Wednesday, 8 March 2017

DOCUMENTARY: LECTURE [Intro to Factual Programming w/HCurston (3/8)]

Actuality = Real moments the crew keep up with but can't stage
Sequences = Staged, directed moments

Fact and fiction borrow from each other - retelling reality

Different genres involve different degrees of intervention
EXPECTATIONS OF INTERVENTION:

Watched: Hidden Kingdoms - BBC One
Re-tells reality by filming marmosets in a studio
Similar to recreating train set from Nightmail
More interesting than graphics
Can seem dishonest - producers usually include 'making of' to evade this

Current affair programming
Often reporter led, dealing with weighty subjects
Less observational, more constructed
Journalism and story over character and actuality
Freedom of speech and free press - reality shaping capabilities

Voyeurism vs public interest


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