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AMAM7005A: Television and Reality
Further Guidance for Formative Assessment 2
Relative Reality and Absolute Reality
in a Documentary
（侧重于电视纪录(TV documentary)，而非电影类型的纪录片）
Yuwei Tang
(Nancy)
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Outline of Aim
Most people think that documentaries always tell us the truth, and it is a reliable type of film for people to get some knowledge or information. However, actually, sometimes documentaries could deceive you. In this article it will analyse what are the absolute reality parts and the relative reality parts in a documentary film. It will from the aspects of story background, film produce process, etc.
Outline of Structure
· First Part: Introduction
· What is “documentary”?
· What functions do documentary films have?
· why people think it always tell us the reality?
· Second Part: Main body
paragraph 1:
a. Relative reality parts in a documentary
· 电影的前期策划构思
· film editing
· 导演的主观价值导向
b. Why these parts in a documentary is not absolute reality?
· 电影的制作目的 Aim of the film/ Director
paragraph 2: Absolute reality parts in a documentary
· raw materials
· true stories
paragraph 3: mock documentary
· define what is mock documentary
· what relationship between documentary and mock documentary?
· Third Part: Conclusion
Outline of Examples
Nanook of the North
A famous documentary. When the film was made, the Eskimo have not used traditional way to fish any more, but they acted for this film. It uses dramatic reconstruction to tell audience what happened in the past.
（还需要找一个TV documentary的例子，可以是BBC的，也可以是CCTV的，用作主要的案例分析。）
Best in Show （伪记录片）
A mock documentary.
Indicative bibliography
Pual Ward’s (2005) Documentary, the margins of reality
“This book aims to give a brief introduction to and overview of some of the key features, moments and theoretical debates of its subject matter—documentary.” (Paul,2005)
In this book, it gives a definition about documentary, and discuss what are functions of documentary.
Alexandra Jubasz and Jesse Lerner’s (2006) F is for phony, fake documentary and truth’s undoing
In this book, it is talk about fake documentary mainly, it can help me to define and give some examples about mock documentary.
Crain Winston’s (2008) Claiming the Real 2, documentary: Grierson and Beyond
It is a book that discuss reality in a documentary film. Such as, part 2: creative: documentary as Art, and part 3: Treatment: documentary as drama. From the aspect of film making to illustrate the reality in a documentary.
Craig Hight’s (2010) Television Mockumentary
Jane Roscoe and Craig Hight’s (2001) Faking It
(The last two books that I have not read it, but I am going to read.)
Evidence of learning
In week 8, we discussed in class about “documentary realism”.
and week 10, mock documentary.
