Evaluate a Documentary

What is a documentary?

• A fiction film presenting the facts about a person or event

• A small collections of films

• A nonfiction film presenting the facts about a person or event

• An entry in a multi-billion dollar franchise

What is something a documentary does NOT do?

• Provides factual misinformation

• Investigates or tells a true story

• Employs elements of film, such as live footage, narration, music, animation, and onscreen text

• Includes interviews with experts or other people involved with the topic

Documentary filmmakers usually have a...

• documentary

• camera

• budget

• motive

What is a motive in a documentary?

• A reason why the story is worth telling.

• A reason why the story is fabricated

• A reason why the story is not worth telling

• A reason why a story exists

What is the purpose of a documentary?

• To inform, entertain, persuade, or express opinions

• To bore viewers with uninteresting material

• To just entertain

• To just inform

A documentary that focuses on human interactions, changing behaviors or attitudes would have a ______ motive/

• Commercial

• Social

• Political

• Entertainment

A documentary about a product that viewers are encouraged to buy has a __________ motive

• Commercial

• Social

• Political

• Advertisement