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Documentary

A documentary is a motion picture , non-fiction film that is intended to "record reality , primarily for teaching, educational purposes, or to maintain historical records ".  Documentary filmmaking has been described as "a filmmaking practice, cinematic tradition and method of receiving audiences that are constantly evolving and without clear boundaries".  Documentaries were originally called "fact films", and were one minute or less in length. Over time, documentaries have grown to be longer and include more categories; some examples are: education, observation and fiction document. Documentaries are meant to be informative works, and are often used in schools, as a resource to teach various tenets.

Social media platforms , such as YouTube , have provided an avenue for the development of the documentary genre. These platforms have increased distribution and reach; they have thus greatly enhanced their ability to educate a larger audience and broaden the reach of those receiving the information.

Definition

Matuszewski Une nouvelle source de l'histoire book cover . (A New Source of History) from 1898, the first publication on the documentary function of cinema.

Polish writer and filmmaker Bolesław Matuszewski was among those who defined the method of documentary filmmaking. He wrote two of the earliest works on cinema, Une nouvelle source de l'histoire (A New Source of History) and La photosie animée (Animated Photography). Both were published in 1898 in French and among early writings in consideration of the film's historical and documentary value. Matuszewski was also one of the first filmmakers to propose the creation of a film archive to securely collect and keep photographic material.

 

In popular context, the word "documentary" was coined by Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson in his review of Robert Flaherty 's film Moana (1926) , published in the New York Sun on Dec. February 8, 1926, written by "The Moviegoer" (a pseudonym of Grierson).

 

Grierson's documentary principle is that cinema's potential for observation of life can be harnessed in a new art form; that "original" actors and "original" scenes are better guides than their fictional counterparts for interpreting the modern world; and materials "thus taken from the material" may be more realistic than closed scenes. In this regard, Grierson's definition of the documentary as "creative treatment of reality" has been accepted, in contrast to Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov 's provocation to present "life as present" (that is, life filmed stealthily) and "life when caught by surprise" (life provoked or surprised by the camera).

 

American film critic Pare Lorentz defines a documentary as "a dramatic factual film".  Others add that a documentary stands out from other types of non-fiction for its purpose of expressing an opinion, and a specific message, along with the events it presents.

 

Documentary practice is the complex process of creating documentary projects. It deals with what people do with media devices, content, form, and production strategies to address creative, ethical, and conceptual problems and choices that arise when making documentaries. .

 

Documentary making can be used as a form of journalism, advocacy, or personal expression. Watch the official movie at: https://bingmovie.com/genre/documentary-7.html?utm_source=link&utm_campaign=Entity