Component 2: Section B - Documentary 'Amy'

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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Footage that is slice-of-life, spontaneous footage which is as close as possible to unplanned footage, usually features overheard exchange.
Reactive Observationalism
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Planned footage, possibly staged or directed to work out a certain way.
Proactive Observationalism
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Visual style which attempts to directly illustrate what the commentary or voice-over is saying. the connection between the narration and image is literal.
Illustrative Mode
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Highest degree of manipulation as the footage is being used metaphorically, images that provide an interpretation or association with the voice over or testimony.
Associative Mode
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Recording of spontaneous, unscripted, unprompted conversation.
Overheard Exchange
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Planned interviews bound to control or manipulate the participant's response in some way.
Testimony
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - The use of voice over or direct to camera address by an authoritative figure or expert assumed to be the absolute truth.
Exposition
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Documentary Type - Aims to create an emotional impact with parallel, illustrative imagery. Associate mode of imagery.
Poetic
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Documentary Type - Instructive, seek to be objective, voice over and exposition, illustrative imagery.
Expository
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Documentary Type - Wants to be interacting, seen to be subjective, can contain exposition, director influences heavily, direct address, mixture of different modes.
Participatory
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Documentary Type - Reactive observationalism (slice-of-life), illustrative mode, testimony, overheard exchange
Observational
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Documentary Type - Techniques in front of the camera, much about the making of the documentary rather than the subject.
Reflexive
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Documentary Type - Subjective, filmmaker engages with the subject.
Performative
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What 3 documentary types are most seen in Amy (Kapadia, 2015)?
Expository, Observational and Poetic
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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Planned footage, possibly staged or directed to work out a certain way.

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Proactive Observationalism

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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Visual style which attempts to directly illustrate what the commentary or voice-over is saying. the connection between the narration and image is literal.

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Card 4

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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Highest degree of manipulation as the footage is being used metaphorically, images that provide an interpretation or association with the voice over or testimony.

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Card 5

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What mode best describes the following sentence? - Recording of spontaneous, unscripted, unprompted conversation.

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