What is a documentary? A documentary is a collection of reports, photographs, interviews and facts that are used to display or document an event. I would define a documentary as a film or program that consists of factual information, photographs, footage of the relevant subject or re-enactments used to show and inform the viewer about a particular subject or real life event. Key features of expository documentaries are having a narrator or voice over accompanied with visual images underneath. The images underneath compliment what the narrator is talking about and they are used to help show and explain the narration which is told in an objective manor. Expository documentaries typically try to remain objective with their presentation focusing on facts or arguments. The example that I have chosen is one from the British documentary series, Life. Here we have Sir David Attenborough , providing the voice over for the documentary. He explains the mechanisms of a Venus Flytrap...
TV news starting sequences from all around the world often contain all of these elements. Firstly we often see rushing graphics or camera movements in the news which often connotes a sense of urgency and importance. We also see transparent objects, such as a globe, or eyes which symbolises an unbiased and unchanged view of the news which they are reporting from a neutral perspective. Another common feature of TV news sequences is a view of the world from space. This connotes that they cover all four corners of the globe when it comes to finding stories, information and important news. This is then further enhanced by images or videos from different, well known landmarks from a multitude of cities around the world. This amplifies the idea of covering news from every region around the world. Clocks are used to give a sense of urgency, importance and that it's fresh in from the field. This is often shown with either graphics of clock faces or clockwise wipes. T...
Ownership Concepts: Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) - This refers to broadcasting of both TV and Radio, which is intended as a service for the general public. This has the base value to " inform, educate and entertain " (quoted by the first director general and founder of the BBC, Lord Reith ) : in that order. As a result of this, they aim to serve the public rather than sell them to commercials. An example of this is the BBC , who, when were first setting up looked at America's radio, and how it was filled with content that catered for the lowest common denominator i.e cheap entertainment for mass audiences. They didn't want this to be associated with their television or radio; they wanted it to be morally uplifting, and so, invented the television license fee so they didn't have to be government or commercially funded. As their ethos was to inform, educate and entertain, entertain being the last and least important in their eyes; news, r...
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