The document discusses different types of documentaries that were watched to gain knowledge for an upcoming school project. It discusses observational documentaries like Undefeated and Grizzly Man that film events as they unfold without intervention. It also discusses expository documentaries like Blackfish that aim to expose a subject and build an argument, such as exposing mistreatment of animals at SeaWorld. For a school project, the document's author chose to make a 5-minute documentary about the controversy of video game violence using documentary techniques like interviews, archival footage, and narration. They also had to create a newspaper ad and radio spot to advertise their documentary.

1. Video game violence: The controversy
George Allan

2. In preparation of making our own documentaries we watched a variety of documentary types so that we could gain
knowledge of all the different documentary types (Expository, observational. So that when it came to picking which
type of documentary we wanted to do would be an easier process.
We watched Undefeated and Grizzly man, which are both observatory documentary this is where the subject matter is
filmed with little intervening so that the events unfold without change.
Another documentary that we have watched is Blackfish an expository documentary, this is where the documentary is
set out to expose the subject and build and argument around the subject for example in Blackfish it exposes to the
people how the animals were being miss treated. In supersize me it was to show how eating Mc Donald's daily can lead
to be obese.

3. We were required to make a 5 minute documentary on a subject of our choice. I chose to make my
documentary on video games and the violence that they ‘cause’ people to portray. Within the
documentary we had to use many of the codes and conventions of documentaries. For example
interviews, achieve footage and Narration. Not only did we have to make a documentary we also had to
make a newspaper and radio advert in which we would use to help advertise our documentaries to the
general public.