Documentary
Documentaries have commonly been classified as "Films that are about real life"
without manipulating events or the subjects being filmed. Historically they have also had other titles such as Educationals, Actualities or Interest Films. One of the first noted documentaries was the 1922 film Nanook of the North, Which follows a year in the life of an Inuit hunter, Nanook.
This has helped lead to the debate of how much manipulation is acceptable within a documentary, and whether any documentary in particular is subjective or objective in its intent.
Michael Moore is one of the more controversial documentarians, who has had a history of making comical riffs on his subjects. Unlike many traditional documentaries he likes being part of the story, often directly interacting with his subject matter. His documentary works also feature a lot of North American issues, and stirs up national debate in America. Some of his more well known documentaries include Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), both tackling major issues like school shootings and terrorism in the USA.
Michael Apted is a filmmaker known for directing a range of TV, films and documentary, including Enigma (2001), A mystery espionage thriller, and The World is not enough (1999), a James bond film.
One of his more famous works is his up! series, which began in 1964, and follows various british children aged 14 at the start of the project. The series follows 10 boys and 4 girls from varying socioeconomic statuses, who are reinterviewed every seven years to see how they have progressed in life. as of 2020 there have been 9 episodes, the latest coming out in 2019, titled 63 up. Currently 11 of the children remain, one passing away and 2 opting out of the documentary.
without manipulating events or the subjects being filmed. Historically they have also had other titles such as Educationals, Actualities or Interest Films. One of the first noted documentaries was the 1922 film Nanook of the North, Which follows a year in the life of an Inuit hunter, Nanook.
This documentary has not been without controversy, as the main protagonist the documentary follows actually had his name changed from Allakariallak to Nanook. As well as this, the Inuit were instructed to pretend not to know about modern technology and used traditional techniques for the purpose of the documentary. While the practices shown were historically accurate, they were no long used or relevant to many of the Inuit during the time of filming, making the group seem more primitive than they were at the time of filming.
This has helped lead to the debate of how much manipulation is acceptable within a documentary, and whether any documentary in particular is subjective or objective in its intent.
Dziga Vertov was another early film maker, whos beliefs were that "Cinema was poisonous and dying" and that the future of cinema would be with documentaries. He is most well known for his Documentary titled Man with a movie camera (1929), where he explored film techniques through documenting the people and the city around him with a movie camera. He wanted to document life as it happened around him without manipulating his subject matter.
Ken Burns is an American film maker known for Epic Historical documentary series. Burns's documentaries are known for creating a sense of movement through still photographs taken from the time periods the documentary focuses on. The series includes titles such as The west (1997), Jazz (2001) and the Vietnam War (2017).
Michael Moore is one of the more controversial documentarians, who has had a history of making comical riffs on his subjects. Unlike many traditional documentaries he likes being part of the story, often directly interacting with his subject matter. His documentary works also feature a lot of North American issues, and stirs up national debate in America. Some of his more well known documentaries include Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), both tackling major issues like school shootings and terrorism in the USA.
Michael Apted is a filmmaker known for directing a range of TV, films and documentary, including Enigma (2001), A mystery espionage thriller, and The World is not enough (1999), a James bond film.
One of his more famous works is his up! series, which began in 1964, and follows various british children aged 14 at the start of the project. The series follows 10 boys and 4 girls from varying socioeconomic statuses, who are reinterviewed every seven years to see how they have progressed in life. as of 2020 there have been 9 episodes, the latest coming out in 2019, titled 63 up. Currently 11 of the children remain, one passing away and 2 opting out of the documentary.
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