Docufiction Essays

When I think of a documentary, I think of a film whose main objective is to be informative and spread knowledge on a topic or a problem many people may not already know about. Ken Burns does a great job with spreading knowledge in his films, especially in one the first documentary films we watched in class which was National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009). Burns is one of the most famous and influential documentary makers in the world so obviously, he’s good at what he does. I learned a lot from

Reflexivity is a common device used in order to tell a story through modern day documentary filmmaking. Stories We Tell (Dir. Sarah Polley) is a formidable example of reflexive storytelling in a way that expresses itself well enough to hide the small details of fabrication that make the film tell such an intriguing story. Stories We Tell is a prime example of applying the narrators voice into the documentary because, for one, the material is a personal subject for Sarah Polley, but it lends a hand

The documentary genre has radically evolved throughout the years, however it can still be broadly described as a non-fictional informative footage which “documents” or captures reality. In general documentaries are used to reveal an unknown angle on either historical events, biological or controversial issues to a specific target audience. These unknown angles are mainly influenced by the intentions of the filmmaker. The filmmaker’s enthusiasm and commitment plays an enormous role in how these unknown

Reports of sightings from the open sea of a mysteriously half human and half fish are nothing unheard of or an attractive news story. Their name consist of equipping much notoriety and derive from Old English; the first-half of their compound name is mere, which means the sea, and the second-half is maid, simply being a girl or young women. Signs of the divine marine creature dates as far back to ancient mythologies. The stories about them account to bringing havoc for man, such as floods, shipwrecks