Documentary film
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A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.
Description
Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or released for screening in cinemas.
"Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.
See also
- Actuality film
- Animated documentary
- Citizen media
- Concert film
- Dance film
- Docudrama
- Documentary mode
- Ethnofiction
- Ethnographic film
- Filmmaking
- List of documentary films
- List of documentary film festivals
- List of directors and producers of documentaries
- Mockumentary
- Nature documentary
- Outline of film
- Participatory video
- Political cinema
- Public-access television
- Reality film
- Rockumentary
- Sponsored film
- Travel documentary
- Visual anthropology
- Web documentary
- Women's cinema
External links
- Documentary film] @ Wikipedia
