Introduction to Video and Sound

Marshal McLuhan's "The Medium is the Message" is an interesting read for the simple fact that McLuhan was able to understand t...

I learned a lot about documentary film from the article. It introduced about six types of documentary: poetic, expository, participatory, ob...

This reading focused heavily identifying what makes a documentary so different than other aspects of filmmaking. As such, it sets out clear...

I actually took a class on documentary and mock documentary last semester, and out of all the films we screened, I found  Rémy Belvaux ’s  ...

         I found the reading to be very interesting, especially considering my primary interest is ethnographic film. I especially liked the...

I have always thought of documentarians as striving to maintain objectivity (regardless of personal bias) but this reading made me ...

I found the article very informative, as I was not previously familiar with the six different "modes" of documentary. I actually h...