Tuesday 15 June 2010

Documentaries

Documentaries are short to long programmes, which are used to explain important matters with evidence usually presented by experts in the form of interviews or visual evidence.

Cathy Come Home is a drama presented in a documentary style and directed by Ken Loach.

Michael Moore is an American director and filmmaker and has produced successful documentaries such as Bowling For Columbine and the most successful
film documentary of all time: Fahrenheit 9/11, which tells the story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. He has created 4 of the top 8 highest earning documentaries of all time. Moore has released 9 documentaries in total, the most popular Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling For Columbine. He focuses mainly on big political issues in the US, such as gun violence and elections. As well as directing and creating films Michael Moore has also starred in productions, directed music videos, TV appearances and has also written 3 books about hard hitting US political issues. Some people have criticised Moore over his views, thoughts and presenting style.

Today i have learnt how editing of the documentary can effect the views of a person or group etc.