Presentation on the 'Constructed Mode' of documentary filmmaking. This particular mode of documentary is the one I find most fascinating and enjoyabe to pick apart. During the presentation I opened up the dicussion as to whether Reality Television is a form of Documentary, which is a question I continued to explore throughout the course, and forms the basis of my Essay.
What do we mean by 'Social Actors? Whats the difference between reality television and documentary television? In what way are we all 'social actors' and how far does sctuality in documentary television actually go.
The Reflexive mode ignores social assumtions about the nature of the world. It's limitations are that it loses direct engagement, and it has an increased formal abstraaction
Notes for the presentation on the Reflexive (Constructed) mode of documentary