relating to or consisting of or derived from documents a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event objective: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; 'objective art'
A work that features a large amount of documentary material such as newspaper stories, trial transcripts, and legal reports. ...
In audiovisual records: (1) A nonfiction motion picture film having a theme or viewpoint but drawing its material from actual events and using editing and sound to enhance the theme. (2) Still photographs having a theme or viewpoint but showing actual situations realistically. ...
The AFC’s definition of documentary follows that used by the Australian Broadcasting Authority: specifically ‘a program that is a creative treatment of actuality other than news, current affairs, sports coverage, magazine infotainment or light entertainment program, and corporate and/or ...
A film whose narrative is derived from nonfiction and does not feature actors. Dolly A dolly is a small vehicle or truck that helps transport the camera and its crew (sometimes including the director).
Non-fiction narrative without actors.
A term first coined by John Grierson when describing Robert Flaherty's film about the daily life of a Polynesian youth, Moana (1926). ...
Refers to film or video that explores a subject in a way the public expects to be factual and accurate. Documentaries may be balanced by including various viewpoints, or they may be subjective, offering the viewpoint and impressions of one producer.
Also an adjective or noun category used to describe a work of nonfiction.
photographs, a film, television or radio programme that give facts and information about a subject.
a film that presents a version of events that viewers are intended to take not as a work of imagination but primarily as fact. ...
A film that depicts actions or events as they are, with little or on attempt towards dramatization. Usually made in natural locations with non-actors
Usually a documentary film depicts events that (1) actually took place; (2) would presumably have taken place had the camera not been present; (3) were not rehearsed, and involved no paid actors. It is a record of real-life events involving real people. ...
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