Documentary Quiz

Documentaries always try to

• observe real things

• present life as it is

• use interviews and narration

• All answers are correct

Documentaries attempt to

• bring awareness of an issue

• inform or teach

• persuade and engage

• All are correct

Title: The Last Dance

Description: an analysis of Michael Jordan's life and career

Based on the description above, do you think this documentary is...

• Expository

• Observational

What is the BEST definition of a documentary?

• A non-fiction story based on imaginary characters and events.

• A fiction movie that is often shown on the big screen in movie theatres.

• A fiction animation movie

• A non-fiction film designed to educate, instruct or revisit historical events.

This type of documentary often contains nature and animals and includes a "voice of God" style voice.

• Poetic

• Expository

• Performative

• Reflexive

The type of documentary that is intended to invoke "feeling" instead of "truth/facts" is referred to as....

• Performative

• Observational

• Poetic

• Expository

A REFLEXIVE documentary is not suitable for the big screen and is often very low budget.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This type of documentary follows a subject around and videotapes their life without making any changes to what the subject says or how they act.

• Participatory

• Performative

• Poetic

• Observational

A PARTICIPATORY documentary includes the filmmaker and is often set up in an interview style where the filmmaker asks the questions and the subjects answer them.

• False

• True

The documentary style that is most like the 7th grade inquiry project.

(Hint: the documentary Super Size Me what this style)

• Observational

• Performative

• Poetic

• Participatory