Types of documentary

*Docudrama

Re-enactments on real happenings and real events.

However it is dramatized and staged.

It is based on known historical events.

*Fly on the wall

An unnoticed onlooker of situations, eves-dropping. Direct cinema and cinema verité- movements of documentary film making from the USA and France. These movements purely observe.

*Mixed

A mixture of all of the different types of documentary. Including voice overs, interviews and archive footage.

*Fully narrated

A voice over giving an opinion or a commentary. It can be known as “the voice of God” as the person can not be seen just heard. It can give a sense of authority and knowledge.

*Self reflexive

Self awareness of being filmed. The film maker is acknowledged by those being filmed.

*Docusoap

A documentary following people in a particular occupation or location over time, shown through a mixture of observation, interviews and sometimes voiceover.