a certain way.
Proactive Observationalism
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Visual style which attempts to directly illustrate what the commentary or voice-over is saying. the connection between the narration and image is literal.
Illustrative Mode
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Highest degree of manipulation as the footage is being used metaphorically, images that provide an interpretation or association with the voice over or testimony.
Associative Mode
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Recording of spontaneous, unscripted, unprompted conversation.
Overheard Exchange
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Planned interviews bound to control or manipulate the participant's response in some way.
Testimony
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The use of voice over or direct to camera address by an authoritative figure or expert assumed to be the absolute truth.
Exposition
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Documentary Type - Aims to create an emotional impact with parallel, illustrative imagery. Associate mode of imagery.
Poetic
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Documentary Type - Instructive, seek to be objective, voice over and exposition, illustrative imagery.
Expository
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Documentary Type - Wants to be interacting, seen to be subjective, can contain exposition, director influences heavily, direct address, mixture of different modes.
Participatory
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Documentary Type - Reactive observationalism (slice-of-life), illustrative mode, testimony, overheard exchange
Observational
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Documentary Type - Techniques in front of the camera, much about the making of the documentary rather than the subject.
Reflexive
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Documentary Type - Subjective, filmmaker engages with the subject.
Performative
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3 documentary types most seen in 'Amy' (2015)
Expository, Observational and Poetic
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Director of 'Amy'
Asif Kapadia
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Director of 'Divorce Iranian Style'
Kim Longinotto
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Director of 'Bowling for Columbine'
Michael Moore
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Card 2

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Planned footage, possibly staged or directed to work out a certain way.

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Proactive Observationalism

Card 3

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Visual style which attempts to directly illustrate what the commentary or voice-over is saying. the connection between the narration and image is literal.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Highest degree of manipulation as the footage is being used metaphorically, images that provide an interpretation or association with the voice over or testimony.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Recording of spontaneous, unscripted, unprompted conversation.

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Preview of the front of card 5
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The document is quite useful. In application, it's been pretty useful. retro goal

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