Styles of Documentaries

• Nature/Wildlife e.g. March of the Penguins - heavily reliant on narration/voiceover
• Investigation e.g Macyntre Undercover, Watchdog - topical issues (crime, size zero)
• Docu-soap/docu-drama e.g. United 93 - using actual events but putting them into dramatic reconstructions
• Mockumentary e.g. The Office - fiction which parody the forms and conventions of generic documentaries, often for humour
• Reality e.g. Big Brother
• Fly on the Wall e.g. The Family - gives the audience an unmediated access to the world
• Expository
• Interactive/reflexive
• Personal
• Observational
• Poetic/Avant grade