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Modes of Documentary
Modes of Documentary
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Testing understanding of documentary conventions and modes
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According to Nichols, which mode of documentary came first?
Poetic
Participatory
Performative
Expository
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Can the filmmaker be in an observational mode documentary?
No, so they cannot influence what is happening
Yes, because it is all scripted
No, because they will ruin the shot
Yes, as long as she/he does not talk
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Bill Nichols based his modes on the interpretation of...
French cinema
The history of documentary films
The genres of non-fiction films
The genres of fiction films
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What documentary mode would TV news be?
Participatory
Observational
Expository
Performative
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Label two conventions of the poetic mode
Reenactments
Interviews
Music
Camera shots
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What does a performative documentary acknowledge?
The wrong scenes of a documentary
The people in the documentary
The emotional aspect of the documentary
The funny side of a documentary
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Who interacts with the subject in a performative documentary?
The filmmaker
Everyone
No one
The crew
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What is a documentary?
A genre of film
A non-fictional representation of reality
A quiz show
A fictional representation of reality
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What does the information in your documentary need to be to the audience?
Scary
Convincing
Funny
Realistic
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Who is the focus of attention in a reflexive documentary?
The filmmaker
The subject
The audience
The camera crew
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What is a reflexive mode documentary?
Based on suggestions and opinions
Based on facts
Based on real life moments
Based on the filmmaker
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The poetic mode is...
An interview between the filmmaker and subject
Where the filmmaker is the natural observer
A topic personal to the filmmaker
Subjective representation of reality
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What is the Kuleshov Effect?
A way of implying associations between two shots
A type of stutter
Relying on the audience to interpret the meaning of a shot
An editing technique
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Who was Nanook of the North?
One of the earliest documentaries
An analogy of how documentaries came into being
Mr. Armstrong's grandmother in Broadmeadows
Pioneered docudrama
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Name the conventions of an observational documentary.
Interviews
No interviews
No reenactments
Archive footage
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Who is the man behind the theory of documentary modes?
Syd Field
Bill Nichols
Robert Mckee
Hitchcock
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Bill Nichols' theory of documentary modes is...
A framework still used to distinguish elements in films
The truth about documentaries
An old theory that has mostly been forgotten
The only framework used to analyse documentaries
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Propaganda is...
Information of a biased nature, used to persuade the public
a way to describe mass media
Information from the government used to persuade the public
the role given to he/she who organizes the props in films
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What is a participatory mode documentary?
Addresses the subject rather than the audience
Based on real life facts
Based on real life moments
Interview(s) between the filmmaker and subject
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Bill Nichols' modes cannot be mixed?
Yes, often two or modes coexist in a documentary
A modes is like a recipe that must be followed completely
Usually a film consists of all six modes on equal terms
No, usually a film sticks to one mode
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What is a voice over in a documentary?
Someone telling others to be quiet
Somebody speaking over someone else
Nobody talking
Somebody talking off camera, offering thoughts and reasons
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What mode of documentary would a wildlife documentary be?
Participatory
Performative
Expository
Observational
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What should you documentary communicate to the audience?
A message
A sense of realism
A joke
All of the above
