"The following tale of alien encounters is true, and by "true," I mean "false." It's all lies, but they're entertaining lies, and in the end isn't that the real truth? The answer... is no." —Leonard Nimoy, The Simpsons

Forms and conventions of documentary from reigatemedia

Anybody can make a documentary

Six Modes

Reflexive Mode

Frederick Wiseman/Titicut  Follies/He Points the Camera and Listens

Fog of War/Errol Morris – Look at all the ‘artistic’ flourishes, and the flashes of documents that suggest he’s done his homework; it’s more than McNamara’s voice.

Powaqqatsi/an “art” documentary? It’s all about Philip Glass’s music. No voiceover.

Vertov/This is supposed to illustrate Type Five.

Borat/Is is what it is. But what is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_I3tIjztj8




The Noble Honey Badger


Knowyourmeme: The Honey Badger Video


A Dane Defines Documentary

Toward a Definition of Art