Documentary Genre

John Grierson came up with the term documentary in 1926.

• 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.