Documentaries 101Documentaries 101:
A documentary is a "reality-based" movie. Documentary film is a broad term to describe a non-fiction movie that, in some way, tries to capture, recreate or "document" reality.
2009 Oscar Nominees Best Documentary 2010 Oscar Nominees Best Documentary The Best Documentaries of 2008 Documentaries are often used to reveal an unusual, interesting or unknown angle.
It is a genre of movie making that uses video & film scenes, photographs and/or sound of real people and real events which when edited together creates a particular story, viewpoint, message or experience. Documentaries can be funny, poignant, disturbing, ironic, absurd, inspirational, amusing, shocking or any combination. Traditionally, documentaries are 30-minutes to 2 hours in length (to fit within a television schedule or for theatrical release). However, documentaries are often shorter in length, especially in recent years with the advent of the Internet and web video.
Want to learn the SECRET to making great documentaries? Key Features of Award-Winning Documentaries Documentaries 101 Why is it film if it’s video? When I first began making documentaries, I wondered why a documentary was sometimes referred to as a film or movie even though documentaries are often shot on video. I asked this of a friend of mine who’s a professor of film at NYU and she explained that a "film" or "movie" is a general term to describe the art form of a "moving picture". Aha! In any case, making a "film" sounds much cooler than making a "video", right? Check out this wonderful little movie below ("Mankind Is No Island") that was shot entirely on a cell phone.
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