Practical Training Session On Documentary & Screenplay
Practical Training Session On Documentary & Screenplay
Practical Training Session On Documentary & Screenplay
What is a Documentary ?
A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture
intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for
the purpose of instruction, education and maintaining a
historical record
or
It’s a CREATIVE TREATMENT OF ACTUALITY.
What other scholars think Documentary is ?
ART….as per EMILE ZOLA
“A work of art is a
corner of nature seen
through a
temperament.”
ART….as per
BERTHOLD BRECHT
Art is not a mirror
held up to reality, but
a hammer to shape it.
ART….as per DZIGA VERTOV
Life as it is….
Documentary….as per
PARE LORENTZ
A factual film
which is
dramatic.
Documentary….as per
JOHN GRIERSON
A documentary is a
creative treatment of
actuality.
WHAT IS A DOCUMENTARY ?
• Real people
• Real places
• Real time
• Real concerns
• Subjective
• Shape a better society
• Dramatic
• creative
What is the purpose of Documentary Film ?
The purpose of documentary varies from film to film.
Many documentary filmmakers attempts to change or
improve society in some way with their documentaries.
The goal is to bring to light a certain cause or injustice
with the hope that their film Will help galvanize the
masses to demand change.
Types of Documentary ?• Poetic Documentary
The poetic mode of documentary film tends towards subjective interpretation of its
subject. Light on rhetoric, documentaries in the poetic mode forsake traditional
narrative content individual characters and events remain undeveloped, in favor of
creating a particular mode or tone.
• It is individualistic
• It is the matter of feelings
• It creates a rhythm
• People can have different perception after watching it
• It depicts what exactly what can be created and seen.
• It is expressed through emotions and sound
• It Will never have a conclusion
• Expository Documentary
Also called ‘voice-of-god’ mode, this type of documentary has a narrator addressing the
audience directly, explaining and interpreting events. This is also called newsreel kind
of documentary, speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of an authoritative
commentary employing voiceovers or titles, proposing a strong argument and point of
view.
• It is a common documentary
• It explains the visuals
• It exposes the real images
• It creates a debate
• It will also have a narrator
• It is a news reel type
• Tries to persuade reader
• It will have voice of god
• Observational Documentary
The filmmaker is like a ‘fly on the wall’ seeing reality as the fly might see it.
The idea is to record and replicate reality. In such documemtaries the subject is
allowed to stand by itself, as it were; there are long takes, indirect addresses, no
narration and no voiceovers.