Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
DOCUMENTARY- BILL
NICHOLS
1. Expository
2. Poetic
3. Observational
4. Participary
5. Reflexive
6. performative
-An expository documentary first appeared in the 1920s.
-it emphasizes the verbal commentary- the voice over
-the images on screen become subordinate to the voice over.
-the voice over is the most important thing which is where all the information is coming from, the images on
screen are just complementary.
-addresses the audience directly
-they educate and explain things
-the voice of god- this means that the voice over knows everything and what they says goes.
-some example of these are nature documentary's, where the narrator explains and commentates everything
on screen.
- They are normally based on nature, history and science.