What are documentaries?
A documentary film is a nonfictional documentation of reality with the purpose of providing knowledge and keeping historical records. I enjoy documentaries as they provide me with info that aren't common in which, it makes me feel superior with the knowledge I have received. What differentiates documentaries from reading a book is that we can indulge in documentaries visually and through sound. With this, it is easier for one to understand and focus rather than by reading a book.
There are many forms of documentaries. It ranges from autobiographies to researches. It can be about anything. About people, animals, countries, and even huge traumatic events that had shook the world.
In the pre-1900's documentaries were single shot films because of technological limitations. They started off as simple shots such as train entering a station and such. Years later, travel documentaries become more popular amongst people as it shows us the world beyond us and provided interesting information about cultures apart from ours.
What makes documentaries different from films?
As said, documentaries are the documentation of reality meaning that those provided in documentaries are real and factual. In fact, to make a documentary, you will have to go through a research process and be evaluated by higher councils to make sure that what you aired is real information. Other than that, documentaries do not use actors, at moments, they will use actors to reenact scenes but otherwise, everything is from a real source.
Documentaries you enjoy
One documentary that I primarily enjoy watching is Chernobyl Heart. Sad as it seems, the film is about the tragic incident that had taken place in Chernobyl, which is that a radioactive outbreak that had taken place at the power station had cause destruction towards the land, the people, and all that surrounds the place. The film mostly focuses on the effect of the outbreak on the children, which have suffered from mutations and various health problems. Until now, Chernobyl remains an empty land and no one can step foot on the land.
Another documentary I enjoyed watching is room 237. This had a different approach towards normal factual documentaries as it is mainly about the horrors about the interpretations from famous American film, The Shining. Room 237 is told entirely through voiceovers by people with different theories about The Shining. It is interesting to see how one film based from a Stephen King's novel could be given various of theories which made sense in many ways. This has opened my eyes to believe that everything is not what it seems. In fact, because of this film, I started to view things in different perspectives which makes me think more logically before doing anything.
-F.N-
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