- a documentary is documenting something that has happpened
- they provide the audience with an insight into a topic they may not know about. They inform and edcucate.
- this must be done in an entertaining way to substaine the interest of the audience because they now have more choice due to audience fragmentation because of digital television.
- there are specific channels created for documantaries such as discovery channel which is an example of audience fragmentation.
Monday, 27 June 2011
Documentary Genre
John Grierson came up with the term documentary in 1926.
A2 Coursework
My coursework involves me working in a group of 3 to produce a 5 minute extract from a TV documentary programme, a radio trailer to promote the documentary and also a newspaper advert to advertise the programme.
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