Documentary 'mini-task'
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 and the