The Ultimate Documentary

What is a documentary? (choose the best answer)

• An audio file

• A non-fiction text

• Films/videos/programmes that contain factual information on a topic.

• a document

Documentaries often include________

• audio only

• videos and pictures

• podcasts

• poetry

Documentaries can have a social/political/environmental point.

• True

• False

The documentary style that shows the life of a subject

• Natural

• Fly on the wall

• Docudrama

• Travelogue

The main purpose of a documentary is:

• to entertain the audience

• to get the audience to think more deeply about a topic

• to provide factual information only

• to fill up time on free to air tv

A documentary can include interviews, animations, real life footage and re-enacted scenes.

• True

• False

A documentary can show bias (one side of a story) towards a topic.

• True

• False

Persuade means to...

• be dramatic

• think something

• convince someone

• all the above

Title: The Social Dilemma

Description: an analysis of the dangers of social media

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

• Expository

• Observational

A cultural documentary may involve the set of beliefs, traditions, and the ways of life of a particular group of people, race, or nation.

• True

• False